change – Page 3 – Aligning Within

Nature and our Well-Being

The stress of an unpleasant environment can cause you to feel anxious, or sad, or helpless. A pleasing environment reverses that. This, in turn, elevates your blood pressure, heart rate, and muscle tension and suppresses your immune system. And regardless of age or culture, humans find nature pleasing. In one study cited in the book Healing […]

They Are Not Lost // A Poem about Our Loved Ones Passed

“I see (him) on the far side of the river… and he is smiling at me and waving to show that he is going to run on ahead, just a little way ahead. And in my dream, though I want to hold him back, I wave at him and call to him that I will […]

A House is Not a Home Until Safety and Love Move in

Holding Women Up Until They Can Hold Themselves Up We try to be the wings to hold up the women who are feeling lost. To remind them that there’s always hope. We hold them up until they can hold themselves up. – Kimberly Wilson There’s no telling when or how a person will shine forth […]

Scorpio Season

Scorpio Season officially begins on October 22nd at 4 pm PT. Scorpio is a sign that unearths, delves deeply into the mysteries of life, and refuses the simplest of answers. Scorpio knows that decay is just as important as growth in nature’s great cycles. Without decomposition, our systems get polluted. Loss is inevitable and part […]

Make Change Work For You

When we experience a change in our lives, we can control our response and reaction to the changes. Transformation is a universal constant that affects our lives from the moment we are born until we leave earthly existence behind. At the root of all growth, we find change. Occasionally, change and the circumstances leading […]

Open to Change

It is true that change is the only constant. You cannot stop it or interfere with it. It is ongoing and occurring every minute all the time. What you can do is learn to deal with it appropriately so that you are not creating anxiety around change. You can learn to flow with it. Psychologist, […]

October~Entering New Beginning

October comes filled with pumpkins, the crisp breeze, and of course, peppermint! As seasons change, so our lives as well. Last month, we focused on clearing your energies to make way for new ones. This month, it’s time to reap what you sow and enter new beginnings in your life. Allow the month of October […]

The Feeling That Autumn Brings

Autumn is a time for artistry and awe, the structural details of a landscape coming alive in its dying, a bittersweet mixture of melancholy and fulfillment. It is the time that those endless shades of green shift softly into a palette of warm colors. Autumn has a peculiar personality of its own, which is powerfully […]

Free Yourself From All Habits

It’s not the actual New Year yet, but in a way, September heralds the start of the year differently. I have always found it to be the perfect time not only to dedicate myself to my goals and dreams but also to consider what I no longer wish to tolerate in my life. When I […]

Divorce, Co-Parenting & COVID-19: Challenges & Opportunities

For separated or divorced families, co-parenting can be stressful even in good times. During the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, families are discovering that previously stable arrangements may not withstand the stresses created by fears of illness and mandates to shelter in place. And for families whose co-parenting and custody arrangements were already contentious, COVID-19 […]