How Highly Sensitive People can Conquer Overwhelm and Depletion and Leverage their Special Gifts

As a Therapeutic Touch teacher and coach, I’ve met a host of highly sensitive people. Deeply empathic and highly intuitive, they tell me they find themselves easily overwhelmed and/or depleted by others and the world around them. Often highly creative, introspective and reflective, many are drawn to the healing arts where their special empathic and … [Read more...]

Trust Thyself – A Path of Healing and Self Regulation

We have the gift of so many kinds and qualities of attention of the mind and, as healers, how well do we use them? It’s in assessing the situation clearly, without prejudice, that we gain information that informs our response and our next action. Our ability to be fully present yet unattached to the outcome of the situation is often skewed by … [Read more...]

The Power of the Circle

Today I want to write about the circle and what it evokes in me. The circle, as symbol, metaphor and as a living and dynamic form is “alive”. A circle has no beginning and no end. It is an open system; a symbol of wholeness, integration, oneness, eternal, presence and continuous self-renewal and as Rumi so beautifully expressed, the circle is … [Read more...]

Awakening to Choice is Self-Empowering

Awakening to Choice is a beautiful piece of anonymous prose I received from a friend and share it here with you. It's inspirational in its wisdom and resonates with the shifts in perspective many of my coaching clients tell me they experience. The piece gives expression to the process of awakening and accepting responsibility for choice, that's at … [Read more...]

Self Esteem and the Power of Belief

Self esteem is affected either negatively or positively by how we relate to ourselves and how we respond to and interpret life stressors such as: Job promotion or being passed over Provocation Financial set-backs or challenges Unfair competitions Injustice “The belief that becomes truth for me…is that which allows me the best use of … [Read more...]