Spiritual Direction and Healing Touch Energy Therapy
Finding Balance For Your Mind, Body, and Spirit
As I have been giving Healing Touch to patients in every ward of the hospital these last couple of months, I couldn't help but notice some patterns that I wanted to share. Many of those with chronic pain, unhealed wounds, or extended stays had a traumatic event in their past. And it wasn't just that… Continue reading What Working with Hospital Patients Taught Me About Wounds
Part 2 of Stranger Things Season 4 comes out on tomorrow, so let's talk about Part 1 now. "Running Up That Hill" by Kate Bush was the number one download on Apple Music for a reason. The reason was this scene, the scene that portrays what anyone who has suffered from anxiety or depression would… Continue reading How We Can Learn About Mental Health from Watching Netflix’s Stranger Things
When I first learned that a daylily flower lasts for only one day, I cried about the shortness of its beautiful life. But once I thought about the bloom as just one piece of the whole plant, I realized that a piece had to die for the good of the whole. And daylilies do not… Continue reading What Daylilies Can Teach Us About Protecting Our Energy
Our bodies are giving us messages all of the time. Chronic pain or unusual disorders (like a skin rash) often appear when we are not listening to something important that our intuition is trying to tell us. Our physical body manifests the urgency to get us to pay attention. Photo by RF._.studio on Pexels.com Let… Continue reading Body Talks: Listen to the Messages from Your Body
When I was 19 years old, my family went to visit my brother in Montana. He had committed to a year of living and working with the Northern Cheyenne Tribe through the Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC). While we were visiting, the Cheyenne treated us like their own family and offered us the experience of participating… Continue reading The Spirituality of a Sweat Lodge Ceremony
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