Emissaries of the path
The next time you find yourself caught in a repetitive loop of thinking, spiraling, and falling down the rabbit hole… slow the situation down.Feel your feet on the earth. Sense the aliveness in your hands. …
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Relational alchemy and the internal Other
Usually when we speak about the “others” in our lives, we are referring to those on the outside who we are in relationship with, that we care about, that matter to us.It’s important to attune …
Inside the secret places
Inside the body the lost ones travel, carrying our dissociated experience and unfelt feeling, taking up temporary residence in our muscles, cell tissue, organs, and breath.Scattered pieces of soul gather in our eyes, shoulders, and …
Into a vessel of light
When we meet with someone who is feeling melancholic, empty, shaky, or down, we can quickly become convinced that something is wrong, and that our role is to (urgently) fix the situation. To provide techniques, …
Into the autumn…
To walk in the early morning on what appears to be another ordinary day, with the summer and the fall still in dialogue about who will take it from here. Wandering between heaven and earth, …
A sign you’re on the right track…
The discovery of meaning, richness, beauty, and depth arises not only through an encounter with the light, but also by way of immersion in the dark. In ways the conscious mind isn’t quite able to …
Autumn and the emptying of the cup
Dear friend, I hope you’re doing well as we move into the Autumn, a time when the colors change, which for the alchemist was a sign of transmutation in the vessel. For many of us, …
Tending grief and the path of the wounded healer
Tending to grief is the essence of the wounded healer. Providing sanctuary and safe passage for its unfolding – in the body and in the imagination – requires that come to the ground, touch the …
The parting of the veil
So much of our psychological wounding is relational and encoded around love.While understanding by way of left-brain processing can be helpful and supportive, it is right-brain immersion in fields of safety which fosters reorganization.The body …
A vessel in which love is able to find its way here
Because our deepest wounding, which is always a wounding around love, emerges relationally, it will be most effectively tended, repaired, and healed within a relational field. We are relational beings and all healing is relational …