RiverEvolutions – Page 11 – River Lightbearer

Discouragement and Recouragement (Is That a Word?)

By riverflowhealing | February 20, 2020February 16, 2020 by riverflowhealing

When you’re trying to build a business, discouragement comes with the territory. The problem is that the discouragement leads to frustration and resentment, which leads to negative energy, which leads to the business continuing to be discouraging. One of the things I’ve found as I’ve been working on RiverEvolutions/River Flow Healing for the past 4 years is that I get discouraged easily…which brings me further discouragement. Things don’t go the way I hope, so I…

Change Hurts

By riverflowhealing | February 6, 2020February 2, 2020 by riverflowhealing

In yoga teachings, there’s an affliction called parinamadukha, which translates essentially to “the pain that comes from change.” (I have to admit one of the reasons I remember this is that it’s a fun word to say, though the feeling/affliction is definitely NOT fun!) It’s human nature to resist change in our lives, even when we know it’s for the best. Leaving a relationship is painful even when the relationship itself also hurts. Taking a…

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Some Things About Me

By riverflowhealing | January 30, 2020January 26, 2020 by riverflowhealing

It occurred to me that people visiting my site might want to know who I am as a person, not only as a practitioner. So here are a few facts about me: 1. I have 2 kids, both adults now. 2. I’m a witch, but I sometimes feel like I’m not very good at it. (I’m a good witch, but not good at *being* a witch.) 3. I prefer following my own instincts, intuition, and…

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It’s Okay to Feel

By riverflowhealing | January 23, 2020January 19, 2020 by riverflowhealing

We’re taught that certain emotions are “bad” or wrong. We aren’t supposed to feel them. We’re supposed to suppress them and act like they don’t exist. The top among these is anger. Especially if you’re a girl, or raised/socialized as one, you’re told to be quiet and “ladylike” and sweet. If you show anger, you’re bad. This can be common in the spiritual practice world as well. If you’re truly spiritual, so the story goes,…

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Healing Is a Process

By riverflowhealing | January 16, 2020January 13, 2020 by riverflowhealing

In the past, I’ve done Chios Energy Healing sessions with people who, at the end of the session, have said, “I don’t feel any different. I don’t think this works.” And then they’ve walked away, and I’ve never seen or heard from them again. Based on the results (or lack of) from 30-60 minutes of energy work, these people have decided Chios doesn’t work and they don’t want or need another session. Healing, like most…

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Welcome to 2020

By riverflowhealing | January 2, 2020December 29, 2019 by riverflowhealing

2019 felt like a long year. I’ve talked with a number of people who have said they felt like 2019 put them through the wringer. A lot of pain, a lot of struggle. That was true for me as well. In 2019, I started off excited about my business, then called River Flow Healing…and then things started going downhill both business-wise and, more importantly, in my personal life. The personal life struggles impacted my ability…

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Darkness Equals Rest

By riverflowhealing | November 14, 2019November 11, 2019 by riverflowhealing

In the pagan Wheel of the Year (or at least the one with which I’m familiar), we’ve just passed Samhain, the end of the old year and beginning of the new. But we’ve also entered a time of year when, at least in the Northern Hemisphere, daylight is short and harder to come by, and it’s only going to grow shorter until Yule, a/k/a the Winter Solstice. This is a hard time of year for…

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Honoring a Need

By riverflowhealing | November 7, 2019November 5, 2019 by riverflowhealing

Today is the third day I sat down to try to write this blog post. And it’s the third day that I looked at my planned topic and my brain said, “Nope, not doing it. Too tired.” It wasn’t a hugely involved topic. It was more that I wasn’t as clear as I would have liked on what I wanted to say about it, and trying to put words together was resulting in a lot…

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Speak Up, Don’t Shut Up

By riverflowhealing | October 31, 2019October 28, 2019 by riverflowhealing

My mother talks a lot. I mean, a lot. I’m not saying this to be mean; it’s a statement of fact. She will start talking and continue for an hour, repeating herself several times and not stopping even when someone leaves the room. As a child, I sometimes witnessed her talking to empty chairs if she didn’t think anyone else was home, not because she believed anyone was in the chair but because she needed…

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A Container? What’s That?

By riverflowhealing | October 24, 2019October 21, 2019 by riverflowhealing

Recently, Britt Bolnick, a business coach I’ve worked with, shared information about creating a container for one’s clients. I read the transcript of the video, which she sent out to her mailing list, and thought, “I have no idea what that means.” And then I thought about it, because “I don’t know” or I don’t understand” sometimes becomes a defense mechanism for me. Sometimes, it becomes an excuse for not putting in the work to…