The Village Healer

Life coaching

  • Unconditional Love – What is it Really?

    This is a common misperception…that unconditional love and boundaries/standards are mutually exclusive!! Unconditional love means you love someone the way they are. This does NOT mean you have to be in relationship with them. Its kind of like loving dairy… Continue reading

  • Thoughts Or Feelings – Which Came First?

    Do our thoughts dictate our feelings or do our feelings dictate our thoughts? I had never given it any thought at all until someone asked me that very question one day many many years ago. Without much hesitation I answered… Continue reading

  • FOMO

    While the acronym FOMO is fairly recent, the issue of ‘missing out’ has been a factor in life for decades. In 1913 a comic strip originated called, “Keeping Up With The Joneses”. The idea of someone else having more than… Continue reading

  • Regret Is A Gift

    I aim to live my life with no regrets. Regrets indicate that the past is taking up space in the present. It is far better to live a life fully present to your highest best, thus avoiding future regret. However,… Continue reading

  • Healing Crisis or Negative Consequence?

    There are signs everywhere. Interpreting the messages of Life can be tricky at best, overwhelming at worst. Its something I pride myself on having figured out. I have been called the “Queen of Reframing” and a “Mystic Midwife” because I’ve… Continue reading

  • I Love You

    My understanding of these three little words have transformed proportionately to my own evolution. As a child I had the most open concept of love. I loved everything around me. Every person. Every animal. Every tree. Every plant. Every space.… Continue reading

  • On Being Harsh…

    As an author, a writer, a healer, a guide I believe that clear communication is mandatory. How that is delivered, I suppose, is a matter of style. Recently, and not for the first time, I have been accused of being… Continue reading

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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