Blogs
Taking Up Space: On Healing Invisibility
Early this morning I was considering how my career as a spiritual worker, teacher, and author has caused for me to interface with some rather difficult energies projected onto me. Reviews, emails, working with clients and students, and simply being a human being have...
Kundalini, Sinus Issues, and Headaches
Hi Mary- I keep on getting itching in my head, neck, and face. Is this a kundalini thing?– DMary-I am in the latter phases of kundalini awakening and I notice that it seems to be quite stuck and focused on the mouth and nose. I experience a buzzing around the mouth....
Healing the Abandonment Wound
Sonja comes to me stating that she feels stuck in her life. She goes on to further state that she feels like nobody is there for her, that her life is filled with people who are narcissists and sociopaths, and laments a world that is filled with harmful individuals. ...
Reclaiming the Self
One of the most significant discoveries of spiritual seeking is the concept of the “true self”. The idea that we have some source, some light, beneath all of the chaos and clutter of our existences that is whole and true allows us to significantly reorient ourselves...
Advice: Animism and some unfortunate Wasp houseguests
Hello Mary- This might sound silly, but you are the only animist I know, and I thought I’d give it a try, so here goes: How do I go about something like a wasp nest in my well that is as gentle (or merciful) as possible but also… well gets rid of wasps in my walls....
Disillusionment, the Hermit, and the Creation of Meaning
In my book, Working with Kundalini, I talk about a period of severe disillusionment that I went through. This has been something that people have told me was incredibly helpful for them to read about, and is something that many in our world are grappling with right...
Reconsidering Empathy: What is an Empath?
In my line of work, it is fascinating to see trends change. As a writer and someone in the spiritual “space” I am fascinated by the energetics of words, as well as how words are taken up and changed to meet current ideologies and needs of individuals in a community....
Pan, Panic, and the Wild Within
Pan is the embodiment of nature. The wild man– equal parts associated with dancing, music making, and trickster energies. In many mythologies he is listed as the son of Mercury/Hermes, the ultimate trickster deity, the messenger of the gods, the opener of many of the...
Ethical Considerations of Spiritual Work in Natural Disasters
Every time there is some sort of larger happening in the world I see a call to “send energy”: to send prayers, intentions, or even do some type of energetic or spiritual work to be of assistance. In this I see the best of intentions: a desire to be of service,...
Understanding Spiritual Emergency
Understanding the Mechanics of Awakening What happens during the spiritual awakening process is that latent traumas arise into conscious awareness to be processed. Before this time, we were living out these traumas without awareness (looping through them again and...
