Has your soul outgrown your life?
Has your soul outgrown your life? I can think of 3 distinct moments when I knew my life had become too small, or better said, that my soul was screaming for something more. Ironically these 3 moments all emerged in mid-life. The first moment arrived shortly after my 40th birthday. This isn’t surprising as mid-life seems so […]
Caring for Our Minds
Caring for Our Minds I have traditionally been able to focus on a task for long periods of time, but I lately find my attention fragmented as dings and alerts constantly bombard my phone. It would be easy to sum up my increased distraction to aging or perimenopause, but researchers are talking about how we are all […]
Inner Hygiene: Caring for the Mind in the Age of Overstimulation
Wisdom Wednesday This Week Inner Hygiene: Caring for the Mind in the Age of Overstimulation Wednesday, May 6th @ noon Our nervous systems are overstimulated in a world filled with so much information and change. Additionally, the speed of the world is increasing, even scientists attest to this as measured via the Schumann Resonance. In […]
May Day!
Happy Beltane or May Day! As a child, every year we would make May baskets, paper cups filled with popcorn and candy. My mother would drive us around to friend’s houses where we would hang the cup on their door, ring the doorbell and run so they wouldn’t know who left it. I remember feeling exhilarated and […]
What spells are you casting?
What spells are you casting? I’m not talking about witch craft, or even anything that woo-woo. What are the words you are speaking? What are the words you are listening to? What are the words you are reading? A friend shared a quote from the great Bruce Lee with me this week: “Don’t speak negatively about yourself, even […]
The Liminality of Winter to Spring
The Liminality of Winter to Spring How are you navigating this liminal space between Winter and Spring? Liminal spaces are places of threshold, like a doorway into something new. Our brains resist liminal space. They prefer predicability, clarity and known narratives whereas liminality pushes us toward disorientation. Spring, with its regeneration and unpredictability, demands tremendous energy! Often […]
Out with the Old & In with the New: Navigating Liminal Space in Spring
Wisdom Wednesday Out with the Old & In with the New: Navigating Liminal Space in Spring with Dr Betsy Brandl Rippentrop Wednesday March 4th, Noon CST March into April is a liminal time. The weather ping pongs between Winter and Spring. Our moods alternate between irritability and fatigue. We feel excited about change but also resistant to it. […]
Let The World Break Your Heart Open
Wisdom Wednesday Let The World Break Your Heart Open Wednesday, February 4, Noon CST Is your heart breaking these days? Is it hard to process the division that is happening in our world? How do we keep our hearts open during what can feel like increasingly chaotic, dark times? In this week’s Wisdom Wednesday we will […]
First Reclaim Class Last Night
First Reclaim Class Last Night In case you missed….here is the replay. 4:35 Centering & Breath Practice 14:11 The Difference between the Hero’s Journey & Heroine’s Journey 25:40 Step 1: Separate from the Feminine 29:53 Step 2: Identify with the Masculine 33:48 Step 3 & 4: Road of Trial & Boon of Success 35:11 Step […]
Midst of Change
Do you need support and accountability in the midst of change? Hard things that require courage often feel impossible to do alone. As I have faced major change in this past year, I certainly needed guidance. When those hard things are moving us toward change and uncertainty, it’s even more imperative that we have support. Neuroscience […]