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Episodes
173 episodes
#173 Septua Sanguis/The Eight Temptations: Tareme Ch.13
We meet our first human! And what do they say? Are they coming? Find out in chapter 13 of this epic book! It’s only just beginning!
#172 Puzzle Finished! Found Lost Piece, BUT where?!
I finished my 1,000 piece puzzle! YAY! And these are the last few pieces falling into place, including the LOST piece. BUT, where did I find it!
#171 Stagecoach Relationships: Tip to Tail, Root to Seed
I’ve been wondering about a story that I might use to bring relationships into living, breathing, and directions and reminders so I can be successful. This is something that came to me the spur of the moment and I thought it wou...
#170 Puzzle, while puzzling together a Life
This is a live puzzling of an octopus puzzle, while musing about the puzzling nature of life, and the ways I puzzle together a Life, not just a New Life, but one which incorporates and integrates parts of me I've lost along the way, or never da...
#169 Septua Sanguis/The Eight Temptations: Beyond-Ch.12
Another bit from somewhere beyond the milky spiral. Wisdom that is well meaning but perhaps hard to translate into human words.
#168 Septua Sanguis/The Eight Temptations: Delphi-Ch.11
We have finally arrived at Delphi, where Sorrow receives a vision. She solves the mystery of why the humans are dying, but leaves unclear about her actual question, and other parts of the vision.
#167 Septua Sanguis/The Eight Temptations: The Eight-Ch.10
Chapter 10 of an epic story about the Seven Deadly Sins, who originally were known as The Eight Temptations. This is their story of being who they are, engaging with humans, and with their powerful but removed parents. This chapter is a c...
#166 When "Yes" becomes "No, Not Yet"
Watch for it. When a yes is ready to transform, morph, change you and your life. That's when it's time to hear, "No, Not Yet", and trust, believe, dream, hope.
#165 Glorious Wisdom: The Octopus
I am an octopus. 🐙 And it’s hard to explain. But here, I try. And in so doing, I understand a bit better what it’s like to be in relationship with one. 😂 Plus, all the glorious wisdom they offer.
#164 Embodied Presence: Explained!
What is embodied presence? How is it found, discovered, achieved, done, become, learned, BE? Well, I'm not sure. That's why I continue to learn what it is, and how it might be 'BE'.
#163 Two Rocks, Same Team, Integrity brings Clarity
What happens when two rocks meet, and realize they are on the same team, and play a game so quick it takes only 57 minutes for a home run and game over? Well, clarity is what happens. The two rocks get real clear, real fast. And that's great be...
#162 The Art of Integrity: Boulder to Pillar
In this episode, I trace my humble beginnings of integrity--as a heavy boulder--to my beautiful pillar of integrity, today. I've worked hard to learn how to create beauty with integrity, while being immovable with it, like Ozen from the anime T...
#161 Mother’s Day: A complex celebration
Mother’s Day is not easy. So many have lost their mother, to death or estrangement, and so many have lost a child, to death or estrangment. This isn’t a carefree day for many — it’s complex, complicated, emotional, confusing. And it want to ack...
#160 Transmissions! From Therapist to Cosmos.
This is a fabulous episode with a wonderful update on my therapy sessions, along with a raw view into my process of creating and understanding the cosmos of my book, through the cosmos of our universe!
#159 Reimagining Fairy Tales: A New Perspective
What if fairy tales are wise, and filled with great nuggets of gold? We just have to shake them up a bit, see what's beneath the veneer, and then the stain, and the warped wood, and the rough grains, and ... then we might find some really fun s...
#158 Who Knows What Comes Next?
There are so many unknowns in life, the most simple being ‘what comes next’. Who can answer that question? Who can tell where exactly we are in this cosmic dust? And how do we make meaning of something we barely know? Or clearly don’t know. Thi...
#157 Sunday Morning Musings
A slow walkabout, studying trees and all their wisdom, wondering about what works, what doesn't, and the mysterious why --and when-- because some moments it doesn't and then suddenly it does. Letting go. Holding hope. Trusting myself, trusting ...
#156 Transmissions Between Us: Therapists, Friends, Lovers
We are constantly transmitting information, so why not transmit what we really need to say? Transmit our needs, desires, wishes, and then show up for ourselves in that way, with the people who CAN and WANT to join us in doing that. How do we he...
#155 Septua Sanguis /The Eight Temptations: 9
This is a story about the Seven Deadly Sins, and the Eighth who rules them. We have Wrath, Greed, Pride, Envy, Sloth, Gluttony, and Lust. But don't forget the Eighth Temptation, Sorrow. Perhaps she is the most powerful. After the Mother's of co...
#154 The Eye of the Needle called LOVE
We all say we want to love full and deeply, but do we? I have found the eye of the needle to be quite small! Not love itself, but the eye! Every time I am threaded through, it burns away another part of me -- and can be painful! So... ask. ...
#153 Affirmations for "I Have A Voice"
I have a voice It speaks my story, my experience, my life. It doesn’t sound like anyone else’s voice. It doesn’t speak anyone else’s words. It speaks my voice. My voice, my words. My life. I once thought it was supposed to sound like everyone e...
#152 My St. Patrick's Day Story (A Challenge!)
I wrote this little ditty for a writer's party on St. Patrick's Day, and I challenged myself by using every prompt given! Best of the Irish to you!
#151 Challenges! Fight VS Friction
When we face challenges, or even better, when we choose to challenge ourselves, when is friction enough? Or is it always enough? Or are there times when fight is needed? I don't know! But explore these questions.
#150 Septua Sanguis /The Eight Temptations: 7 & 8
This is a story about the Seven Deadly Sins, and the Eighth who rules them. We have Wrath, Greed, Pride, Envy, Sloth, Gluttony, and Lust. But don't forget the Eighth Temptation, Sorrow. Perhaps she is the most powerful. After the Mother's of co...
#149 When ‘My’ Experience May Help Others 2
These are my final thoughts about offering advice to someone who is going through a rape trial. And I hope that, although my experience may not be directly relevant, perhaps the energies needed for such an endeavor are transferred and all can b...