Tag: personal development

Book Review: “Soul Vows”, by Janet Conner

I occasionally peruse my bookshelves and look for “new” old books that I haven’t thought about in a while. “Soul Vows,” by Jannet Conner is a gem of a book that I did a lot of work with about six or seven years ago, and it’s struck me recently that this is a great book to read if you’re doing shadow work even though it’s technically not about shadow work at all.

Subtitled “Gathering the Presence of the Divine In You, Through You, and As You,” it comes across as a thoroughly spiritual book, not one with a psychological bent. …

Working with Soul Collage

I fell in love with the SoulCollage® process because it combined my interests in art, journaling, and spirituality. SoulCollage® is a process in which you collage found imagery to make a deck of cards with personal meaning and significance. You can use them to access your intuition, serve as journaling prompts, or just to honor the voices within you.

Creating the cards is only part of the process. After we create them we work with them, both in small groups and alone. 

 Journaling and spending time with these cards is a great way to voice and understand the parts of ourselves that

The Fool’s Dog

Every year, I resolve to make  a new web site. I do all sorts of epic stuff, and then...well, shit happens. Somewhere in the process of excreting multiple child-sized life forms, I agreed that I would a) keep them alive, b) drive them everywhere, and c) ratchet my brain back to default setting at least once every week. 

I don't know where anything is, ​Wordpress is making me angry, and yet, I can remember EVERY lyric to possibly every Duran Duran song. This does not feel like progress.

Such is the life of The Fool.

As much as the Fool

Journal Prompt – Working with the Fool

In The Fool card, the fool is traditionally accompanied by a dog, his trusty sidekick. Sometimes, the road is easier with company. Who or what would your ideal companion be? Describe him, her, or it, and how this makes your journey easier. 

​Then, write a paragraph of two as your companion. What does it say to you, what wisdom does it have to offer? You can consider this companion to be an alternative to the "inner critic," the good old voice we all have that varies in gender, tone, and other characteristics but is generally an asshat.

 

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