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Create a Chatting Bench to Inspire Connection
I just learned about chatting benches! They are benches with signs on them to invite people to talk with strangers. Chatting benches are found in England, Sweden, Australia, Switzerland, Ireland, Ukraine, and the United States. Chatting benches are also called talking benches, happy benches, or “happy to chat” benches. What Inspired Chatting Benches? From what
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Finding the Sacred on a Battlefield
A battlefield is not your typical place that a sacred seeker finds the divine. I mean, who ever heard of a sacred battlefield? If all life is sacred, then God is here too. On our last trip to Scotland, we stopped at the Culloden Battlefield where between 1,500 and 2,000 Jacobites and 300 government soldiers
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Queen Sanobia’s Successor
Queen Sanobia’s Successor The words “Close the gates” sounded too late to isolate the inhabitants of Labasite from the plague. By the time the words were uttered, it was already within their walls. Within 24 hours, red Xs appeared on doors of the town, indicating that an afflicted victim lay inside. Within 48 hours, the
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Why Be an “Earthling?”
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Fall Asleep Naturally
50 to 70 million Americans Have Sleep disorders Fall Asleep Naturally According to a SleepFoundation survey, 55.8% of adults have consumed a sleep aid in the last month. Insomnia is a huge problem! Lost sleep costs the US economy $44.6 billion each year. Sleep Medications Aren’t a Great Solution Insomnia is one of the most
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The Hero’s Journey Vs. The Sacred Wheel
A client recently asked me where to begin the process of change. I replied that she first has to know where she was. She didn’t understand. So, I explain to her about the hero’s journey. This is an archetypal path that we all go through many times in our lifetimes, that was outlined by Joseph
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What’s It Like to Trance Dance?
What’s It Like to Trance Dance? Cultures throughout time who had drums or droning instruments, like the didgeridoo, have utilized trance for a variety of spiritual purposes like: appeasing the “evil spirits” withinhealingto find what is in shadowconnect to the inner selfhave a better huntfind answers to pressing questionsto get help from the spirit worldcelebrationrite
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Foraging for Dinner
We just completed our quarterly gathering, and for the first time, we went foraging for dinner! We hit this point where enough of us were tuned into wild food that we wanted to incorporate it into our dinner. We brought our bowl and headed outdoors to see what spring had on offer. Would we find
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The Story of Rainbow Betty
The Story of Rainbow Betty Once in a faraway land, a little girl was born with an incredible rainbow of light inside that shone so brightly that her parents named her Rainbow Betty. Betty never knew darkness because as she slept, a soft blue glow surrounded her like a night light. When she was awake,
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The Hungry Bear
Roaming around the countryside, there lived a hungry bear who absolutely loved honey! Whenever he felt empty inside, the bear wandered into the closest farmhouse to find the juicy nectar. Hungry Bear knocked over the hives and plunged his fat fists into the honeycomb, ripping the comb open as he ate his fill. Once satisfied, he
