Most of us blame ourselves when meditation gets hard — we think we need to practice more, try harder, do something different. But there's something else happening that nobody prepared us for. And once you see it, everything shifts.
Meditation
Today I was reflecting about why do we engage in meditation or spiritual practices. Not everyone, but many come to spirituality from a place of pain or struggle. In fact, often struggle or pain presents an opportunity and hope to change the direction of our lives. We become motivated to […]
Is Struggle a Spiritual Gift? Rethinking Failure, Pain, and the ...
As an empath, I sometimes struggle to speak my truth in relationships. I’m aware that speaking up means conflict. Though my adjustment seems outwardly seamless, I noticed in recent relationship dynamics that I was trying to numb myself with unhealthy foods. Subsequent to a period of days of avoiding speaking […]
Purpose of Pain
I sit in a daze. My mind is racing and it is challenging to stay present in my body. My sacrum is tense, and I feel better leaving my body. Instead of the usual uplifting and inspiring messages I see on Facebook feed, it is filled with election responses from […]
Navigating Energetically Challenging Times
I’ve been having a lot of juicy conversations lately about relationships. It’s magical for two people to choose to be in relationship together and to continue to choose it over the long term in a way that feels authentic and truly satisfying. After all, we experience our deepest vulnerabilities […]
Moving from Struggle to Finding the One with Joy
At a training today, I was so surprised to hear that safety is not a need. When our needs are met, feelings of safety arise. Are you as surprised to hear this as I was? In our day to day lives, we encounter places where we don’t feel safe. Something […]
Feeling Empowered in Our Lives
Transformation is a messy path. You will be raw. You will feel vulnerable. You will feel discomfort. There will be times when you feel immense rage. Moreover, there will be times when you feel as though there is no ground to support you as old ways leave and new ones […]
The Path of Transformation
The group meditation this week was Soul Linking. I felt deeply honored and my heart felt full with everyone’s presence, sharing, openness, and bringing themselves so fully to the experience. Soul Linking meditation supports connecting with others on the soul level, whether we want to increase love in our relationships, allow the […]