Integrating after a soul retrieval
The period of integration after a soul retrieval helps assimilate the energetic changes. In the first few days following a soul retrieval, any number of emotions may arise – from joy that we are now more fully home to a feeling of tenderness and vulnerability. The more we slow down and care for ourselves during this time, the smoother the integration.Returning soul pieces come back with wisdom and energetic gifts they are eager to share with us. We can aid that process by making space in our lives to hear the messages and energetic...
Healing our buttons
Think of the last time someone said something that made you angry. In relating the incident to a friend, you might have used the words, “He or she really pushed my buttons.”We all have buttons, those sore spots that produce a rapid emotional response such as hurt or anger. When pushed, buttons propel us back to a time we felt vulnerable, often childhood.We don’t usually have to look too hard to find an instance where our buttons have been pushed. Those closest to us – significant others, siblings, parents, children...
Tracking negative thoughts that cause body pain
One afternoon out hiking, I took pleasure at the sight of my favorite wildflowers and the sounds of the birds trilling overhead as they darted in and out of the trees and tall grasses. I breathed deeply and appreciated the sweet, earthy smell of the meadow. I relaxed and connected with nature.Then, unexpectedly, I tripped over a tree root and stumbled, coming very close to falling on my face. This was so at odds with what I had been experiencing, I knew it was a message.I tracked back to what was on my mind at the moment I lost my balance and...
Releasing a pattern or habit by cutting off its energy
A house in my neighborhood has two grandfather pines in the yard, taking up the entirety of the front lot. A collection of scraggly weeds and anemic crabgrass grew around and under the trees. Last summer, thick black plastic sheeting appeared, covering up all traces of the less than desirable lawn.By covering their lawn, the homeowners cut off two things that plants need to live – light and water. Without a source of energy, the weeds withered and died.When we’re faced with a limiting pattern or habit we no longer want in our...
Soul retrieval – welcome home!
During a time of trauma or great discomfort, a piece of our soul may disassociate as a survival mechanism. In most cases once the trauma ends, the soul essence comes back on its own. When it doesn’t, we are said to have soul loss.Core soul loss happens most often as an infant or young child, although situational soul loss can happen at any age. Any situation that feels uncomfortable can cause soul loss, even something we might not consider traumatic. For example, having a sudden realization as a toddler that we don’t fit in our...
Learning to love ourselves
Have you ever experienced so much beauty and joy that your heart opened fully? Love flowed through you, and you felt humbling amounts of forgiveness, compassion and peace. Maybe it was at the birth of a child, standing at the rim of the Grand Canyon, or looking deeply into the eyes of your beloved.In moments of grace such as these, we experience love in its purest form. When we extend that love inward toward ourselves, we open to being in flow. We connect with the universal energy of love, and we recognize that we are part of the web of life....