Smith: A Rocky Start to A Wonderful Voyage?

Vanessa | July 15, 2010

Today, I’ve restarted David Smith’s new book, Honoring the Sacred EarthHonoring the Sacred Earth. I actually began to read it last week but got majorly busy after only a few pages, so I thought I needed to start it again, to make sure I was getting it right. His book (at least the back cover) [...]

Aaron: Super-charged Goal-Setting

Vanessa | July 5, 2010

I confess, I am enjoying the heck out of Raymond Aaron‘s Double Your Income Doing What You LoveDouble Your Income Doing What You Love. What, specifically, has caught my fancy? Aaron’s no-nonsense approach to success, goal-setting, and getting on track for one; his confidence in his methods for another; and the feeling of hope and [...]

Lesser: Hearfulness and Ecocide

Vanessa | June 29, 2010

Back to reading, The Seeker’s GuideThe Seeker’s Guide, and I’ve entered the Landscape of the Heart. Lesser encourages to face the world with an open heart, to not close our eyes to suffering and tragedy. All right. It took all the heartfulness I could muster to watch this movie of the ecocide happening in the [...]

Smith: Two More for the ‘Wanna Read That’ List!

Vanessa | June 29, 2010

One of my tweeps, Rev. David P. Smith, has two books on spirituality that I am really looking forward to reading: Under an Expanse of OaksUnder An Expanse of Oaks and Honoring the Sacred EarthHonoring the Sacred Earth. Even cooler is that right now he is in the Celebrity Author competition and needs votes for [...]

Vallée: What is the Great Shift?

Vanessa | June 29, 2010

I’ve now finished Kryon’s section of the book, as well, as Mary Magdalen’s, and am now almost done the communication by the Hathors. I’m getting the feeling that this is kind of an Intro to the work of these beings, since the Hathors are the only ones I am familiar with to any extent I [...]

Vallée: Blasting Me With Channels

Vanessa | June 24, 2010

Have you ever read a book that just launched into information about which you knew almost nothing?

Hestia and Becoming a Domestic Goddess

Vanessa | June 1, 2010

Both Ban Breathnach and Cilley stress the importance of nurturing one’s soul even as one works to nurture the souls of others. This is an ongoing area of struggle for many of us, men and women, in this society and perhaps a safe, comfortable and, dare I say it, beautiful home is a balm to help bring us home to ourselves.

Giving CHAOS a whole new meaning

Vanessa | May 10, 2010

there is this little part of my brain that has now accepted Martha Cilley’s definition of CHAOS as Can’t Have Anyone Over Syndrome.

Woodman and Johnson: Junging it Up!

Vanessa | April 24, 2010

Nonetheless, I am enjoying the wealth of imagery and symbolism from the Jungian interpretation of these stories. I’ve gained insight that will help me with my own dream interpretation as well as increasing my capacity to help my coaching clients.

Woodman: I have a crush on Mary Hamilton

Vanessa | April 23, 2010

Through ‘active imagination’ and a strong meditation practice, as well as dream analysis, she brought herself through the intense grief over the loss of her unborn son, and overcame a lifetime of conditioning that caused her to see her body as something to be ‘used’ instead of cherished.