Dear Friends, I hope the start of this year has been gentle with you. Like many of you, I have felt surprised and at times overwhelmed by global events. Quite honestly, January felt like an entire year. For the more sensitive ones, it was a heavy month. Thank you to both returning friends and new…
Category: Self-Discovery
Are You Clairsentient?
Are you clairsentient? Sometimes known as “clear feeling,” clairsentience is the quiet gift of sensing energy, emotions, and truth beyond words. You might not always know how you know … you just do. Dear Friends, I believe that when we’re born, we arrive in our purest form, uncorrupted, untouched by shoulds and shouldn’ts. There’s a…
What My Saturn Return Taught Me About Leaving, Returning and Becoming Myself
Dear Friends, There’s a moment in every adult life when something cracks open… and nothing goes back to how it was. For me, that moment was my Saturn return. Astrologically, a Saturn return happens around age 29 to 31. This cycle repeats every 29 to 30 years. It marks the time when Saturn, the planet…
Feeling Triggered? A Letter to Your Inner Child
A Gentle Note : This letter is for those tender moments when you’re feeling triggered, shaken, or unsure. Let it meet you where you are. Dear Friends, This week something happened that really triggered me.I had to speak up, say something hard, say something true, to my psychological nemesis: that older, authoritative male figure ……
Chiron: The Greatest Wound, The Deepest Gift
Dear Friends, The stars have been here for billions of years silent, steady, watching everything unfold: our joy, our heartbreak, our healing, our longing. There’s something comforting in that… to know we are seen by something vast and timeless. Something that will remain long after we are gone. Every few years, I return to my…
The Effects of Growing Up With a Gambler Parent
Dear Friends, For the last decade, I’ve been working hard to heal my trauma from domestic childhood abuse and growing up as the child of an alcoholic. But it’s only in recent years that I’ve also come to realize that my father’s gambling habits affected me in ways that I wasn’t aware of. Gambling and…
Daily Affirmations for Healing the Child Within and Reclaiming Your Power
Dear Friends, According to studies, millions of adults worldwide are survivors of childhood domestic abuse, enduring the impact of trauma well into their adult years. The scars left by such experiences can manifest in various forms, from emotional distress to physical ailments, shaping the way survivors perceive themselves and experience the world around them. As…
Healing My Childhood Trauma
A Gentle Note: Please read with care as this post touches on domestic abuse. Dear Friends, A Japanese proverb goes, 自己知識は万事の基準 (Jiko chishiki wa banji no kijun) “Self-knowledge is the foundation of all things.” Looking back at my childhood, I have tremendous compassion for that little girl who had to carefully wade through a complex…