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6 Full Moon Rituals - The Goddess Circle. Full Moon Charging.

6 Full Moon Rituals - The Goddess Circle

The Amazing Benefits of Creative Time – The Writer's Circle. Did you know that your health and personal well-being can benefit when you make time to be creative?

The Amazing Benefits of Creative Time – The Writer's Circle

It’s true! Whether you write, draw, scrapbook, or create quilts, when you engage in something creative, your mind and body benefits. Jean Houston In Discourse about Emily Dickinson. The Genes of the Soul: Amin Maalouf on Belonging, Conflict, and How We Inhabit Our Identity. As a teenager in Bulgaria, the great joy of turning sixteen was finally qualifying for a passport.

The Genes of the Soul: Amin Maalouf on Belonging, Conflict, and How We Inhabit Our Identity

But this long-awaited event also marked my first brush with the violence of bureaucracy. One Friday morning, I stepped into a municipal office to apply for the coveted certificate of identity and lined up behind — or, rather, herded with, as is customary in Eastern Europe — a large lot of my fellow humans also in need of some government document.

Finding Your Creativity in Paris with SEYMOUR+ September 3, 2015 by Amy Thomas Camille Malissen When I moved to Paris six years ago, one of the greatest things that happened to me was meeting Melissa Unger.

Finding Your Creativity in Paris with SEYMOUR+

A fellow New Yorker, Melissa also had French blood and California cool. She was gregarious, generous, genuine, and a little bit wild. She had confidence and grace in equal measure, and very clear convictions along with the ability to articulate them. It started in 2011, when Melissa launched Seymour Projects, a not-for-profit organization committed to helping individuals cultivate self-expression by encouraging them to balance technological stimuli with internal exploration.

Adults who love to colour in. Could not load plugins: File not found Adults colour-in to relieve stress Adults are turning to colouring-in books as a creative outlet that helps fight anxiety - with not a Disney princess in sight.

Adults who love to colour in

Coloring Isn't Just For Kids. It Can Actually Help Adults Combat Stress. Coloring is an activity that we tend to associate with children.

Coloring Isn't Just For Kids. It Can Actually Help Adults Combat Stress.

As we grow older, we put aside our crayons and colored pencils in favor of more respectable writing utensils like pens and highlighters. However, it turns out coloring can be beneficial for adults -- namely for its de-stressing power. The practice generates wellness, quietness and also stimulates brain areas related to motor skills, the senses and creativity. In fact, publishers have lately been launching coloring books specifically for adults. The trend is alive and well in countries in Europe and North America. Does Coloring Really De-stress? "Great Mother, Caress my Spirit with... - The Return of the Divine Feminine. Medicating Women’s Feelings. Photo WOMEN are moody.

Medicating Women’s Feelings

By evolutionary design, we are hard-wired to be sensitive to our environments, empathic to our children’s needs and intuitive of our partners’ intentions. This is basic to our survival and that of our offspring. Some research suggests that women are often better at articulating their feelings than men because as the female brain develops, more capacity is reserved for language, memory, hearing and observing emotions in others. Learn how to make stronger statements in... - Cloth Paper Scissors. How to Hone Your Bliss Instinct: a Guide to Following Your Bliss. By Indra Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Ponder this thought for a moment: Planet earth is a video game. Availability—Inviting the "bigness" of you - Ten Directions. “When you can relate to the present moment, make choices and distinctions, and bring those into the collective—that is where the facilitative and the leadership role really meet.

Availability—Inviting the "bigness" of you - Ten Directions

When that happens, you’re able to help a group have the capacity to relate to presence and be available to what is emerging. That’s the interface that we’re interested in. That’s where we start to see performance outcomes in organizations, things that are meaningful—greater cohesion, higher performance, more productivity, bigger breakthroughs, and capacity to collaborate across sectors. Why it’s Crucial for Women to Heal the Mother Wound. What many people do not realize is that the core issue at the center of women’s empowerment is the mother wound.

Why it’s Crucial for Women to Heal the Mother Wound

Difficulty and challenges between mothers and daughters are rampant and widespread but not openly spoken about. The taboo about speaking about the pain of the mother wound is what keeps it in place and keeps it hidden in shadow, festering and out of view. What exactly is the mother wound? The mother wound is the pain of being a woman passed down through generations of women in patriarchal cultures. And it includes the dysfunctional coping mechanisms that are used to process that pain. The mother wound includes the pain of: "In All Fears And Trembling Boldness: Unleashing Your Soul's Voice" by Sera Beak for Emerging Women Live 2014. Why Consciously Awake Women Are “Cunts” About Me Lover of Life, Love & Sensuality.

Why Consciously Awake Women Are “Cunts”

Optimist. Believer. Natural Beauty Advocate. Minimalist. To many the word “cunt” is one of the most vile, obscene and vulgar swear words in the English language. It seems that the reasons why the word ‘Cunt’ is perceived a bad word are no longer in our consciousness. The Meaning, Magic and Power of the Word “Cunt” #1 A spiritually, enlightened woman The word ‘Cunt’ in the vernacular means vagina. Courageous Conversations: An Interview with David Whyte. The voice of David Whyte changed my life in 1994. Since then I have met hundreds who had similar epiphanies upon hearing his message. "Relax" by Ellen Bass, spoken by Kim Rosen with music by Gary Malkin and Michael Fitzpatrick. 20 Diagnostic Signs That You’re Suffering From “Soul Loss”

By Lissa Rankin MD Guest writer for Wake Up World Our entire culture suffers from what the shamans call “soul loss,” a loss of meaning, direction, vitality, mission, purpose, identity, and genuine connection; a deep unhappiness that most of us have come to consider as simply ordinary. Investment — Robin Rice.