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Do I Have Resilience Fatigue?
The latest buzzword about our mental health during this time of exhaustion, confusion, frustration and sense of near hopelessness is “Resilience Fatigue.” I’m just glad our mental health is part of the conversation now. How do you know if you have resilience fatigue?...
Bring in the Light – Healing Song and Mental Health Support for the Holidays and Beyond
Video Transcript: Take a breath with me. Breathe into your belly. Hold it at the top of your breath. Flow it through and release the breath. In case you weren’t ready, one more, breathing all the way into your belly. Hold it at the top of your breath, flowing it...
The Hidden Power of Grief
We have been fed a very big lifelong lie… that grief is bad and either we need to “get over it” (stuff it and pretend we’re fine way too early) or have people doting on us trying to “fix” us. It’s a vicious circle that stems from another big lie: that we are supposed...
Pain is Not The Real Problem: The Hidden Truth about Pain, Grief and Trauma
When it comes to pain, women are like cats. My cat Pixie has been dealing with a skin infection ever since May this year. At first I didn’t even know anything was wrong… because cats and women are similar in how they deal with pain. You will rarely know when they are...
How Love Connects Us to Each Other and Mother Earth: Wild Rose & The Central Heart Fire
A few days ago, a friend in one of the groups I belong to acknowledged that many of us right now are really feeling overwhelmed, have a lot on our plates and are trying to navigate a LOT in our lives and businesses. My response turned into a vision and a whole lot of...
Journey to Freedom: Healing Song for Expressing Sacred Rage and Releasing Anger
Breathe into your belly. Hit play and then read this. Then hit the play button again and work with the medicine and energy of this healing song. The day before I wrote this, I experienced a bout of sacred rage. First, anger but then, sacred rage… anger that comes with...
Healing Song and Tribute to the 215 Indigenous Children
(Trigger Warning: residential schools, murder) The Indian Residential Schools Crisis Line is available 24-hours a day for anyone experiencing pain or distress as a result of his or her Residential school experience. Indian Residential School Survivors and Family can...
Spiritual Medicine for Chaotic Times
I couldn’t think of what to write today so I did a Medicine Song Oracle Reading, asking the oracle deck what you needed to hear from me. Turns out, it’s an oracle reading. My Medicine Song Oracle Deck is based on 13 of my medicine songs and the 4 directions of the...
Empaths, Energy & Exhaustion: Why Am I So Drained?
I’m curious… What’s your number on the empathic overwhelm scale right now? Put your number in the comments and let us know, how are you managing as an empath ever since the 2020s hit us? If you’re tired of riding all these waves of emotion and energy constantly...