So far, we have been looking at the map of this territory. It tells us how to travel to the Love that lies beneath. Like looking at a paper map, it is helpful and gives us a sense of familiarity with the terrain ahead. However, the map is not the territory. It is time to…
I have spent a lot of time exploring the land of Story. I have walked the paths, wandered in the forests, and hiked the mountains. There have also been barren deserts, murky bogs, terrifying clifftops, and raging floods. What I found is that it is a mystical landscape that exists within each one of us.…
Intentionally choosing my Story gave me the power over the conditions of my own life and even the people in it. It’s paradoxical but true that becoming less protective of myself actually allowed me to experience greater freedom and beauty, which made me more powerful. My book, Love Lies Beneath: How Reclaiming My Soul Through…
Learning how to think metaphorically about my life was a powerful turning point in my journey. I discovered that I could be accountable for my experience of the conditions of my life while allowing others to be responsible for theirs. My introduction to the work of Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell opened my eyes to…
In this episode, I share my journey of contracting Lyme disease, and coming belly to belly, and heart to heart with my Deep Inner Wisdom and Soul. Illness can cause stress, fear, and pain, and as a result, be seen as an enemy trying to harm me. Or, I can learn to hear the voice…
Our Soul is telling us stories all the time. Often our body is the messenger and how we listen makes all the difference. In this episode, we’ll be diving into the connection between soul and story more deeply. One of the first books I read, that transformed my relationship to the stories of my life…
You have dragons and zombies, too. They are the stories you have laid down to staunch the bleeding from your original wounds. They are pieces of your Soul. They come from the place within you that holds all of the truth of who you are, and why you are here. In times of pain and…
There have been times in our lives when we have been deceived by ourselves. There are reasons that made these necessary deceptions. At the core of who we are, we are that Original Self, the ‘I Am.’ And the next layer that often happens is what I call the Original Wounding, which are those times…
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life, and you will call it fate.” – Carl Jung Your Original Self lies waiting beneath the layers of your Original Self-Betrayal and Original Wounding. In Episode Four, we are going to explore origins, the origins of the stories that we have come to believe…
Being lost in the wilderness and hearing a voice calling you home is a mirror for life and your relationship to suffering. You are following a voice calling you to return home. This voice is the Love that lies beneath all of the stories and events of your life. It does not wish you to…