Category Archive for 'Forgiveness'

Chakra Mountain CD is Now Available at www.cdbaby.com

In fact all three CDs, Feel Welcome Now, Feel Forgiveness Now, and Chakra Mountain are available at http://www.cdbaby.com/Search/RHlulEp1bGlldCBSb2hkZS1Ccm93bg%3d%3d/O

Elder Stories

           There is growing evidence that when an elder is welcomed to share his or her story, there are measurable healing effects. This is referred to as Reminiscence Therapy and it is gaining ground for helping with healing depression and building a sense of meaning and purpose for our elders. While most of the studies [...]

Award for Feel Forgiveness Now CD

          I am typically not one to boast, but people have been encouraging me to post a little something about a recent award that Shantha Sri and I received for our CD, Feel Forgiveness Now. We were pleased to receive news that we had been included in the list of final nominees for the Just Plain [...]

Caretaking and Forgiveness: Sonja’s Story

Sometimes people find themselves in the position of being the only available caretaker for a dying family member who has been the perpetrator of either emotional or physical abuse. Sonja was a woman who had given her entire life to the upbringing of her children and grandchildren and she was loved for her candidness and [...]

Treating Others With Respect: Sarcasm Check-In

As you reflect on any situations that come to mind from your life, take a moment to ask yourself the following questions:
v     Have I said something sarcastic to a friend or loved one recently?
v     What did I really want from our relationship in that moment?
v     What did I want the person to know about me? [...]

React Without Judgment

Needless to say, you will face challenges that strain your tranquility. A few small steps can help you weather these storms.

Watch and accept the activity as it emerges into your field of awareness, and do so without judgment.

Name it.

Take a deep breath.

Allow the activity to naturally pass from your field of [...]

Self-Forgiveness in the Dying

           In her work with people who are literally in the last stages of life, Kathleen Dowling Singh has observed that self-forgiveness is important in creating an essential level of peace in those who are dying. As people look back over their lives they gradually come to recognize that they will no longer have the [...]

Forgiveness and Technology

Brain/cognitive studies and spirituality studies are beginning to cross over into investigating forgiveness. This is a positive movement. A researcher in Italy, Dr. Pietro Pietrini, at the University of Pisa Medical School, is studying the neural basis of forgiveness. Berry & Worthington are attempting to explore forgiveness as a trait and are finding that those [...]

Divorce and forgiveness

In relation to forgiveness in the context of divorce, evidence suggests that it is important to address wounds of divorce while they are fresh. It is clear that depression and anger can linger on into the later stages of divorce and life in general. The findings from my study on forgiveness and divorce suggest that [...]

Cradle of Compassion

The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.
John Milton, Paradise Lost
          In The Power of Now, visionary Eckhart Tolle talks about building a cradle of compassion in your heart. He says there is no other time than the present moment, no better time than [...]

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