So many of my clients have the experience of feeling intensely unsupported in life. Sometimes that’s exactly how they talk about it – they feel anchorless, rootless, like they are walking without direction through their lives. They want help with that. For other clients, feeling unsupported is what we discover after we’ve dug down into […]
Are Your Ancestors Hungry?
So many persistent problems–the kinds that really won’t change–come down to this one sentence: “No thank you. I’m not really very hungry.” kjlkjlkjl Imagine yourself at a beautiful banquet table. It’s covered with precious chinaware, cutlery, and candelabras. You look around, and you see them – your ancestors, so many of whom suffered, experienced trauma, […]
Thank You, and Bless Me in a New Way…
What is keeping your most painful patterns from changing or healing? One possible answer from the insights of constellations is that there is a trauma in the larger ancestral system that hasn’t been seen or included in some healing way. But I am beginning to think about another aspect of systems that might be keeping […]
How Does Nature Heal?
What are your stories of healing in nature? I have many such stories. Some of them involve crickets, a fishing village, and loons. I think part of our connecting with nature is, indeed, in this kind of lovely specificity. Here’s a short video that includes some of these powerful stories as we approach my upcoming […]
Nature Heals the Ways We Are “Out of Place”
Most of us have had experiences in nature like this: Sitting on a beach, feeling the rhythm of the waves sooth and clear us in just the way we needed. Looking out at the stars, feeling the immensity of the universe, knowing our right place and how connected we are to everything. We’re distracted […]
Mothers & Fathers and “I Can’t”
Do you ever feel like you just…well…can’t? In your family of origin, with spouses or children, in work, health, recreation, or finances, in one or more of these areas do you sometimes just feel like…you can’t? I can’t…get a partner. I can’t…make enough money. I can’t…fulfill my work-related dreams. I can’t…be happy. I can’t. I […]
New, Improved Decision-Making
When it comes to decisions, there are three things we really want: 1. To be decisive; that is, to consider the choices, and be strong and clear in our decision. 2. To make decisions in good time, so that we’re not spending too much time considering, or missing an opportunity because we couldn’t decide. 3. […]