The Village Healer

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  • Great Expectations: The Great Saboteur

    Expectations are tricky little devils.   It doesn’t matter what the task, endeavor or project is, expectations can be your downfall.   In my recent project of doing the Whole 30 I’ve had the occasion to observe many things. The… Continue reading

  • My Magick Medicine

    I was tasked by a mentor to write about my medicine in an exercise.  I have the capability to see what isn’t seen and hear what hasn’t been said, to heal what hasn’t been healed. The magic to make the… 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

  • 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

  • Reveal

    The after effects of the Self-Reveal Challenge are continued exploration into peeled back layers that is me. I discovered that I really like sharing myself, much more than I ever have or ever thought I would. Sharing who you are… Continue reading

  • Self-Promotion/Self-Reveal Challenge Summary

    Its the first day after the challenge and I know it wasn’t meant to be five and done. I’m meant to continue revealing myself so that others who need me can find me. So, that I’m more comfortable. So this… Continue reading

  • Day 5 Self-Promotion/Self-Reveal Challenge

    This is day five of my shameless self-promotion challenge and I find myself a little lost for words today. My thoughts on the challenge today are about ‘self-reveal’ than anything else, so I’ve been sitting with that today. Just sitting… Continue reading