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Doubt. #blacklivesmatter abundance ancestors celtic holidays celtic spirituality divine feminine doubt earth spirituality faith ground lughnasa pagan holidays paul tillich Aug 24, 2018

“Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is an element of faith.”  Paul Tillich (1)

I have entered a season of doubt.  It happens sometimes.  To me, doubt feels like a nagging rasp in my throat, or like wearing a windbreaker that’s a little damp and not quite...

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Want More Of Anything? Feeling Full Of Lack? Watch This. Apr 30, 2018

A Beltane Greeting + The Five Principles of Abundance

Once you watch this, consider responding in the comments below to the following:

Which of these do I believe in?  Which of these do I experience?  Which of these do I struggle with?  What resonates?  What irritates? ...

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Jesus Didn't Die For My Sins Mar 31, 2018

Today the moon has ripened into fullness.  It's the second day of Passover, and what my spiritual tradition of origin calls Holy Saturday.  I write to you from a small retreat center in Lacey where my faith community sets up camp from Wednesday of Holy Week until Easter Sunday for the...

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Jesus Didn't Die For My Sins ancestors christian christianity earth spirituality easter full moon interspirituality jesus roman catholic women priests spirituality theology Mar 30, 2018

Today the moon has ripened into fullness.  It's the second day of Passover, and what my spiritual tradition of origin calls Holy Saturday.  I write to you from a small retreat center in Lacey where my faith community sets up camp from Wednesday of Holy Week until Easter Sunday for the...

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Happy Spring! (BTW, I'm A Psychic). depression energy medicine mental health psychic spirituality spring spring equinox Mar 19, 2018

Yep. You read that right. This may not be a surprise to some of you, as I’ve been slipping new language into my posts and blogs other the past year.  I’ve shared about doing readings, getting messages, and practicing energy medicine.  And it does say it, explicitly...

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A Simple Irish Spring Ritual for Families
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A Simple Irish Spring Ritual for Families altar brigit earth spirituality family spirituality goddess imbolc spring st. brigid Jan 30, 2018

In the traditions of my Celtic ancestors, tomorrow was considered the first day of spring: St. Brigid’s Day, or Imbolc.  A feast of hearth and home, this was also the day when the Goddess Brigid* began bringing the world out of the womb of winter’s dark and into the awakening...

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Grieving Room Jan 17, 2018

Anniversaries are powerful times and I’ve been reflecting a lot these past two months about where I was a year ago.  Some of you will know that last year at this time I was on a mental health sabbatical, having spent the fall and early winter experiencing a particularly acute...

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You Made It! And Other New Year Non-Resolutions divine feminine earth spirituality full moon healing new year solstice Jan 03, 2018

Each of you is perfect the way you are ... and you can use a little improvement. ― Shunryu Suzuki
 
Your problem is you're afraid to acknowledge your own beauty. You're too busy holding on to your own unworthiness. You'd rather be a schnook sitting before some great man. That fits...

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5 Rituals For Autumn Equinox abundance ayurveda balance cleanse earth spirituality equinox fifth season gratitude ritual Sep 19, 2017

Fall is my favorite season.  That might be because it’s my birthday season (November 30th, in case you want to put it on your calendar, and shout out to all the other Sagitariuses), but I think there’s also a quality to this time of year that is sweet and melancholic and...

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Why I Live By The Moon (And 3 Ways You Can Too) bleeding bodies embodiment goddess lunar cycles moon moon cycle women Sep 05, 2017

The morning of the Solar Eclipse last month, I taught an outdoor yoga and meditation class.  The women (it just so happened to be all women) gathered, and just before we started, I took a quick trip to the restroom to do my thing, and also to make sure I knew where they were and were...

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The Gift call gift grief poem prayer vocation Aug 14, 2017

Here’s the thing: If I had been born to a Swedish baker
I might know the art of weaving a braid of bread.
Had I been born to a Hawaiian mechanic
I might be skilled at fixing engines and sliding through tunnels of water.
Instead
I was born to an Italian man and an Irish woman—two...

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To My SKY Community May 19, 2017

To my SKY community—

Many of you have heard by now that I will no longer be teaching at SKY at the end of this month.  I have not, though, shared openly the reason I am leaving and I wanted to take the opportunity now to do that.  

It came to light this February that I had...

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