A bonus for you this week. A dear bereaved mum, Esther, on Substack, reached my way to invite me to submit a piece. She is a treasure, working tirelessly on behalf of bereaved parents. Her son, Dom, is a guiding light, and force. Team Esther/Dom. A deep and humble bow for creating this healing container. I so look forward to learning and growing beside all the amazing parents, and their beloved children. My gratitude, Esther. 💜🪶

A surprise visit to Casey's classroom a decade ago. Why do we often choose to take loss so personally?  I know, you might think I’m mad to utter such a thing. Please remain with me, and see what may bubble up. We often make a loss all about how it is impacting us .  I observed this in my chaplaincy work, as well as personally. It makes sense, of course it does, because we are the ones inhabiting our bodies, minds, and spirits. We are deeply affected, however it is imperative

Photo Credit: Unsplash Kostenlose Bilder At certain times in our lives it is easier to remain where we are. Even if it’s in acute sorrow, prolonged pain, a toxic relationship, a dead end job bringing us no joy. I use the word, easier,  very cautiously because there is nothing that is  easy about it. Yet, the paradox around it, is if a slight move of just one-percent which I have spoken about previously occurs, something can and may shift and open up. Often in  early bereaveme

Photo Credit: Dreamstime Is there a part of you that can keep the wisdom but release the hurt your body has been holding and give it back to the earth? Is there a conscious container of care and support with a friend, in a class, a place in nature, or with a therapist -somewhere that you feel held well enough to go into the tender, true place of your heart? These are intense times, and there is also the potential to create a conscious container for care to tend to ourself so

Artist Sharon Cummings, Good Karma Thank you, Tosha, for your steadfast offerings. Could you speak more to karma, and what you believe it is, how it affects an incarnation, and when it’s complete. What if we have karma with an individual, and we desire to do our part, yet they do not. I have a situation that I am desiring healing within, and my qualifier has zero interest, and has even said they have no energy towards working on reconciliation. What happens to the karma in si

Photo Credit: Wendy Weiss As the sun sets on Halloween, the moments before darkness, in the liminal dusk, I feel the pause inherent in the season's shift, the turning of the months from one to another, and my own journey out of ordinary time at this moment in my life. We've just returned and settled in after traveling to see Martin Shaw  in a tiny venue tucked into the craggy foothills of Northern Georgia. It was like leaving home to go home. The land was exactly what we see