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How to Navigate this Global Dark Night of the Soul
I wanted to add more than what’s in the video, so this article lays out some of the video’s points but gives you some additional tips and resources to help you get through this pandemic. I’ve been saying for weeks now that we are in a Global Dark Night of the Soul...
Am I Having a Spiritual Upgrade?
A while back I wrote an article about spiritual downloads, what they are, how they feel and how you get them. But what about spiritual upgrades? Have you ever experienced one? How can you tell? What can you do with a spiritual upgrade when you have one?
I’d love to hear your take on this as well, so feel free to comment after reading.
Indigenous Rainmaking Song for Grief, Healing & Bringing Actual Rain
Grief, overwhelm, exhaustion, fear are all in the air right now. Not just right now as in the beginning of 2020, but just in general for quite a while now, worldwide. I want to begin this year by offering you a gift of healing that can also bring more healing, help you with any grief you’re carrying, and really actually bring rain to where it is needed most. I have been in constant prayer and sharing my song Water from the Sky, which you can download for free, to help pray rain for Australia, and to help you with your own emotions during this or any difficult time. I’d been sharing it on another site that isn’t that user-friendly, so I wanted to offer it to you in a more helpful way, with lyrics and instructions.
How to Ease Pain and Grief
Grief and chronic pain can take you places. Places most people would never dare to go. Most of us spend our lifetime avoiding pain because of course, who wants to feel pain? But some of us don’t have that luxury because pain is part of our everyday lives, for months, years or even a lifetime. The thing is, pain can teach us, transform us, grow us and expand us, if we can allow it.
Grief, Gun Violence & Global Warming: Healing Music & Words of Wisdom from a Grieving Mother
I lost my son to murder through gun violence. I want to share with you how to deal with the current state of the world, your own personal grief, and the impact of gun violence on you and your loved ones. In this livestream I’ll share how to create and hold space for personal growth, expansion, love, and whatever else is showing up. We’ll work with some of my Canadian Indigenous healing music for grief to shift our bodies, hearts and minds.
What Am I Going to Do? 7 Steps to Get Unstuck
As a singer, songwriter and motivational speaker I’ve experienced enough writer’s block, resistance and stage fright over the years to know that it’s not a sign to stop – it’s a sign that it’s time to get out of my head, into my heart and body, and get into a state of acceptance and presence. Here’s what I know about being stuck and freeing yourself.
How to Expand through Unexpected Outcomes
I won’t get into making goals for yourself because I’ve published articles on that already. I will say that it’s still important to set goals for ourselves. What if you knew that every moment of every day presents you with new life, new opportunities, and literally brand new cells in your body? That is all #truth. And it’s one principle that has helped me get through the tragedy of my son being taken from me by gun violence. Here’s what you need to know when you set important goals, and when the outcomes are nothing like what you hoped…
How to Hold Space for Grief, Love and You
My journey with grief began when I was just 15. We all grieve differently and every loss is different. Sudden violent deaths are way up there on the devastation meter, whereas death by natural causes can be not as difficult to deal with. But again it depends on who you are, your life experiences and how you deal with hardship and heartbreak. I know grief can be confusing and hard to manage. Please don’t deal with it alone. Find friends, or maybe an organization, therapist, counsellor, elder… whoever feels right for you.
What to Do When Life’s Surprises Kick Your Ass
I don’t know about you but sometimes it feels like life is kicking my ass. The past 3 months have been mostly a living hell for me. I kind of knew this was going to happen, because losing a child to murder leaves you with court, the media, unanswered questions and unbelievable grief. Since it’s been beyond my control and very foreign to me, I had no idea what was in store for me. It’s true that the only thing we can control is ourselves – our choices, responses, actions, thoughts, and how we choose to live, given whatever circumstances we have at any moment.
Why Resolutions Fail and What to Do Instead – The 2020s Edition
Before you dive into any major life changes, please take the time to find out why resolutions fail and what to do instead, and not just because resolutions tend to fail, but because we are living in the 2020s. The onslaught of messaging around changing habits for health might not be as helpful as you think, and in fact could take you down a path of harming your health and well-being.
