Tag: family drama

Intuitive Healing

Release the Elephants! How to Avoid Family Drama During the Holidays

the elephant in the living room

Here’s how to shift your perspective and let go of the upsets family drama can bring. Especially now at this time of year when things seem particularly challenging. Nothing brings on the elephants like a holiday season. (do you know that saying, the elephant in the living room?) The elephant stands there in the middle of the room while people gather around and pretend it isn’t there. The elephant seems to be blowing a trumpet of truth and discomfort and sometimes even leaves you yukky “presents” on the floor… but mostly we act like it is not happening. But on… …Read More »

Relationships, The Journey, Transformation

Broken, but Better

As a kid, I often felt helpless and unsafe around the people who were supposed to love me the most. I was at the mercy of their fluctuating moods and addictions. The experience of not being cherished or wanted was ongoing and relentless. My personal work today is sitting with how that wounding gets tweaked now as I meet people who resemble the cast of characters from childhood–the ones who seem unsafe, wildly fluctuating in their moods, addicted, and unable to cherish or respect me. On each of our paths, situations will arise where the patterns are repeated. Do not… …Read More »

The Journey

Getting Through Challenging Times

Good morning from my indoor nursery. The thing I’d love to share today is this… so many of us experience anxiety and upset as the holidays approach. They have stories of events past where hard things happened or horrible feelings occurred… people were rude to one another–family, friends, spouses–and somehow it was never addressed never healed and we’re still carrying it. So here we come into another season with all the discomfort and all the feelings. The scared. The worry. The concern. And then all the self-judgment because, wtf why can’t I just be normal and have a normal family?!… …Read More »

Entrepreneur, Intuitive Healing

Sometimes, Life Opens Us like a Flower

life opens us like a flower

Sometimes, life opens us like a flower. Usually, it’s in response to something we’ve been praying for. Something we’ve been working so hard to open up on the inside; something we’ve cried and cried about because we just cannot find the effing doorway. We can’t find it, and we can’t find it, and we can’t find it.   And then suddenly we are opened up. And when it happens, it is so wild, so radical, so moving… for a moment all you can do is stand there stunned. There are strange ripples in your body, flutters and pounding, excitement and… …Read More »

The Journey

This Need Not Be

Hello friends, I wanted to share a beautiful and quick meditation I offered for the Foundation of Inner Peace. This meditation comes from A Course in Miracles Text Chapter 4 verse IV, This Need Not Be.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by A Course in Miracles (@foundationforinnerpeace) If you enjoyed this and would like to receive more practices with me, check out my Course in Miracles meditations here.   A Course in Miracles – Chapter 4 – IV. This Need Not Be T-4.IV.1. If you cannot hear the Voice for God, it is because you… …Read More »

Tea with Robin

There Are No Small Upsets. They Are All Equally Disturbing to My Peace of Mind // Tea with Robin Episode 142

How are you doing with handling your upset these days? Are you being a friend to your own heart? Are you remembering your practice? Everybody feels upset from time to time. But for some of us, it’s a regular occurrence. Daily even. And if that’s you too, you’re in good company. In this episode, I’ll talk about how to be a friend to your upset and make some shifts you may not have thought to try. “There are no small upsets. They are all equally disturbing to my peace of mind.” A Course in Miracles Workbook, lesson 5. I’ve got some… …Read More »

Tea with Robin

Releasing the Drama Patterns You’ve Experienced // Tea with Robin Episode 141

When we tell the broken stories, we remind ourselves that we’re broken. The trouble with keeping that awareness going is that it continues to align us with the powerlessness we felt. These energies need to clear if we want to proceed in our truth. Releasing the drama patterns you’ve experienced is what will get you free. In this episode, I talk about how we got here and how we can get out. I share some of my own stories and experiences working with this too. Are you willing to be honest and truthful about where you are and what you… …Read More »

Tea with Robin

Why is the Spiritual Journey So Hard? Remember This // Tea with Robin Episode 124

The spiritual journey. Waking up. Awakening. Why is the journey sometimes so hard? In this episode, I discuss the challenges and difficulties we face because we are awake. And how the decisions we make along the way offer us more opportunities to grow. Also, I address a sticky topic… what do we do when the problem is us? This week’s inspiration: Permission for your time to be special. I share some of my favorite free-time activities I am enjoying these days. Permission for your time to be special. This week’s featured letter: From a friend who is wondering how friendships work… …Read More »

The Journey

Awareness Appreciation Day

Sharing some space with you. Getting the cooking on and lots of rearranging for winter cozies over here. How about you? Here’s a snippet from this week’s Happy Mail ✉️🤗🙏👇 I appreciate the ride we share together. For the bolstering this space gives us both. And for the reminder that we are not alone in remembering we are awake and we choose to practice despite the wobbles we experience. It is one of the best commitments I have made and kept, I am so glad to say! A gentle reminder for us both: This is a new season with new… …Read More »

The Journey

Read This If the Thought of the Holidays Feels Hard or Overwhelming or Just Like, SKIPPING!

holidays, family, and baggage, oh my!

On approaching the holiday season in the spirit of honoring how you feel and giving yourself permission to make space for you–even if that seems challenging, especially if you have people in your life who don’t get it. Hello, sweet friend! I am sending love and a hug your way today. Here in the states, it is almost Thanksgiving, which means it’s also almost Christmas Party Season along with Hanukkah and Festivus and Christmas Actual and Kwanzaa and Boxing Day and (ok I am stretching it a bit) New Year. And eeeek, do you know what else that means? The… …Read More »