Goddess Talk
Stress … What’s Really Going On?
Subjective Experience and Objective Physiology By Dr. Nancy Carney In Western culture, our understanding of our wellbeing (or lack of wellbeing) is constrained by an underlying assumption that we have a physical self and a psychological self. Although most of us...
Stress: The Universal Feeling
Ah, stress. As a Ph.D. student with two part time jobs, I feel pretty confident when it comes to talking about how the pressures of life can be a bit overwhelming. So, determined to deal with this better, I started seeing a therapist. There was no particular crisis...
Life and Leadership—An Unlikely Story
By Anne Peterson I started my “adult” life at 15 years old with a new baby and myself to support. When people hear this they are shocked. I am now 51, my son is 35, and I live a life that defies all expectations. My mom “kicked” me out of our home with my 4-month-old...
The real and complicated history of Thanksgiving
The real and complicated history of Thanksgiving By Daniela Ubeda Every November in elementary school—while we crafted Native American headdresses out of construction paper—my teachers would tell us the story of the Pilgrims who sailed the Mayflower to America,...
Grace Through Gratitude
By Judi Price There’s a lot of talk about gratitude these days. We’ve all seen the Gratitude challenges on Facebook. It’s the topic of books, articles and countless memes. Just search Gratitude Journal on Amazon and you’ll get over 7,000 results. And rightly so....
Exploratory Gratitude
By Molly Stillwell Growing up, I had a burning desire to escape my hometown and travel to exotic places where “things actually happened”. In the process, I criticized and rebelled against the space I found myself in, often telling my parents of all the other places I...
Four Ways To Practice Gratitude
By: Daniela Ubeda Practicing gratitude can take many forms and it certainly takes effort. I’m no expert here and I’m definitely still learning how to exercise gratitude better everyday. But, after a year of heavy introspection and too many changes to count on my...
Rituals
Exploring Ritual Anne Peterson When someone mentions witches, what’s the first thing you think of? Wart-covered faced women, flying around on broomsticks? Bubbling cauldrons? Spooky sacrifices? One thing that comes to my mind is: rituals. But more like the...
Boo!!!
Boo!!! By Ellen Snortland Boo! It’s once again Halloween, with its assortment of ghouls, goblins, and witches. My question is: why are witches considered wicked Halloween characters? Wouldn’t the creepier ones be the Inquisition boys, especially the ones with...
What the HECK is Boundary Week?!
I mean, really, how do you know what the boundary is? I know what I’m supposed to say, but how do I know I’m right about where the boundary line is? How do I set my boundaries and not trample on others’ boundaries, or worse, leave others hurt or feeling bad?
Finding my Boundaries in a 1994 Toyota Estima …
Boundaries are like a good pair of Spanx, they provide support to help keep things where they should be, they are often at work behind the scenes, and they take some effort to get into place but once there, they can do one hell of a job! Today, I see boundaries as...
We Have a Winner!
Shared by Ken Gruberman, Goddess Guide Hubby Extraordinaire The experience was like nothing I’ve ever experienced! We were part of an amazing mix of people either nominated for, or receiving, awards: from barely-known indie journalists to big names like Henry Winkler...