by Laura | Mar 20, 2024 | spirituality, travel
I didn’t spend a lot of time on Mull. We caught a late ferry and had to scoot to get to Iona. The weather was dreich (dreary). I am sure that impacted the way things felt there. Honestly, it felt like the world was sleepwalking on Mull. It’s the closest I’ve ever come...
by Laura | Aug 27, 2023 | healing, spirituality
Do women need formal initiations? Life provides us with natural initiations. We can’t avoid it. Maidens don’t ask to be born. Birth is their initiation. The 1st Seductress has menstruation thrust upon them. Mothering is a consequence of giving birth,...
by Laura | May 20, 2023 | spirituality
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...
by Laura | Dec 21, 2022 | spirituality
Winter Solstice – A Time for New Beginnings Happy winter solstice. Today is the longest night of the year. Starting at dawn tomorrow, the days will get longer and longer signaling to all that life renews. Isn’t that a most hopeful sign? What the Winter...
by Laura | Jan 4, 2022 | healing, spirituality
Some people think they are too bogged down in the task of everyday living to nurture spiritual growth. So, they get away from their everyday lives to create space. They go somewhere–a retreat center where they do things, a workshop where they learn things, or perhaps...
by Laura | Jan 2, 2022 | healing, spirituality
Research is showing that psychedelics can be very therapeutic for mental health and spiritual healing. There is a lot of excitement around this, but what should you know before you use psychedelics? Let’s explore that now. Who Should NOT use psychedelics? While...
