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Shoulders·2026-03-16

Left Shoulder, Right Shoulder: The Feminine and Masculine of Carrying

It’s a tricky business, being human. And perhaps one of the trickiest parts of this magnificent, messy human experience is discerning what is ours to carry, and what is not. Where does our responsibility to another end, and our responsibility to our

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The Silver Tongue and the Silent Scream: Two Sides of Vocal Wounding

Losing Your Voice: When Authentic Expression Feels Dangerous It’s a tricky business, being human. I remember one Thanksgiving, years ago, sitting around a table laden with food and heavy with unspoken things. A relative was holding court, sharing

Tao te Ching·2026-03-16

The Supreme Good Is Like Water: What the Tao Teaches About True Strength

Water does not compete. It flows to the lowest places, nourishes all things, and never demands recognition. In Chapter 8 of the Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu reveals that the highest good resembles water and in that teaching lies a profound key to healing, relationships, and inner peace.

Body Cards·2026-03-15

The Head - The Crown of Consciousness and the Throne of Identity

You carry within your skull a three-pound universe - a trembling, incandescent organ that both fashions the story of you and receives the deeper currents that seek to move you. The head sits at the apex of your anatomy like a crown of light and a throne of identity. It organizes, it remembers, it pr

Elevating Life Into Love·2026-03-11

The Alchemy of Compassion: Transforming Pain into Presence

It’s a tricky business, being human. And perhaps one of the trickiest parts of this human experience is how we relate to pain. I remember a time, years ago, when a sudden, searing pain shot through my lower back. It wasn’t from a dramatic fall or a

Shoulders·2026-03-11

Putting Down What Isn't Yours: Transcending Shoulder Patterns

The air in the high alpine meadow was thin and sharp, smelling of pine and damp earth after a morning rain. I sat on a smooth, grey boulder, the kind that has been warmed by a thousand suns. For years, I had been coming to these mountains to walk, to breathe, to simply be. But on this day, I was car

Feet·2026-03-10

Grounding Into Trust: Healing Through Your Feet

It’s a tricky business, being human. We are born into this world utterly dependent, wired for connection, and yet we so often find ourselves feeling profoundly alone, untethered, as if we’re walking on shifting sands. We learn to hold ourselves up,

Hands·2026-03-10

Handling Life: When Grip Becomes Grasp

It’s a tricky business, being human. And sometimes, the trickiest part is simply…handling it. All of it. The relentless flow of tasks, the emotional currents, the people we love, the challenges that arise like sudden storms. How do we hold it all

Lungs

When You Cannot Breathe: Suffocation, Grief, and Your Lungs

I remember standing on the wild, windswept coast of Vancouver Island, the air thick with the scent of salt and cedar. For days, I had been carrying a heavy feeling—a dense, formless grief that wasn’t entirely my own. It felt ancient, a sorrow of the

2026-03-10

Kidneys·2026-03-08

Kidney Stones and Crystallized Emotions: When Feelings Harden

TKidney Stones and Crystallized Emotions: When Feelings Harden A client, years ago, told me about a kidney stone she had passed. She spoke in a hushed tone, as if recounting a visitation from a strange and terrifying deity. She described this thing

Body Cards·2026-03-08

The Hands - The Instruments of Love's Expression

You carry the world in your hands and you carry your heart there as well. When you rest your palm on something - a child, a table, your own face - you trace the boundary between inside and outside, between tenderness and action, between the invisible current of love and the visible work of living. T

Head·2026-03-06

The Crown of Consciousness: What Your Head Is Really Telling You

It’s a tricky business, being human. And perhaps one of the trickiest parts of this human experience is lived entirely within the space between our ears. I’m talking about the head — this beautiful, heavy, miraculous sphere that we carry around each

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