The Village Healer

Jade

  • When Gifts Aren’t Appreciated

    Have you heard the term “Indian Giver”? Walk with me on this. To use this term is racist…know that. However, I want to explain where it came from, as I learned from Jamie Sims, in Sacred Medicine Path Cards. Everything on… Continue reading

  • Progress Is Not Linear

    Bear with me now because the thoughts are running faster than my hands can type. Progress isn’t linear. I first understood this last year as we were recovering from Chris’s stroke. One day he could do something better than the… Continue reading

  • Mission Statement

    I am Unconditional Love and a representative of Light. I bring healing via acceptance, understanding, empathy and education to the world. I stand for alignment and living your highest life. I believe I am capable, honest, wise, insightful, generous, loving… Continue reading

  • When The ‘Cure’ Is Really Another Addiction

    I can’t watch anymore!!! I first saw this phenomenon about 15 years ago while working in a Psychiatrist’s office that offered Methodone as a treatment for opiod addiction. Methadone, is another opiod! After this awakening, I began to see this pattern… Continue reading

  • My Thoughts On Quitting

    Its not an option. I knew that going in. I learned of Whole30 just about a month ago from a friend. I’ve been researching all sorts of healthy eating models for years…maybe even decades if I’m honest. I never did… Continue reading

  • Why We Say Things We Don’t Mean To Our Adult Children

    Ever have the experience of saying something to your adult child and almost immediately regret it, because it didn’t come out the way you intended to or because it sounded completely ass-ish outside of your head? We say things we… Continue reading

  • A New Take On Sacrifice

    I’ve been contemplating the meaning of sacrifice the past couple of days and I’ve come to a new definition and its changing my life… sacrifice | ˈsakrəˌfīs | noun • an act of giving up something valued for the sake… Continue reading

  • The What If Game

    We spend a lot of time asking ‘what if’ yet we rarely, if ever, ask it to our benefit. Normally, it is some form of ‘what if I fail?’  Today I was afforded an opportunity to explore ‘what if there… Continue reading

  • My New Year’s Thoughts

    I know this may seem late, being it is the second of January already (damn, now its the third), I am right on time. I spent the days of my holiday weekend with my beloved who was ill. It was… Continue reading

  • What Other People Think Of Me Is None Of My Business

    One certain recurring lesson has been playing out for me… What other people think of me is none of my business. It was there when someone called me sanctimonious and judgmental and I let it hurt my feelings. It was… Continue reading