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 »

Healing Our Tendency to Overdo // Tea with Robin Episode 146

Do you have a tendency to overdo things? The energy of overdoing can manifest in mind, body, or spirit. Maybe we overdo the worrying. Or we overdo the consuming. Or we overdo the spiritual. No matter how it manifests, this too-muchness is stemming from a place in us that is asking for healing. So let’s do this today. In this episode: Healing our tendency to overdo. Healing the too much-ness in the energy field through awareness and intention. What would shift if you learned to intentionally focus your time and energy? This week’s featured letter: How do we live our… …Read More »

You Are Not The Only One Who Struggles With This // Tea with Robin Episode 139

  The stories we tell create our experience. Everybody has hard parts. Everybody has difficult edges. The stuff they automatically avoid because it’s hard. Regardless of the unique backgrounds, we may have, what unites us is the wounding. Am I the only one? Am I the weirdo here? Why does this always happen to me? How come nobody sees me? How come nobody gets me? Don’t attack yourself for being this way. Healing is about recognizing the pattern we keep doing and make a change. This includes the stories we tell ourselves above. Move into a space of healing. Accept what… …Read More »

We Are Always in the Flow // Tea with Robin Episode 136

You are always in the flow. You are always being showered with positive energy and love. But are you staying with the joy, love, excitement in your own heart so the flow creates effortlessly for you? In this episode: Wow, my friend, you are always in the flow. This is going to be a gentle show filled with stories that connect you to how it is that you are always being guided always in the flow of energy of light of love, always, always, always, even when you resist it. You are always in the flow. All this and more! Come… …Read More »

Love You The Most // Tea with Robin Episode 133

If you have ever struggled with unkind thoughts about yourself or the way you do life, this one’s for you. Lots of us were told that we were not okay in some way – and we don’t see how we are still carrying these thoughts about ourselves as if they’re the truth. In this episode: I am sharing about a new practice of loving yourself the most. Learning how to be your own best friend. To be your champion, and have your own back. It’s possible to wake ourselves up right inside the upsetting thoughts and help know YOU anew. Make… …Read More »

Showing up With a Glad Heart // Tea with Robin Episode 130

How do we show up with a glad heart even though we feel the heaviness of this time now? In this episode: A glad heart. On dealing with the ongoing times and deciding how we want to show up. This week’s inspiration: Making it special for us because we matter. This week’s featured letter: From a family who are returning to school and work for the first time since cov*d began. All this and more! Come grab a cuppa yum yum and meet me here: Listen to this episode here or read the transcript (with timestamps) below. 🎧 Listen to… …Read More »

Nobody Needs to Get It but You // Tea with Robin Episode 127

Do you ever find yourself in those situations where your reaction seems bigger than the situation warrants? Often, what at first seems ridiculous becomes the signal for deeper internal boundaries. Here’s how to stop running yourself over by giving in to what other people want. And how we do that without so much judgment on ourselves or the other person. Honoring our needs. Honoring our boundaries. Following our inner knowing. Holding the line. This week’s inspiration: YOU Time, making space for yourself because you matter the most. This week’s featured letter: Appreciation for being ourselves and living the life we are… …Read More »

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 »

How Do We Want This to Be? // Tea With Robin Episode 122

Always, we can direct ourselves toward an outcome we’d prefer by asking the question, how do I want it to be?  In this episode: I talk about the practice of compassion and honoring the light in one another and how that works in these times of politics and covid and all of our differing views. Can we see ourselves in the other person and allow the other person to see you? Differences of opinion in politics, worldview, and more call for compassion and a willingness to honor the light in one another. Learning to let things be exactly as they are. Acceptance. Can… …Read More »

How to Focus Your Mind in This Time // Tea with Robin Episode 110

How do we intentionally choose where to place our focus when we experience fear and worry? Worry is only natural in these times but there are ways we can work with it to stay focused and grounded as we make our way through. In this episode, I share a powerful healing tool to help you focus your mind on what feels helpful and healing to you now rather than be afraid and adrift in these times. Our inspiration is a ritual and ceremony for cleansing your energy field. This week’s letter comes from a favorite listener who shares some happy… …Read More »