by Cheryl | Mar 15, 2019 | Health & Wellness
Preparing your own home cooked meals from scratch using real, whole ingredients is probably the single most health supporting habit you can cultivate. And then there is reality. So here are some tips & ideas for your home cooking. But first, a reminder: The aim...
by Cheryl | Mar 4, 2019 | Health & Wellness
This is one of my winter favorites. It’s yummy, nutritious, and the veggies (rutabaga especially) and color (mostly shades of white) connect me to the Nordic side of my heritage. I use these bags of root vegetables that my local coop (Mississippi Market) sells....
by Cheryl | Jan 11, 2019 | Health & Wellness
Many people say the best time to clear clutter is in the fall. This is based on an an approach that follows natures cycles as that’s when trees are releasing their leaves, plants are pulling their energy down, and there is generally a dying back and...
by Cheryl | Dec 20, 2018 | Coaching Tools
The amazing Mama Gena (Regena Thomashauer) talks about the power of bragging to reconnect us to our feminine power, or as she says it, our “divine Goddess energy.” Our society discourages us women from tooting our own horn, from calling attention to...
by Cheryl | Dec 2, 2018 | Health & Wellness
[Note: Skip to the end to discover a gift for YOU.] Have you considered this? We focus so much attention on others this time of year, and that’s no bad thing. Giving has it’s rewards. But what do you want for yourself? I recently heard this question and it...
by Cheryl | Sep 8, 2018 | Decluttering
September 2018. I’ve known for quite a while that autumn is the best time of year for decluttering. It’s natural! Nature is starting it’s process of pulling in and down, of letting go. Regardless of how connected we do or don’t feel to nature,...
by Cheryl | Jun 6, 2018 | Goddess Approach
I am someone who likes to know what is going to happen. For every course I’ve taken, I start by checking out the syllabus or agenda. I like to get the big picture first to know what to expect. This carries into the events I facilitate. I usually plan out the...
by Cheryl | Apr 28, 2018 | Goddess Approach, Musings
Often archetypes are hard to define. As universally recognizable and yet unconscious patterns of energy, thought, and behaviors, archetypes tend to be defined by their stories, myths, and how they are “dressed” as one Jungian friend said to me. “Undress them and there...
by Cheryl | Mar 17, 2018 | Health & Wellness
I LOVE this recipe. It’s so easy and is a great way to eat kale raw. Kale (and other cruciferous vegetables) are super good for you either cooked or raw, but raw has an added benefit, especially if chewed or chopped well. When the cells of raw cruciferous (kale,...
by Cheryl | Mar 14, 2018 | Health & Wellness
Breakfast is challenging for many people (including me!). It is important to break the overnight fast and get your digestion going, yet most people have little time for food preparation and most quick “healthy” breakfast foods are highly processed with low quality...
by Cheryl | Mar 4, 2018 | Health & Wellness
My husband or I make this quick and easy lentil recipe nearly weekly. You can have it as a side meat, vegetables & rice, or water it down a little more as a soup. In a large pot, saute one chopped onion (optional: add carrots or celery) Add: 1 cup red lentils,...
by Cheryl | Sep 1, 2017 | Goddess Approach, SoulCollage®
I had a big birthday recently. Yep. Half a century. Of course countless women have preceded me in this. And countless will follow. But still it felt really big. Not because I was resisting getting older, or mourning my youth, or anything like that. It just felt like...
by Cheryl | Mar 1, 2016 | Goddess Approach
What is “The Goddess Approach”? What does that really mean? What’s different about these events? 1) The Goddess Approach provides an alternative: a more feminine path. Western civilization is so thoroughly steeped in the linear, logical, individualistic,...
by Cheryl | Feb 26, 2016 | Mindsets
I know, I know, I shouldn’t listen to the “should’s” in my head. I should just let them go. And I should be able to do that easily because I’ve done so many self development courses and followed the experts that teach this. So I should be much better at it than I am....
