The Power of an Idea
“What’s the most resilient parasite? An Idea. A single idea from the human mind can build cities. An idea can transform the world and rewrite all the rules.”—Inception Sometimes our ideas seem to get lost or mixed up inside of us. We know the kind of person we’d like to be—a thin, healthy, nonsmoking, confident, successful, outgoing person. But the reality we experience can be far different than that idea. The movie Inception has really inspired me, validated for me in a sense, the idea that we are...
Read MoreI Had a Happy Childhood. Why Do I Feel This Way?
I have a client who tells me that she had a really boring, loving and normal childhood. Her family all supported her growing up. There was no abuse. They all had enough to meet their needs and not so much as to be bothered with issues of worthiness or entitlement. So why, she wondered, did she struggle? There is more drama in past life memories of being burned at the stake and having that explain a shyness to expose talents, particularly related to using intuitive gifts. Those are the stories that really get our...
Read MoreThe Stage Hypnotist
In high school, my friend Angie’s brother was working to become a stage hypnotist. He asked her to invite a group over so he could practice. There were nine of us sitting semi-circle, hands in lap and nervous. While we were all good friends, this was high school, mind you, and so taking on the risk of looking stupid was asking a whole lot. Jim, the hypnotist, explained what we could expect and then started to take us down into trance. I floated somewhere between allowing myself to enjoy how good it felt to let...
Read MoreLearning
In the past two weeks since my granddaughter, Jager, went home, I’ve been reclaiming my busy life. While she was here, it felt really important to clear my schedule and make her the center of the universe. I enjoyed every precious moment, but a small part of me felt panicky, as though one month away from friends and groups and events would somehow wipe the memory of me from the face of the earth. This is an old energy pattern of mine, and one I’ve worked on diligently for the past two years to overcome. It’s...
Read MoreThe Glasses on the Top of Your Head
Melissa is a busy mom. She is one of those people who just get things done while the rest of us are wondering if we should even try. In the raising of six children (two still at home), she has also returned to school to earn another degree, helped with innumerable community events and projects, coaches and counsels. Now she has also been working at taking care of herself, perhaps her toughest accomplishment yet. Like many multitasking moms, Melissa is the sonar of the household. Her son asked her the other day if...
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