compassion

Ideas For Living With An Open Heart

The heart’s natural state is open. However, after we have experienced pain, abandonment, disappointment, and fear, our hearts can often shut down. So how do we reverse experiences of pain and difficulty and reopen our hearts?

Creative Or Suffering — How We Think Really Matters

In my home town of Glastonbury, people who were once friends now avoid each other because of their disagreements over vaccines. On both sides, they are so emotionally invested in their thinking that the biological imperatives of survival are triggered the moment they start discussing the topic.

Good News Headlines 7/7/2021

Behind the Mr. Trash Wheel brand is one of the most important concepts of modern pollution theory—that rivers deposit the bulk of the garbage existing in the oceans. One thousand of the world’s rivers source 80% of all the trash found in the ocean.

Come and Sit with Us: A Lady Slipper Love Story

The lady slipper first activated my heart, as most of nature does, when I was least expecting it. This was just one of many lessons I would learn, starting with how to listen for the quality of her silent wisdom. Like every other creation, the lady slipper is a unique expression of divine intelligence.

How to Raise Climate-Resilient Kids

Experts agree that discussing climate change and modeling behaviors that reflect climate solutions are important. Exhibiting climate-positive behaviors such as energy conservation and avoiding single-use plastics carries value at all ages.

Portals of the Soul

Leslie Brooks, Master Soul Worker, combines psychotherapy with soul work, offering loving guidance and healing. Change happens on a cellular level. Light and love pervade the work, and eventually the life.