This past weekend a friend shared a post on Facebook about energy vampires.   It was written for sensitive people and empaths warning how others can take our energy.  The article went on about the bad people in the world who will steal your energy and deplete you.  As I read it I was annoyed with the negative, fear based spin implying we are helpless victims to energy vampires.  The last sentence took me beyond annoyed to amazed…and not in a good way.  In bold letters it read Energy is … [Read more...]

I never Coulda Shoulda I don’t remember where I learned this phrase but it was at least 20 or 30 years ago.  It means what we have done in the past was done with what we knew then, where we were emotionally and couldn't have been done differently.  To live in the past and rehash how we might have done something differently never serves us.  We could only do what we knew then. This doesn't mean we don’t learn from our past.  As Maya Angelou often said “When you know better, you do better”.   … [Read more...]

My goat, Ghost, taught me about the process of dying. I knew he was struggling and I wanted to help him. I wanted him to no longer be in pain. I wanted to “fix” it. But when I asked about helping him cross over with our medicine he refused help. He wanted to experience the process of dying. He taught me a great lesson…to be with the experience rather than avoid it. For him this process was as much a part of living as when he was playing with his buddies jumping from rock to rock. Living … [Read more...]

Today I'm sharing  how to keep from getting overwhelmed, anxious, depressed*, angry and all those other pesky emotions we prefer not to feel on a regular basis. It’s my go-to daily Spiritual practice and it keeps me in the flow. Being a highly sensitive empath means we require more self care than others.  Our sensitive energy field needs TLC on a daily basis.  When we don’t take time for self-care life can get wonky.  Caring for our energy body is actually simple and can also be FUN. Set … [Read more...]