You know that feeling, right? You’re fast asleep, dreaming away, when all of a sudden you’re falling. Your stomach lurches and your heart starts pounding as you free-fall through the endless void. Without thinking, you reach out blindly to grab hold of something—anything—to stop the plummet. More often than not, your hand finds your bed […]
Fears
The Secrets of the Walking Wounded
Her laugh was a tell. She often coerced a laugh when she felt guilty, ashamed, unloved, unappreciated and unworthy. It was a ploy to cover up how she really felt. She was the type of person who aimed to please everyone but herself. I’ve known her since I moved into the neighbourhood. Her name was […]
The Unlived Life is the Death of the Self
Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance. When I read that part in Stephen Pressfield’s book The Art of War, it struck such a deep accord that I often go back to it whenever I feel resistance. The majority of my […]
How to Shift Fear to Love During a Crisis
During this time of uncertainty, fear has been wreaking havoc on our physical, emotional and spiritual states. I cannot recall any other time when we have collectively allowed the lower vibrational energy of fear to usurp our true essence. It’s human nature to catastrophize. It’s human nature to zero in on the worst case outcome […]