Life Changes
Healing Through Storytelling: Lessons from The Odyssey
The journey of Odysseus in Homer's 'The Odyssey' offers profound insights into healing...
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- Written by: Jeanne Collins
What if you asked yourself, "Do I make myself a priority?" How would you answer? Most of us would hesitate before boldly declaring "Sometimes yes!"
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- Written by: Paul Levy
We are all potential healers and dreamers; our very nature is shamanic. We all have shamanic abilities that knowingly or unknowingly we use every day.
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- Written by: Kate King
If I know one thing for sure, it’s that patterns don’t break on their own. When something is stuck in a repetitive rhythm, the path of least resistance is to keep on keepin’ on. But, the path of least resistance does not lead to a radiant life.
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- Written by: Barry Vissell
I glanced out the bathroom window and saw to my horror that the trees seemed to be moving to the left. Then I realized that the trees were not moving ... the house was moving to the right. Built on the topside of a ridge, the house was clearly beginning to slide downhill.
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- Written by: Lisa Doggett, MD
Multiple sclerosis (MS) has added a bizarre twist to my quest to find fulfillment and to serve others. At times, it has helped me understand my purpose with greater clarity even while sometimes thwarting my plans.
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- Written by: Sharon E. Martin, M.D., Ph.D.
When talking about moving forward to healing, one of the most common issues I see with my patients is stuckness. They will often hold on to an inner story as to why they are having the experience.
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- Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com
The scent of a fresh, ripe mango can be intoxicating. The sweetness of its nectar beckons you to savor its rich flavor. Yet, the simple act of eating a mango is not as straightforward as one might think.
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- Written by: Linda Rossetti
“When does it end?” I am on the receiving end of this question all the time in my work. I get it. Growth is invigorating, enlivening, hopeful, and optimistic. It can also be demanding, confusing, isolating, and emotionally charged.
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- Written by: Rabbi Wayne Dosick
It used to be that our community, political, and spiritual leaders were paradigms of wisdom who lived their values and manifested their principles.
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- Written by: Larry Thornton
A well-known saying asserts “Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you react to it.” Missing from this thought philosophy is the key point that your reactions affect others in profound ways.
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- Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com
Do you need help in your personal or professional life? Do you need help keeping up with the modern world's ever-changing demands? If so, you're not alone.
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- Written by: Richard Louis Miller, MA, PhD,
Every enduring culture leans heavily on its tribal elders to nourish the younger generations with the wisdom that comes with experience. For better or for worse, the modern Western world has left many of its own traditions behind.
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- Written by: Connie Zweig, Ph.D.
For many people, retirement is a time of reinvention without a blueprint, a shift to flextime, part-time, volunteering, service, lifelong learning, or caregiving.
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- Written by: Maureen J. St. Germain
We must be willing to let go of the old to embrace the new. We must be willing to accept guidance from our Higher Self even when we don’t want to.
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- Written by: Robert Simmons
The magnetic field that has always pulled me along in this life has been my sense of wonder—which fed my wondering and wandering.
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- Written by: Julia Paulette Hollenbery
Life is not just something that happens to us. It is something we co-create.
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- Written by: Andrew Harvey and Carolyn Baker, Ph.D.,
The majority of people traumatized in childhood do not recognize the fact, and few people in 2020 would have readily named the pandemic as a trauma.
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- Written by: Pierre Pradervand
For eons we lived in a world where change was so slow that a snails’ pace would by comparison seem like a racing car from the famous Le Mans car race. Stability was the name of the game...
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- Written by: Julia Harriet
By mid-life, most of us have faced a significant loss such as the passing of a loved one, losing a job, or the dissolution of a formative relationship. These painful experiences can leave us feeling like we’ve taken a wrecking ball to the heart.
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- Written by: Barry Vissell
We all know the expression, "You're as old as you think or feel." Too many people give up on activities just because of age. The real danger here is the giving up on life...
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- Written by: Peter Ruppert
Sometimes, when we are laser-focused on our goals and making our mark on the world, the relentless activity can become all-encompassing. In pursuit of a good life, we can sometimes forget to enjoy what is right in front of us.
