Archive | Spiritual Illness

How to Treat Back Pain – Look to the Brain – Not the Spine

Looking to one of my favorite topics – Pphysical manifestations of emotional turmoil…psychoneuroimmunology and all the other fascinating mind/body connections: This incredible book, Crooked, explores the topic in a personal narrative, and a very readable format. Here’s an excerpt!   https://aeon.co/essays/to-treat-back-pain-look-to-the-brain-not-the-spine?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=ebbf96b3e4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_411a82e59d-ebbf96b3e4-69120157

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The Sorrow and Shame of the Accidental Killer – New Yorker – Link

This is a phenomenal journalistic piece which explores the particular PTSD experienced by people who accidentally take another’s life. Highly recommended reading, sharing, pondering, bringing compassion… https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/09/18/the-sorrow-and-the-shame-of-the-accidental-killer?mbid=nl_170911_Daily_Monday&CNDID=26249229&spMailingID=11897312&spUserID=MTg2NDc2MDI4MzAwS0&spJobID=1240943615&spReportId=MTI0MDk0MzYxNQS2

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Carl Greer and OM Times!

I had the great good fortune to have Carl Greer as my personal mentor in the Way of the Sage program at The Four Winds Society. He is a marvelous teacher of Jungian Archetypes and dream work! He was a wonderful guide in the path of my training, and taught me how to do distance […]

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What is the Story behind your Emotions? (Change Your Story!)

What is the Story behind your Emotions? By Brené Brown on Sunday July 3rd, 2016   http://upliftconnect.com/change-your-story/

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The Science of Affection: How a Rebel Researcher Pioneered the Study of Love in the 1950s and Illuminated How Parents Shape Children’s Emotional Patterns

“If monkeys have taught us anything,” Harlow asserted in reflecting on his experiments, “it’s that you’ve got to learn how to love before you learn how to live.” Do give a read to: https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/07/07/love-at-goon-park-harry-harlow-deborah-blum/?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits The Science of Affection: How a Rebel Researcher Pioneered the Study of Love in the 1950s and Illuminated How Parents Shape […]

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Can Trauma Be Passed From Parent to Child?

http://www.ozy.com/fast-forward/can-trauma-be-passed-from-parent-to-child/70261?utm_source=pdb&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=07072016&variable=143bb66c7bf10d7b419f543f25019c35

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If you have a dream, a vision, don’t ever let anything stop you from pursuing that, take action every day, regardless of bad you think things are, focus on how good things can be and what you have to do to make that happen!

At age 20 this lady was living in a flat in Scotland Living off benefits Struggling to feed her baby Battling depression Grieving the loss of her mum who died from Multiple sclerosis struggling with the break down of her marriage She would sit in a coffee shop local with her baby next to her […]

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Understanding the Dynamics of Hate, by Jose Stevens

A new José Stevens Article Understanding the Dynamics of Hate June 17, 2016 By José Stevens  This is an article about a topic that most people are quite uncomfortable with because the subject tends to spark great anger and attacks by these very fanatical people who are not neutral or objective in any way about whom they […]

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How do we find our paths?

Dearest Friends I had to share this with you today. The author has hit this nail right on the head. There’s the link to the essay, read and rejoice! Blessings Kitty   https://medium.com/on-eudaimonia/take-off-your-mask-the-way-will-find-you-582f6cf4dd53#.l53rvxate   Take Off Your Mask. Your Path Will Find You. How to Find Your Way Home How do we find our paths? […]

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It’s way more fun…

It seems trite to say: ‘let’s loosen up a bit, stop taking things so seriously!’. But seriously, let’s. It’s way more fun.

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To become a butterfly, you must be willing to give up being a caterpillar.