Kathleen's Words
What Happened When I Said Good-Bye To My Dog
“Because of the dog's joyfulness, our own is increased. It is no small gift. It is not the least reason why we should honor as love the dog of our own life, and the dog down the street, and all the dogs not yet born.“ Mary Oliver Sophie, a 14-lb Bichon Frise, was my...
Five Reasons Why Cultivating Patience Can Change Your Life
“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau When I was a child,in the early ‘60s, my grandfather would take my sister, brother and me highbush blueberry picking for hours, in Lynn Woods. We would venture out on a summer evening, with our...
Why It’s Sometimes Necessary To Do A Deep Dive
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”― C.G. Jung Right below the surface of our lives are the dreams, hopes and fears that direct our language and behavior in ways we rarely question. Someone asks us how we...
What To Do With Inner Conflict
“You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level.” Echart Tolle Conflict comes from the Latin, confligere, which means "to strike together.” Inner conflict is when two opposing feelings, beliefs,...
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU FEEL LOST AND OVERWHELMED
We have all been there before, when we just don’t know where to turn. We look back on our lives, and remember the dreams we had of a successful career, a happy marriage, a healthy body, and they look nothing like the life we are living. The voice in our head says, “Where did I go wrong? What could I have done differently? What next?”
Self-Compassion Is At The Heart of The Law of Attraction
Essentially, the Law of Attraction can be understood by the concept that “like attracts like,” and that what we place our focus on has a huge impact on what is actually happening in our lives. If we focus on being afraid of things out there, we activate fear inside and that is our point of attraction, calling fearful things to us. If we focus on expecting a positive outcome, we can activate the feeling of optimism as a point of attraction inside. If we focus on our desire to connect, we activate openness inside as our point of attraction, and invite the same in others. We impact the outcome each time.
TEACH YOUR PARENTS WELL
Though I primarily work with adults, I often see the children of clients I work with, and I must admit to learning something new every time one of these amazing “new kids” graces me with their presence.
THE MOST IMPORTANT SHIFT
You don’t hear the term, “the shift,” as in a shift of consciousness or paradigm shift, very often anymore. It seems many people now agree that there has been a shift, and that we are fully in it, and that we are in a new world now. Many say they have already had their shift in consciousness, often brought on by some ordeal, as a physical illness or divorce or financial crisis, or all of the above. The shift may have been from focusing on success and money to prioritizing family and love, or from pushing one’s body too far to radical self-care.
Stop, Drop, & Smile
I love koan-like statements like this one by the mystic poet and saint Kabir, because they help me to keep questioning the outrageous ideas that my analytical mind comes up with to “solve” the questions of my heart and soul. Like the woman in this hilarious video called “It’s Not About The Nail”, my mind is sometimes like a guy trying to solve a problem that cannot be solved.