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The Elemental Reset: Fire, Nature, and Finding Your Center

Q: When the world is out of sorts, when we as individuals feel out of sorts, what is the fastest way to recalibrate?

Start by reattuning the body to nature’s rhythms. Wake up with the sun. Spend time outside. Spend time in contemplation. Once darkness falls, sleep when the body is tired.

This includes participating in nature’s cycle of renewal, of reawakening, regrowth. Plant any kind of seed in the springtime, tend it, and watch it grow through the seasons, … Read More

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The Elemental Reset: Fire, Silence, and the Soul’s Quietude

Q: When the world is out of sorts, when we as individuals feel out of sorts, what is the fastest way to recalibrate?

Start by reattuning the body to nature’s rhythms. Wake up with the sun. Spend time outside. Spend time in contemplation. Once darkness falls, sleep when the body is tired.

This includes participating in nature’s cycle of renewal, of reawakening, regrowth. Plant any kind of seed in the springtime, tend it, and watch it grow through the seasons, … Read More

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Gabriel Is In URGENT Need of a Home

I’ve had a friend reach out asking for help. She has a dog that she needs to find a home for before May 6, his euthanasia date. If you, or anyone you know, can help, please contact me for more details.

Here is the info she has shared about Gabriel’s current situation:

We wanted a companion dog for our other sweet dog, Bruce. So two years ago we adopted Gabriel, an 8-month-old American pit bull terrier from the SPCA.  … Read More

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Unexpected Visitors

There’s something extraordinary about getting to share my little patch of earth with the wild creatures who also call it home.  I especially love the wide variety of birds that appear. Each day brings something new. Recently, I had two uncommon encounters that are out of character for here.

Today, it was a huge bald eagle that was gazing at me while enjoying his breakfast snatched from our pond.

Early morning coffee on the deck is often rewarded with something … Read More

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There Are Two Kinds of Fear

One is instinctive and its purpose is to warn you of danger or something that’s to right. Pay attention to and respect this fear.

The other is cultural and its purpose is to keep you in line with the norm. It prevents you from moving on, changing, exploring, and growing. Kill this fear as fast as you can.… Read More

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Remembering What We Have Forgotten

Do all people have the experience of trying to remember the connection of awareness that they’ve forgotten something, but they don’t remember what it is they’ve forgotten?

All people on a spiritual path do. The way they experience it is as a kind of deep-set loneliness that can live well below consciousness. Somebody may not be thinking every day, “Gosh, I’m so lonely” but there’s a feeling of being disconnected from everything that’s common to a lot of people. 

So … Read More

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There is no better time, there is no better place. There is only here and now–so get hopping.

Q: So, you’re saying to stop trying to game the system. Play it straight up. Here and now. That will make for a pretty big change after a lifetime of trying to see up ahead, around corners.

And where has that gotten you?

Q: That’s what fear and worry do though. When you feel that you have to watch out for everyone else and yourself–that’s a lot of responsibility. That’s a lot of moving parts. That’s a lot of things … Read More

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If I Put This On Your Head Will You Play With Me?

Arrow will try anything to get Riley to play with him. ANYTHING. Riley’s not having it today.… Read More

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10 Reasons Not to Get a Dog (From Someone Who Has Three)

Having lived with dogs all my life—I feel uniquely qualified to warn you about the perils of dog ownership. Sure, they look adorable in those Instagram posts, but here’s the unfiltered truth about why you might want to reconsider that trip to the shelter.

10 Reasons To Rethink Getting a Dog1. Your Vacuum Will Become an Extension of Your Arm

Remember when you bought that fancy vacuum and thought, “This will last for years”? Yeah. No. Your new full-time … Read More

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What Does It Mean When I See Repeating Numbers?

I recently got asked, “Why do I keep seeing repeating numbers? Does it have a spiritual meaning?” In this case, this person was seeing the same time on the clock every day at 1:11, 3:33, and 4:44 day and night.

I have to laugh, because—case in point—when I went to check her text for her numbers series, the time displayed on my phone home screen was 11:11. This is a well-documented synchronicity phenomenon that I’ll explain in a moment.

It’s … Read More

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