by adminwomen | Nov 14, 2022 | Midlife Transitions, Mindfulness, Rebirthing, Self-Compassion, Uncategorized, Working with Grief
This October twelve women courageously walked deeper into their pain, grief and despair at this fall’s retreat entitled “Healing Yourself, Healing the World: A Self-Compassionate Path through Grief.” Like “Kali” the Dark Goddess in the Hindu pantheon, we found that...
by adminwomen | Jun 3, 2022 | Resilience, Self-Compassion, Spiritual Growth, Working with Grief
Growing up a female in a masculine powered world of the 60’s, I can tell you it has taken me a long while to find the ways of being alive and present in my life that really work for me. At 69, I can say it has taken experimentation with many mind/body tools to really...
by adminwomen | Nov 8, 2021 | Grief, Rebirthing, Self care, Working with Grief
Jon Kabat-Zinn tells the story in the introduction to his powerful book Coming to our Senses- Healing Ourselves and the World through Mindfulness. (2005) of a retreat leader asking him as he entered the retreat, “How is the world treating you?” Then the retreat...
by adminwomen | Oct 8, 2021 | Self-Compassion, Uncategorized, Working with Grief
Why do we start with witnessing? Several years ago I went with the UCC youth group to the Oglala Lakota Reservation in Pine Ridge, S.Dakota for a Mission Work Week. The intentions we went with were totally changed by the time we had been there for 2 days because our...
by adminwomen | Aug 28, 2021 | IFS (Internal Family Systems Work), Self-Compassion, Uncategorized, Working with Grief
How do you know when it is time to make a change in your life, to change a behavior, to switch gears and move in a healthier direction, to let go of a relationship, to notice your pain? The first pillar of finding this discomfort in your being, in your behaviors is...
by adminwomen | Jul 23, 2020 | Resilience, Spiritual Growth, Working with Grief
STOP THE WORLD I WANT TO GET OFF! There was a great musical in 1978 starring Sammy Davis Jr. called Stop the World, I want to get off! My parents introduced me to it when I was a kid. Then I thought it was a funny and entertaining concept to stop the world and get...
