Tag: The Shadow

Disappointment as Opportunity

Grief is not the bottom line here, only the alchemical fire. Transfiguration is the bottom line. ~Cynthia Bourgeault in Eye of the Heart: A Spiritual Journey into the Imaginal Realm In my journey to understand my patterns, I encountered a giant…

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Chronic Sorrow: An Unwelcome Guest

Holiday time usually means the arrival of an unwelcome guest … chronic sorrow. This normal grief response was first identified among the parents of disabled children. I wasn’t happy to hear that mothers seem to experience an increasing frequency of…

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