Tag Archives: Healing

Growing Beautiful Lotuses from the Mud of our Shame-filled Shadows, Part 2

View Part 1 here “If you know how to make good use of the mud, you can grow beautiful lotuses.” -Thich Nhat Hanh Last week, we discussed the “mud” of our shadows, especially the unproductive patterns we find ourselves repeating. In part two of this discussion, we’ll focus on how loving our wounds can helpContinue reading “Growing Beautiful Lotuses from the Mud of our Shame-filled Shadows, Part 2”

The Paradox of Self Love: How Love from Others Helps us Love Ourselves

Although self-love is a beautiful practice for bringing more love into our lives, our American obsession with self-reliance and rugged individualism can lead to unrealistic ideas that we need to become totally independent islands of love before we can love or be loved by others. But there’s a dirty little secret about self-love: for manyContinue reading “The Paradox of Self Love: How Love from Others Helps us Love Ourselves”

A Heart Centered Perspective on Healing Our Core Wounds

Healing our core wounds is a topic frequently discussed is many circles. But “healing our wounds” can easily become another thing we need to do before we can be happy, whole, and complete. Instead of working to heal our wounds, we can just start giving more love to the parts of ourselves that need itContinue reading “A Heart Centered Perspective on Healing Our Core Wounds”