The Village Healer

Life coaching

  • …But Words Can Never Hurt Me

    Did you grow up with that sing-song rhyme? “Sticks and stones might break my bones, but words/names can never hurt me.” It was childhood spell casting; a tool for children to use against ill-willed words or name calling. The thing… Continue reading

    …But Words Can Never Hurt Me

  • Asking For Help Isn’t Weakness

    Something I hear a lot of Foul Mouthed Women say is some variation of ‘it’s hard for me to ask for help’. Is this you? It was me, too. And I raised my daughter in that. I learned it from… Continue reading

    Asking For Help Isn’t Weakness

  • Sacred Sundays

    No doubt due to my Catholic upbringing, I hold Sundays as sacred even though I no longer subscribe to an organized religious dogma. In my youth, Sundays meant attending Sunday mass and getting Dunkin’ Donuts afterwards. As a young wife… Continue reading

    Sacred Sundays

  • When People Show You Who They Are, Believe Them

    When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. People know themselves much better than you do. That’s why it’s important to stop expecting them to be something other than who they are. – Maya Angelou. This short little quote helped me understand the… Continue reading

    When People Show You Who They Are, Believe Them

  • The Importance of Emotional Estate Planning

    True or False? “I’m not sick. I have plenty of time to do my emotional estate planning.” False. While it is never too late to start emotional estate planning, it is also never too early. Emotional estate planning should not… Continue reading

  • We Aren't Immortal

    “So I find myself speechless, an animal unheard of…my father is now on comfort care, unexpected to live past the weekend. Who prepares you for such a calamity of events? Who prepares you for a hostile mother, wickedness and comfortable… Continue reading

  • When Death Comes – An End of Life Doula Perspective

    Early on Life taught me that it had a set of bookends named Birth and Death. I was not afforded the luxury of death denial. I understood clearly that death was always part of the deal. This perspective impacted my… Continue reading

  • Why I Don't Help, Empower or Hustle

    I don’t help, empower or hustle. Continue reading

  • Life After The Dark

    It is slowly all at once, Life after the Dark. Like the sun, rising on an overcast day, is imperceptible until you suddenly realize it has indeed cleared the horizon and your world once again illuminated…even if through a dull… 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