Not long after my first dream, I had another. In it, I am on my way to a dance party in the basement of a warehouse in some unknown city. As I begin descending the stairs, panic overtakes me along with a feeling of being totally out of control. In the next instant, a friendly…
One night I had a dream. And in that dream, I saw an image composed of bubbles and fibers; of bright pinks and blues. And for the first time of many more to come, I heard the narrator’s voice: “This is the lifestream, and you are part of it. But in order to fully experience…
While I encourage people to find support on the road to mental fitness, the good news is everything you need to heal is already inside of, and around you. The other piece of good news is it’s not about adding anything, but rather, pivoting away from that which depletes you of your energy, and toward…
I was nine years old when I found out I would have to do body maintenance for the rest of my life. “What kind of God would design my body to be such a make-work project?” I protested to my mother who, at this point, was used to me questioning everything about the world I…
When I drove down the parkway to climb my first frozen waterfall, I was a young woman with an uninterrupted story since childhood. My inner narrative consisted of thoughts about myself (I am unloved, life is painful, I no longer want to live) as well as the emotions that accompanied these (hurt, anger, unhappiness.) I…
After decades of healing work, I am convinced that power is at the core of our personal and planetary issues. That is why when people ask me what I do, I tell them I am a Guide to Self-Empowered Healing. In our society, men are trained in the expansion and uses of their power, but…
In stillness there is freedom, a state where we are no longer caught in the pain of the past or in fear of future events. Freedom is intimately connected to sovereignty, because free people are harder to control than those who live in fear. And what do we fear? That our wealth will be taken…
We live in a hyper-materialistic world, one that directs our consciousness to focus on the outer at the expense of the inner. But if life happens from the inside out, this basically hijacks our internal navigation system and replaces it with mindless conformity to a uniform reality. Anyone who steps outside of this reality is…
When we live in a prolonged state of fear and uncertainty, or in the case or recent global events, one crisis after another, we move into a state that closely resembles what is commonly referred to as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. But is it really a disorder; or would it be more accurately described as…
In 1992 I began what became a two-year process of letting go of street drugs so I could spend more time with my new-found love, climbing. When I give presentations, I inevitably get asked the same question: “Didn’t you just trade in one addiction for another?” And I always give the same answer: Yes, and…