Tag: emotions
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Fifth Chakra Exercise: What I Wish I Could Say (2010 Version)
Photo copyright by addictedImage; Creative Commons License Every year around this time, I do a little life coaching exercise that’s featured in Give Your Life Direction. The idea is to make a list of things I wish I could say but, for whatever reason, can’t. Maybe because the other person is dead. Maybe because it…
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Authenticity and Moving Forward (Comparing Men to Mud)
Photo by Aislinn Bailey. I am suddenly living my life “in the open.” But that’s not quite the right analogy. Queen of Metaphors that I am, I am still searching for the best way to describe this new shift in my life toward even more brutal authenticity of emotion. For several years now, I’ve allowed…
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A Wonderful Summer Solstice
Photo by littlesprite; used with permission; all rights reserved. With rain on the horizon, a lot of local Solstice rituals were cancelled because they were weather dependent. Or because it was just way too hot outside. Neither was a problem for us. The weather cooled down the moment the circle was cast, the mosquitoes we’d…
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Reclaiming My Voice: The Fifth Chakra Connection to Illness and Communication
  Photo by Simon Pais-Thomas The first thing people notice about me–the people who read just about everything I write–is that, in person, I’m actually not very talkative and when I do speak, I have a soft voice and a quiet manner. Most people are surprised because they know I have a lot going on…
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Banishing Doubt: Trust, Truth, and Deep Connections
Photo by hannaquevedo I am still working through the revelations of this Scorpio Moon, especially in regard to Trust and Truth. I am trying to figure out for myself why I have had such difficulty in trusting connections when communications fail (see previous post), trying to take it back to its earliest form to…