Kathleen's Words
The Zone of Hope
“Hope” is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul - And sings the tune without the words - And never stops - at all" Emily Dickenson There was a period of time in the mid-80’s when my life began unraveling from the inside out. I experienced a sense of deep...
There Is A Mountain Of Pain: You Can Do Your Part
"Don't be concerned about being disloyal to your pain by being joyous." ~Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan In May of this year, I travelled back to Cusco, Peru, where I’d lived in 2005. I visited my dear friend, Paul Temple, who is the steward of the Hummingbird Retreat...
What Is Deep Healing?
Healing is a broad term, and we may be tempted to define emotional, physical, or spiritual healing—or even financial healing—in different ways. Emotional healing may be defined as being free of negative emotional charge from the past, while financial healing may be defined as freedom from debt. Physical healing may be the mending of a limb or the elimination of cancer.
A Pyramid Of Hate Or A Vortex Of Love: It Starts With Us
After sitting with clients this week, I am struck by how much what seems to be the rise in hate and cruelty in the world is affecting people—myself included. It elicits a deep sadness in me that the most natural gift of being human— to love and be loved—is thwarted by fear and ignorance. Last year had the highest tally of reported hate crime incidents since 2008, when 7,783 incidents were reported to the FBI.
A Story About A Teacher, Suffering And Love
“Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.” Erich Fromm I want to share a story about a man who taught me about love in the face of the ocean of suffering of humanity. He is one man, among many men and women, children and...
Live By Your Most Powerful Word In 2022
I have had a long slumber, in the dark of Portland winter since flying out from Virginia last week. My grandson Jack and I made snow angels, watched movies, colored and glued stuff and played games and had a snow ball fight where aliens invaded. As you can see, my...
My Mother
Words to describe Peg Murphy Hanagan: Grace, strength, humility, kindness, and above all else, love.
Two months ago, I asked my mother to articulate the main message of her life.
Marriage: Stay, Go, Or Grow?
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” Lao Tzu Beyond the institution The institution of marriage, as it is today, is simply no longer a deep and vast enough container for many evolving humans. Statistics...
The Power of Humility
On his desk, Dr. Bob Smith, the founder of AA, had a plaque defining humility: “Perpetual quietness of heart. It is to have no trouble. It is never to be fretted or vexed, irritable or sore; to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me....