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Re-Conditioning Needed

July 22, 2020 by Linda A Marshall 8 Comments

Conditioning When someone young is criticized a lot, they become conditioned to look for what is wrong with them. That happened to me. One of the complements I receive from readers of my memoir, A Long Awakening to Grace, is how honest I was about my faults. For many years, friends confronted me about how […]

Filed Under: AWE, Community of Women, Empowerment, Groups, Inner Life, Spiritual Growth Tagged With: Caroline Myss, Conditioning, Entering the Castle, Finding our Soul, Habits of the Heart, Interior Castle, Mystery, Practice of Illumination, Prayer, Self-knowledge, Teresa of Avila, Women Mystics

A Pandemic Birthday Celebration

July 8, 2020 by Linda A Marshall 36 Comments

A Dream Emerges In October 2015 I moved to my home, attracted by the woods and creek behind the house. In June 2016, my disabled daughter moved in with me. In the spring of 2017, I planted my first milkweed with the intention of supporting a comeback for Monarch butterflies. I dreamed of a native […]

Filed Under: AWE, Birthday Gifting, Celebrating During COVID Tagged With: Deep-Creep-Leap, Deeply Rooted Landscapes, Deer-Resistant Gardening, Kara Maynard, Monarch Butterflies, Monarch Caterpillars, Monarch Watch, Native Plant Garden, Pollinator Garden, Tagging Monarch Butterflies

A Healing Gift of Authentic Love

April 23, 2020 by Linda A Marshall 9 Comments

In my last post, I wrote about the “gift of connection” I received from my cousin, Mike. This post will make more sense if you have read that one … and/or this one written some time ago. Mike’s Curiosity about My Feminism Mike and I spoke again on Sunday, April 19. I had been helping him […]

Filed Under: AWE, Caring Connections, Love, Vulnerability Tagged With: "Growing Up Female", Authenticity, Awe, Conversion, Feminism, Healing, Julia Reichert, Love, Mystical Experience, Values

A Gift of Connection During the Pandemic

April 14, 2020 by Linda A Marshall 1 Comment

My phone rang while I was on a Zoom call. It was my cousin … seven years younger than I and living in South Carolina. I asked if I could call him back in 20 minutes. Backstory Several year ago the lottery became a topic of conversation at a family gathering. Apparently I responded saying, […]

Filed Under: AWE, Caring Connections, COVID 19, Family, Gratitude, Love Tagged With: Braver Angels, COVID 19, Curiosity, Experience vs Beliefs, Expressing Appreciation, Family Connections, Images of God, Imago Relationship Therapy, Listening skills, Love, Rev. Dr. Margaret Mayman, Spirit, Transcending Differences

My Word for the Year

January 14, 2020 by Linda A Marshall 16 Comments

In December, Jude’s invitation to her solstice party arrived in my inbox. Bring your word for the year, she beckoned. I tried on several. And then “AWE” dropped in and felt just right. I find it is better if the word finds you versus you finding it. AWE an emotion of wonder inspired by the […]

Filed Under: AWE, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Guidance, Wisdom Tagged With: Growing Up, Maturing, Moving beyond stuck spots, Richard Rohr Daily Meditations, Wisdom Teachers, Word for the Year

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