Posted October 18, 2020 in Sacred Stories

21st Century Mystic

Sacred Stories

They were on FaceTime, sharing their reentry to the “real” world after having been on retreat for a week. The conversation turned to the awkwardness that can arise when using intuition in our everyday work life, especially in fields that do not embrace this path.

One mentioned having heard author […]

Posted January 29, 2017 in Debra’s Wellness Tips

Write Into Your Truth

Debra’s Wellness Tips

Opening the page of a favorite book (Angelic Messenger Cards) I read,”While it may appear to you that the solutions to your life problems lie in changing only your attitudes, or in adjusting where, how, or in what place you live, this card is offering you a different perspective. With the choice […]

Posted December 25, 2016 in Debra’s Wellness Tips

Watch

Debra’s Wellness Tips

The skill of noticing—watching—can be compared to training a puppy. One of my favorite teachers about learning to watch yourself, especially during the painful sensations or difficult emotions is Pema Chödrön.

The pith instruction is, Stay. . . stay. . . just stay. Learning to stay with ourselves in meditation is […]

Posted May 17, 2015 in Debra’s Wellness Tips

Mindfulness-Mental Benefits

Our culture has been inundated with horrific symptoms of lack of mental ease: eating disorders, substance abuse, obsessive-compulsive disorders. Even the most well-adjusted of us has less than skillful ways of soothing our ragged mental states. Mindfulness lessens the wretchedness of discursive thoughts—fixations on errors of the past or threats of the future. We become […]