How Do I Find My Authentic Self? Part two

Contemporary life is filled with so much promise of happiness and fulfillment.  Yet many people find that, though they are doing all the right things, that passionate sense of meaning and purpose just isn’t happening.  Many others are so depressed or fatigued that they don’t have the energy to care about what is authentic [...]

How Do I Find My Authentic Self?

Contemporary life is filled with so much promise of happiness and fulfillment.  Yet many people find that, though they are doing all the right things, that passionate sense of meaning and purpose just isn’t happening.  Many others are so depressed or fatigued that they don’t have the energy to care about what is authentic [...]

Shamanism and the Renewal of Spirit

Winter is the season of The Return. It is the time to rest and slow down. For most just slowing down is the challenge. We think all we need is to catch up on some sleep or restart our daily meditation practice. For others chronic exhaustion and fatigue is the challenge and we get [...]

Shamanism, Winter Blues and your Purpose

The “Winter Blues” viewed from a shamanic perspective are misdiagnosed.  Through the eyes of the shaman the Winter Blues are not so much about less light, but about the fact that we don’t respond to the shorter days by turning off the TV, closing the email, unplugging, and going deeply within.  The Winter Blues [...]