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Healing Quote – Byron Katie

Posted on September 19, 2011

‎”Defense is our first act of war.”

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Healing Quote – Rainer Marie Rilke

Posted on February 14, 2011

 ”The point of marriage is not to create a quick commonality by tearing down all boundaries; on the contrary, a good marriage is one in which each partner appoints the other to be the guardian of his solitude, and thus they show each other the greatest possible trust. …Once the realization is accepted that even…
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Healing Quote – Martha Graham

Posted on February 3, 2011

“There is a life force – that is translated through you into action.  Because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique.  If you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost to the world forever.”

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Our Greatest Fear, by Marianne Williamson

Posted on January 3, 2011

It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us. Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually,…
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Trauma-Proofing Your Kids, by Peter A. Levine and Maggie Kline

Posted on January 3, 2011

This book is a must read for any parent with children going through normal life where there is bound to be  ups and downs life brings in the form of hurts, fears, or troubles that can be part of any childhood.  The authors recognize that trauma is a part of life and also honor that…
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Healing Quote – Rainer Marie Rilke

Posted on January 3, 2011

“Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves.  Don’t search the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them.  And the point is to live everything.  Live the questions now.  Perhaps then gradually, without even noticing it, live…
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Healing Quote – Anaïs Nin

Posted on December 29, 2010

“Sometimes we reveal ourselves when we are least like ourselves”. – Anaïs Nin

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What is New Words?

Posted on December 27, 2010

There are so many fabulous words that exist in the English language that describe all kinds of things, experiences, etc.  And, there are plenty of words that some say are completely missing.  What are they? And what kind of absences are there?  For one, there are many words that are missing an “ing” or a…
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The Fantasy Bond, by Robert Firestone

Posted on December 27, 2010

This is a wonderfully articulate book for both  clinicians and clients alike that invites the reader into the world of  the bonds between parent and child that later create the foundations of  relationship attachment.  Reading this book will educate and awaken the  reader to the necessity of an examination of the nature of these bonds …
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Winter Time

Posted on December 27, 2010

The cold winter time is upon us, and many different traditions indicate that this time of year moves us towards psychic strengthening; more able to surrender the passing year and its’ contents and processes. The light is minimal now, and the dark is long, and so the quiet of this time invites us in, way…
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