Dan Siegel used the metaphor of a river to describe what healing from trauma actually looks like — a slow, nonlinear process of learning to stay in the current, finding the channel where the water moves freely. Most of us have a bank we default to under pressure, a way the nervous system learned to … Read more
What is Strategic Questioning? Strategic Questioning is a communication and facilitation method developed by the late Fran Peavey for catalyzing personal and social change. It is a transformative approach to asking questions that empowers people to move from passive observation to active problem-solving. Rather than simply gathering information, strategic questions help individuals and groups discover … Read more
Will You Choose to Expand or to Contract? A few months back, I pulled a small book off my shelf that I hadn’t opened in thirty years. The Lazy Man’s Guide to Enlightenment by Thaddeus Golas — published in 1971, barely more than a hundred pages. I remembered enjoying it the first time. Reading it … Read more
When you are healing from trauma, there is a very important skill to have in your toolbox — one that may determine whether the work opens something or overwhelms you. It is called titration, and it is very important to understand in the healing journey. The body knows something that well-meaning helpers sometimes forget: more … Read more
The Pluto–Uranus Generation: Born Into Revolution If you were born in the 1960s, you carry something extraordinary in your astrological DNA: the imprint of Pluto and Uranus joining forces in Virgo—a conjunction that occurs only once every 127 years. Understanding the Conjunction This rare alignment stretched from 1961 through 1972, reaching peak intensity between 1965 … Read more