Tag: Relationships

Creativity of Being

April 16, 2023

I love the broad theme of “creativity” here at Heart of the Matter this month.  Wynne’s suggestion that we explore the topic in periodic posts was a great one…it could easily become an indefinite series!  Writing and learning from talented, insightful bloggers enriches my perspective about the ways in which we’re all ‘creative’.  I loved … More Creativity of Being

Lines and Barriers

April 15, 2023

A few weeks ago Brenda, who writes at Curiosities, Castles and Coffee Shops wrote a great post about logic versus emotion and the ways in which she is influenced by both. She talked specifically about how she believes that allowing her emotional side to prevail brings her greater happiness, a sense of balance and significantly less … More Lines and Barriers

Wednesday Letters

April 12, 2023

Image by Karolina Grabowska via Pexels. On the top of the letter, I wrote the date, folded it up, and placed it in an envelope. I wrote in a past blog post that I try to write my mom once a week. I’m good some weeks, some weeks not so much. One letter, though, that … More Wednesday Letters

Family Stories: Courage & Creativity

April 6, 2023

I’ve long admired people who have the innate capacity for storytelling, especially when the topic is family focused.  Whether it’s a rich, oral history shared at holiday gatherings (often where the SAME stories are told and retold, becoming family traditions) or when we’re writing to capture stories which become legacies – connecting threads through the … More Family Stories: Courage & Creativity

Episode 10: The Power of Intuition

March 24, 2023

In Episode 10 of the podcast, Wynne talks with healer, meditation teacher, and artist Deirdre Wilcox. We talk about Deirdre’s journey to become a healer, how she used her time undergoing treatment for breast cancer to integrate all that she’d been taught about the mind-body-spirit. We also delve into the power of our intuition and why we mistrust it, why we need to place meditation up there on the list of daily habits like flossing, the danger of going shopping after meditation class, and how transformation might be exactly what we need to live our deepest and best lives. At the very end of our conversation, we left in an outtake where Wynne offer herself up as an example of how mulishly resistant humans can be when it comes to tackling things that could make our lives better. … More Episode 10: The Power of Intuition

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The Subtleties of Love Addiction

March 3, 2023

The word “addiction” is so alarming to me and brings up all kinds of associations. I think of my mother with her vodka, her DUI’s, her rehab stints, and her overall sad and lonely train wreck of a life. I think of movies that portray addiction and recovery incredibly well, such as 28 Days and Thanks for Sharing. I think of being taken to AA meetings by my parents, my twin sister and I playing under the table while people talk about their feelings in a room full of cigarette smoke. I think of 12-step recovery books arranged welcomingly on the top of toilet tanks (that’s kind of a thing people in recovery do). I grew up in a recovery family and have seen many forms of alcohol addiction. I’ve seen loved ones recover and loved ones pass away from the disease. It’s a loaded word, and for most of my life, I swore I would never be associated with it … More The Subtleties of Love Addiction

Libby Saylor | The Goddess Attainable

Episode 6: Really Listen to the Way We Talk To Ourselves

February 24, 2023

If you follow Libby Saylor on Instagram (@thegoddessattainable), you have probably seen the really cool self-portrait series she is working on. She notes that it she’s examining themes of self-worth and self-acceptance and adds, “This process requires that I resist the urge to draw myself as ‘pretty’ or how I want to see myself, but … More Episode 6: Really Listen to the Way We Talk To Ourselves