Your Daily Prayer For Healing-06/06/2013

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Dear Goddess, Tuesday, June 4,  on my radio show, I interviewed Linda Graham MFT. Linda is a therapist, a Buddhist, and a brain scientist. I read her book very carefully, called Bouncing Back. Why are we bouncing back from? From trauma, pain, suffering, lack of love and much more. I was drawn to what Linda had to say about compassion, and most importantly self compassion. Self-esteem and self compassion are not the same thing at all. Self-esteem is rooted in competition, achievement and … [Read more...]

Your Daily Prayer For Healing-06/03/2013

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Dear Goddess, Pearlie and I found a box turtle next to Ulysses grave last evening. Pearlie was standoff-ish, which is depicted in the accompanying Vine. What does the turtle represent in American Indian lore? When box turtle comes into our lives, there is a spiritual message to be gleaned. Box Turtles are nearly extinct in our part of the world. Persevere. Sure, long and steady. Protection. "The secret to success is constancy of purpose." Benjamin Disraeli The turtle has few … [Read more...]

Your Daily Prayer For Healing- 05/17/2013

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Dear Goddess, It is important to use prayer, not as a last ditch attempt at saving lives, because people will die, (do we really die? that is open to discussion), but to raise our vibrational energy so as to be receptive to the gifts that Prayer wants to give. Prayer can be used to access peace of mind. So when we pray for those who are moving on from this dimension, we feel peace as we pray. Our loved ones want us to be at peace. It also helps their transition if we are at peace. When … [Read more...]

Your Daily Prayer For Healing-05/10/2013

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Dear Goddess, Listening to early morning birdsong with cool breezes flowing through open window is a beautiful way to welcome the new day. The pause between breathing,  musical notes, conversation and bird song helps the heart slow and relax. These moments pull us to The Eternal Now in a spirit of gratitude for all the milestones reached in our lives and also for the problems yet to be solved. My book, Prayer Prescriptions For Nurse Healers has been #1 in the Nurse/Patient Category for … [Read more...]

How Can We Affect Meaningful Change In The World?

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 "The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day runs through the world." Rabindranath Tagore Last week, I listened to the Food Revolution Summit, interviews with people on the forefront of the green movement, who are dedicated to healing from the inside out. The Food Revolution Summit is affecting a renaissance of change throughout the planet. We cannot affect meaningful change without each other. Last night, we had a Cinco de Mayo party, and as usual,  discussed … [Read more...]

Your Daily Prayer For Healing-05/01/2013

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Dear Goddess, I rediscovered my Squidoo Lens Dog Avatar this week, which describes my former dogs, Mukunda and Ulysses as heroic Avatars, like those depicted in John Cameron's epic movie, Avatar. I remember the trees in that movie with deep penetrating roots and broad branches that extend to the clouds. Those trees are alive and so is every tree on this beautiful green planet. Now Pearlie, Gandalf, Athena, Sasha and every dog/god shows us the true meaning of how One Dog and Every Dog blesses … [Read more...]

Your Daily Prayer For Today-03/29/2013

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Dear Goddess, Going several years without a dog, or companion animal, creates a longing for the kind of intimacy and closeness these animals provide. In order to open to the great guidance from these animals, we need to stop giving so much over to our ego, and decide that underneath the ego and petty mundane concerns, the human soul is inherently good. Our animals help us to experience this goodness. Our Prayer Prescription for today: First know you are of the Highest Good. Then find that … [Read more...]

Your Daily Prayer For Healing- 03/13/2013

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Dear Goddess, I have taken up dancing as a major form of exercise. I dance to music like the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and a general assortment of rock 'n roll from the 1960s. Dancing has a strange way of connecting me to spirit. Back in the day, I danced at every available opportunity. Not only does dancing connect me to the spirit world, it also connects me to the self that loved to dance years and years ago. My dog Pearlie finds my dancing  to be  curious. Suddenly … [Read more...]

Your Daily Prayer For Healing-02/20/2012

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Dear Goddess, The word prescription is used in my book titles to signify a different way of looking at this word. Far too many prescriptions are given out by Doctors, Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Midwives and Physician Assistants, to alter the consciousness of their patients. By the time a person is 60, they have several cabinets full of drug bottles that undoubtedly make a person feel like the apocalypse has descended upon her brain. Prescription as used here is strictly meant to make … [Read more...]

Your Daily Prayer For Healing-02/17/2013

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Dear Goddess, As winter comes to a foreseeable end, and spring-time promises to return, the present moment has never been more important. These in between times tend to create a restless spirit. A fierce February wind is with us today reminding me now of February past and February future all happening at once in the here and now. Our dogs and cats keep us grounded in these precious moments we spend with them. T.S. Eliot, my kitty kitty catty cat, did not want to go outside on this cold … [Read more...]