Blog Archives

The Secret Garden: Transformation and Recovery

It takes hope — and a lot of hard work — to take even one small step.

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Posted in being heard into speaking, Hearing, hearing myself, hope, recovery time, slow incremental change

Rereading Keats — Time and Timelessness

Good Morning, God! Listen to Myself? Listen to Literature? Me? Well, maybe. The thing is, God, that I have invested so heavily in being 1) useful 2) cheerful and 3) a happy-ending-sort-of-person that listening to my “unheard” self seems like

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Posted in healing, hearing myself, humility, Inner Journeys, Ongoing Transformation, Transitions

On Being Between — Honolulu and Boston

Good Whenever, God! I am HAPPILY still IN BETWEEN Honolulu and Boston — My Body is in Boston — and it is slowly “gathering” the rest of me. This is a NEW experience, God. Normally, I “Soldier On” following along

Posted in A God given diversity, Balancing and adjustments, hearing myself, relationships, respect, Self-Respect

Inner Healing and Clearing Clutter

Good Morning, God! Our dining room table is clear!  For five weeks it was Heaped with PILES of papers and folders and “things to do” that I had carried down from my office. Every time I got close to those

Posted in gratitude, healing, hearing myself, self care as self compassion and humility, thankfulness

Beaver Dams and Inner Healing

Good Morning, God! Thank You for yesterday’s session with my therapist, Mavis. I came home right afterwards and went through my Piles of Paper Stuff — Piles that I had dragged to the dining room table and left there for

Posted in a prayer for healing, A Spiritual Spring Cleaning, healing, hearing myself, Hearts, time, Transitions, Trusting God

Walking Along a Long Beach

Good Morning, God! Another glorious day in Hawaii. Actually, another Day is a gift that most of us take for granted. Do I hear You say that I take an enormous number of things “for granted?” I do, it’s true.

Posted in healing, Hearing, hearing myself, Trusting God

A Walk into Fuller Healing

Ah, but now, finally, My Heart has been heard and acknowledged. And I feel LIGHTER.

Posted in healing, Hearing, hearing myself, Hearts, Humility or Needing Help!, inner paths of the heart

Green and Blue — God’s Favorite Colors?

Good Morning, God! The sun won’t be up for another hour or so — but I am sitting here appreciating the beauty of the green colors on Koko Crater. Normally, this old volcano mount is streaked with the brown of

Posted in an invitation to abundant life, asking for and accepting forgiveness, healing, hearing myself, loving myself, Needed Repair Time, processing on deeper levels

A Diversity of Palms and People — The Gift of Daughters

Good Morning, God! Thank You for all the different kinds of palms — and all the different kinds of people! There are a LOT of good people in the world, God! Please help us take off the blinders that keep

Posted in Communication, complexity, Conversations, daughters, Hearing, hearing myself, Hearts

Please, Heal us and Help us turn toward YOU

We ALL need a Greening of our Hearts and Spirits and our Bodies.

Posted in a prayer for healing, breathing in Your Spirit, healing, hearing myself, rest, Rethinking

Blogs I Follow
Brené Brown

chatting and sometimes, listening

Rachel Naomi Remen

chatting and sometimes, listening

A Moment with God

chatting and sometimes, listening

Sacred Dance Guild Journal

Since 1958 articles by members & guests offer news about activities, history, Sacred Dance practices, profiles of Sacred Dancers, choreography, images & illustrations.

Victoria Paulsen

How to Step In -- Substitute Teaching

Brené Brown

chatting and sometimes, listening

Rachel Naomi Remen

chatting and sometimes, listening

A Moment with God

chatting and sometimes, listening

Sacred Dance Guild Journal

Since 1958 articles by members & guests offer news about activities, history, Sacred Dance practices, profiles of Sacred Dancers, choreography, images & illustrations.

Victoria Paulsen

How to Step In -- Substitute Teaching