The Village Healer

Jade

  • Suicide Scapegoating

    So many messages these days telling people who are struggling to reach out. Fair enough, but part of what depression does is it mutes your ability to reach. If you are NOT depressed and you see someone struggling, YOU reach… Continue reading

  • Don’t Deny Yourself Because Someone Else Has It Worse

    Oh man. I definitely got this message growing up and that is exactly how I taught myself to get through some of the worse times of my life. I discounted my own experience by saying to myself “it isn’t as… Continue reading

  • Dark Night Of The Soul

    A dark night of the soul is not just melancholy or sadness or even depression. It isn’t a bad day or week or rough time. It is a spiritual transformation. A rebirth. A destruction for creation purposes. It is to… Continue reading

  • The Woman In The Red Shoes

    A woman stated that when she sees a pretty woman, she compares herself and finds herself lacking. Her thoughts then spiral down from there. I know she is not the only one. I remember being like this. And in fact,… Continue reading

  • The Beauty Within

    It’s winter here in Michigan and I’m missing the snow. (Oddly enough now that I am ready to publish we are in the middle of a snowstorm!) We’ve had only two worthy snows this thus far and its sorely disappointing.… Continue reading

  • The Greatest Thing I Ever Did

    I know you’ve heard it a lot. People say it around Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, but this is January and I’m still gonna say it. The greatest thing I ever did was have a daughter and name her, Emma.… Continue reading

  • The Foul-Mouthed Woman

    Who is the Foul-Mouthed Woman?  She is the Maid, the Mother and the Crone,The Divine Feminine and the Naughty School Girl. She is the Keeper of the Flame, the Speaker of Truths,  The Seductress, the Riveter and the High Priestess.… Continue reading

  • Mirror, Mirror

    Raise your hand if you have ever been told that what you don’t like in someone else is a reflection of something in you that you don’t like. Keep your hand up if you then interpreted or were told that… Continue reading

  • Apologies, Forgiveness and Misconceptions

    Let’s start with definitions from the dictionary… apology | əˈpäləjē | noun (plural apologies) 1 a regretful acknowledgment of an offense or failure: we owe you an apology | I make no apologies for supporting that policy. • (apologies) used to express formally one’s regret at being unable to attend a meeting or social function: apologies for absence were received… Continue reading

  • Holiday Grief

    “It’s the most wonderful time of the year! With marshmallows roasting and…” Except when it isn’t. Grief at the holidays is 1) normal, 2) inevitable the older you get and 3) more intense than any other time of the year.… Continue reading