Body Presencing™ - Healing the Root of the Matter

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, and a stranger into a friend.”                                                                                               Melody Beattie November is the month we celebrate Thanksgiving and ironically the month in which we traditionally become stressed, overwhelmed, and irritable.   This year I sugges...

“Evil is like a shadow – it has no real substance of its own; it is simply lack of light. In order to cause a shadow to disappear, you must shine light on it.”                                                                                                  Shakti Gawain                                         ...

“Never fear shadows. They simply mean there’s a light shining somewhere nearby.” -   Ruth E. Renkel The Shadow Side shows up in many areas of our lives.   And if we are what we eat, then talking about practical things like food, nutrition and lifestyle choices is critical. How many of us eat the way we really, ideally want to eat? What does it mean when we consistently eat unhealthy foods or we eat for reasons other than hunger or nutrition? I watched a young boy that I know “dealing with food” at only ten years old. We were sitting at a breakfast meal the other week and he was talking about wanting to be a super hero. I asked him if he did have super powers, which one or ones would he like? He answered that he wished to have the power to bring everything he wanted into his life. As he was speaking of this, I was noticing his eating habits. He ordered two orders of fried potatoes with his eggs and a root beer float. Afterwards he was asking for an order of Fr...

“When you face your demons in the deep dark forest they tend to become your friends.”                                                                                               -Tara I love harvesting apples off of the trees, but I have such mixed feelings with the coming of October. On the one hand, the weather is usually still beautiful, the leaves are colorful, and the air has a slightly crisp quality. On the other hand, the days are becoming shorter, the nights are longer, and I have to stay inside more wh...