Posts by: Jill
Today I am feeling quite blue. My relationship has parted ways.
Although we share many of the same ideals on life and love, it has been a challenge for us to get on the same page as to how to be in the space of one another’s complex lives.
But I wanted so badly [...]
reveal article →Last night I took a late night bath to unwind from a very intense work day. I noticed the millions of cricket and cicada sounds outside. They were relentless. I knew that these sounds would be there later—even if I had gone to another room, watched a movie and came back to the window [...]
reveal article →This morning around 1am I was visited by a 5 inch moth.
I had been writing and ruminating, dreaming, worrying… I was thinking… what to do about a confronting situation? I thought I knew. But the answers were inside my head, inside of fears, predictable and out of reach.
And in what I believe was [...]
reveal article →Sometimes when I am in a place of uncertainty I consult and draw the celtic runes. They do not tell me what to do, what the future holds or things that are unknown, they simply remind me of a spiritual energy and intellect that I already posess, which has been [...]
reveal article →The Eel is the metaphor for swimming in the cold and murky waters of fear. It sits in waiting to be fed by passers-by. Important to note, the eel is not waiting to harm anyone. It just means to survive. Instead of anticipating it’s unknown moves, swim to shore. Sit [...]
reveal article →If you feel a struggle within, there’s a good chance it is caused by a conversation you are having with yourself. That conversation can be so persistent that others become unconsciously enrolled in it with you to the point that it’s perceived as a struggle between you. The best way [...]
reveal article →Not only have my roots been fastened and secured, but my life has been spared. More often than not, out of my wounds have sprung blossoms, leaves, seedlings and vines. From where my branches had been broken, came chutes baring twice as many limbs and sprouts, those are young and [...]
reveal article →Did you know that when a man hears a woman’s voice, it get processed in the same part of the brain where he hears music?
A mindful practice of music would be to let your self hear every note, every word, every tap of the cymbal, every finger touching every [...]
reveal article →Have you ever heard the following phrases about inspiration? “It will come to me” or “just can’t find the inspiration”, somehow suggesting inspiration is a thing that is gotten or acquired from an outside source… to appear in your lap or backyard as if by magic?
Today, amongst all of the information we are receiving [...]
reveal article →You tell no one of your plan for the day. Not purposely, just haphazardly. Solo hikers rule number 1, always tell someone your plan, so they know where to send a search party later that night.
It is a long a riverbed trail through the upper reaches of Oak Creek Canyon. Supposedly one of [...]
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