Posted September 5, 2015 in Sacred Stories

Quarter

When her brother was physically with her (he had recently transitioned with cancer), she told him she would refinish the beautiful wooden console in his truck.

She found a quarter underneath as she took the console out. Something told her to look at the date.

It was 1967, the year he was born! […]

Posted August 29, 2015 in Sacred Stories

11:11

It is easier to ignore things that only happen once or twice, but when you have a pattern of meaningful coincidences, you can appreciate the way all of life comes together.

They had not been in contact for nearly 15 years when an email message came in expressing gratitude and suggesting a get-together. (See blog […]

Posted August 22, 2015 in Sacred Stories

The Time is Right

For well over a year, she had been wanting to connect with a woman in the community. Once or twice, they were scheduled to be in the same place at the same time, but something always came up to prevent the meeting from taking place.

Attending a bon voyage event for friends, she was […]

Posted August 15, 2015 in Sacred Stories

Kindle!

She gifted her mother-in-law a Kindle (digital reading device), but her mother-in-law (being of the older generation) never used it.

Several times after the death of her mother-in-law, she noticed her own Kindle would be on in the middle of the night, although she always thought she was sure to turn it off after […]

Posted August 8, 2015 in Sacred Stories

I Was Very Pretty

It had been twelve years since the unbearable death of her daughter, just weeks after graduating from college. About 9 years later, the surviving daughter named her own daughter after her sister. That child, namesake of her deceased aunt, was now three-and-a-half years old.

On the 12th anniversary of her sister’s death, showing her […]

Posted August 1, 2015 in Sacred Stories

Hummingbird: He is All Around Me

Her younger brother had recently transitioned with cancer. She had been watching a particular hummingbird with a strong sense of her brother.

All of a sudden, the hummingbird came over and landed on a plant stand two feet from her! He stopped flapping his wings and sat looking at her.

He was black […]

Posted July 25, 2015 in Sacred Stories

Nomad

It had been years since she had introduced the use of music to help a client move stuck energy, but everything was pointing to that being helpful.

The therapist’s choice was Nomad, by Atma Shankar—guttural native Australian sounds from didgeridoo and drums.

It worked! The music played and they both danced around the […]

Posted July 18, 2015 in Sacred Stories

Package

The client entered the session a bit frantic. She had mailed a package to her daughter in another country, and, although she had received confirmation of delivery, her daughter did not have the package. She expressed thoughts about the neighborhood not being safe.

The therapist shared a story about a friend’s experience.

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Posted July 11, 2015 in Sacred Stories

Amitiza

Her mother-in-law was on a long-list of medications. After having been in and out of the hospital, and going home on oxygen, supervision of the medications became necessary.

Pages and pages of information, additions and deletions, notes and question marks—it was overwhelming trying to keep everything straight! Something needed to be done.

She took […]

Posted July 4, 2015 in Sacred Stories

Young Buck

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Her husband’s unofficial nickname was “Young Buck.” Before his children were fully grown, he died.

Several years after his father’s death, their then young-adult son came home with an unusual t-shirt he had bought. It was a white collared shirt with a young buck partially hidden behind the pocket. She was sure […]