by Cheryl | Jan 11, 2016 | Mindsets
In the “Goddess Approach Retreat”, I call these journaling exercises “The Acknowledgements.” They are ways to acknowledge what has happened, to bring your attention to and therefore create more positive change, and to honor your life. They are tied to the energy of...
by Cheryl | Apr 27, 2015 | Coaching Tools, Goddess Approach
The other night, in the middle of the night, I couldn’t sleep. My mind was racing about all the things I hadn’t gotten done. Eventually, finally, I had the thought: “I can’t do anything about any of this. Let it go.” In that moment that I...
by Cheryl | Nov 29, 2014 | Mindsets
I’ve just settled on my word of the year and I’m so excited! It’s such a funny process. I never know what it’s going to be until it hits me. A couple of years ago I chose it was “Inspiration”. (I would like to think I chose it, but really I think it chose me!). At...
by Cheryl | Sep 6, 2014 | Eco, Inspiring
If you take Hwy 64 heading northwest out of Taos, New Mexico you’ll cross a high, semi-arid plain with rolling hills nestled just west of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Suddenly the land gives way to a “techtonic chasm” – a slash cutting right down into the earth –...
by Cheryl | Aug 27, 2014 | SoulCollage®
In SoulCollage®, cards are “read”. That is, after collaging a card, you speak from it as if it was speaking. Made from images that we intuitively choose, the words often seem to come from a deep wise place within. Here’s what this one said: “I...
by Cheryl | Mar 19, 2014 | Inspiring
by Cheryl | Feb 19, 2014 | Inspiring
I LOVE flying. Really truly love it. I love all the stuff about travel and adventure and places unknown (or returning to places known) and all that. But what I truly really love about flying is looking out the airplane window – day or night, clear or cloudy (ok, clear...
by Cheryl | Jan 7, 2014 | Mindsets
Over the holidays I was looking through some women’s magazines and all those unavoidable photos of overly skinny women. Before I knew it, the subliminal messages about how I “should” look entered my mind. Now I obviously don’t have aspirations of looking like a model,...
by Cheryl | Dec 6, 2013 | Forgiveness
I think it was in High School when I last thought about ‘winners’ so much. Then ‘winners’ were the people that wore the right clothes, played the right sports, said the right things, listened (and knew) the right music, etc. I’m not sure I ever fit into that category....
by Cheryl | Nov 6, 2013 | SoulCollage®
It’s been a little quiet here on the blog as other things have been percolating, and now I’m thrilled to announce my new venture offering SoulCollage® workshops! SoulCollage® is an intuitive, creative and transformational process involving the creation of a deck...
by Cheryl | May 30, 2013 | Mindsets
I’ve never been great at giving thanks or saying prayers or anything like that. Actually, I seriously rebelled against saying grace at the table as I couldn’t relate to the words and equated it with what, at the time, I saw as the old fashioned, rigid,...
by Cheryl | May 19, 2013 | Inspiring
I’m so inspired by the daring souls who allowed themselves to be vulnerable, faced difficult emotions, opened up their hearts, and created more love in the world at the forgiveness workshop this weekend. Thank you to each and every one of you for showing up and...
by Cheryl | May 13, 2013 | Mindsets
In writing about his own personal journey through pain, Raphael Cushnir states: “The emotional realm is the nexus between self and Spirit. Whatever is in the way, is the way.” Wow. How many things have been in my way lately! Sometimes its frustration,...
by Cheryl | Apr 29, 2013 | Forgiveness
by Cheryl | Apr 28, 2013 | Forgiveness
The very inspiring Minnesotan, Mary Johnson, as quoted on...
by Cheryl | Apr 24, 2013 | Inspiring
I love imagining a world where we all live in peace, collaboration, and cooperation. I was reminded of this again while listening to the Beyond the Bombings teleconference offered by the Shift Network. During the session, James O’Dea said “…how can...
