journeying through spiritual direction
A Winter Tree has made it around the sun, through all four seasons! For one year, I have shared in the journey of spiritual direction with several women and have walked very holy ground. I continue to be in awe of the steady work of God when we slow down and give our attention to …
Winter is an inward season. The days are shorter and there is less daylight. Our cold temperatures and snow mean we move differently. We slow down, activate more caution, engage a bit more solitude and lend ourselves to rest. Life in winter is more dormant. Attentive to our own changes in this season, the tree …
The most important action you can take in any threat to your groundlessness is to breathe. Breathing literally sustains the health of your body. Paying attention to your breath can improve focus and clarity, reduce stress and align your mind, body and spirit. Breathing is life. Inhale. Exhale. One of my favorite breathing exercises uses …
Assumptions. They been making asses out of us for decades. Just like generalizations and stereotypes, they are bad habits that are also natural habits. Assumptions happen because there is a gap in what we know. We attempt to fill in the gap with information that may or may not be right- trying to get as …
Forgive. Even at the sight of the word, we get in our feelings. I don't have to forgive. They need to <insert dramatic expectation here>. I get it. I'm not judging. Realistically though - How is your resistance to forgiving preventing your being? There are MANY reasons why practicing forgiveness can be healthy, I want to …
A Winter Tree 