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June 19, 2015
How I Think About Giving on the Street
When it comes to our stories, most of us want to think of ourselves as people who are supportive of others. How much of your story involves giving to those in your community who are less fortunate? Many people don’t often ask this question of themselves until a stranger asks them for money. In that […]
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April 23, 2015
Writing a New Story of Health: A Review of Breast Cancer, A Soul Journey by Patricia Greer
Cancer comes unbidden, an intrusion that evokes fear and brings disruption. How do we coexist with it? Even if it goes into remission or is “cured,” how do we live with the energetic residue that it leaves? While cancer is a powerful force, those affected by it also have power—the power to choose how they will […]
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April 13, 2015
Change the Story of Your Health
A physician may have the persona of a wise healer, all-knowing about what to do to be healthy. Yet, the shadow for her might be failure to acknowledge her own unhealthiness and to practice what she preaches. A man could be a critic of the lifestyle choices of others and an expert in what to […]
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April 11, 2015
Integrating Transpersonal Experiences Into Your Everyday Life
Shamanic and Jungian practices allow you to engage energies that can fuel personal transformation. However, too often, inertia begins to set in as you allow yourself to become caught up in the events of your everyday life. You may continue to feel like taking risks in your relationships, and being more honest with yourself and […]
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February 14, 2015
Romance, Relationships and Risk
If you send a valentine, do you feel a twinge of fear that you won’t receive one in return? I remember making valentines in my elementary school classroom in the 1940s. Today, teachers tell children to make them for every single student so no one feels hurt when the valentines are distributed. But back then, […]
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February 5, 2015
Working with the Archetypal Energy of Endings—The Death Principle
If you are resisting change, and you would like to overcome that resistance, you may benefit from using shamanic and Jungian techniques for working with the archetype of death, also known as the death principle. The death principle is the force or energy of endings. By engaging with it, you may find you are able […]
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