THE INNER LAMP

Reflections on Love, Healing & the Human Journey The Freedom to Love Without Losing Ourselves There is a kind of freedom I have been discovering slowly. Not the freedom of needing no one. Not the freedom of detachment or independence. And certainly not the freedom that comes from building walls around the heart so that…

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“Can I Count on You?”   

Isn’t that the question we ask others or ask ourselves when we decide how much to invest in, open up, offer emotional honesty and trust in a relationship? The word insular keeps coming to mind while reflecting about the kinds of lives we are all living. The majority of us are living on the surface and…

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F.A.N.O.S. Exercise for Self-Awareness, Connection and Communication

Partners: Practice listening while your partner shares his/her F.A.N.O.S. Ask no questions, do not interrupt, do not make facial expressions or body movements to convey a reaction other than compassion and understanding and presence. Listen with openness and acceptance. For now it’s just about listening and being heard. Do not have conversations about the shared…

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Don’t Play the Fool!

April Invites You to Bloom with Satya (Rigorous Honesty) With the arrival of April, we are given abundant opportunities to reflect on how well we are living. Where else to begin but the first day. Considering April Fool’s Day, let us ask ourselves where we are playing the fool in our day to day lives.…

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How To Heal

by Christine Guerrera We are now in an age where it is more acceptable to seek support for our mental health. Perhaps we needed to arrive at this collective place of desperation unavoidably seeing how humanity is riddled with fear/anxiety, depression, rage, violence, trauma, isolation, grief, delusional thinking, dishonesty and addiction which ultimately results in…

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