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October 13, 2020 by Linda A Marshall 10 Comments

The challenges of our times call for a new way of seeing and being. We need to learn new dance steps. Won’t you come out to play and learn with me?

Filed Under: Challenges, Community, Evolving Tagged With: Contributing, Dance, Forgiveness, Joy, Love, Personal Growth, Recovery, Relationships, Sensitivity, Shifting the Way We See, Signs of the Times, Spirituality, Times Like These

Stretched

October 2, 2020 by Linda A Marshall 6 Comments

I share with you my journey seeking wisdom and stability during this difficult time. I offer it as a gift of love.

Filed Under: Spiritual Guidance, Spirituality, Transformation, Wisdom for Difficult Times Tagged With: Benedictine Monasticsm, Courage, Cynthia Bourgeault, Death, Fear, Glorious Gladiators, Goodwill, Kindness, Listening, Love, M. Scott Peck, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Political Chaos, Powerlessness, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Spiritual Growth, State of Emergence, Terry Patten, The Gospel of Thomas, Transformation of Consciousness, Wisdom, Wisdom School

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

In Good Company

December 3, 2019 by Linda A Marshall 8 Comments

Despite all the healing work I’ve done on myself, a sense of inferiority clings to me and sometimes gets in the way. It is part of the legacy of toxic shame I have not completely shed, not to mention all the cultural messages we get about what it means to be successful. You see, I […]

Filed Under: Shame, Spirituality, Values Tagged With: Family Patterns, Genealogy, Healing, Jesus Genealogy, Love, Matthew Chapter 1, Success, The Mothers of Jesus, Toxic Shame

Following Mary Oliver’s Instructions for Living a Life

February 25, 2019 by Linda A Marshall 3 Comments

“Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.” ~Mary Oliver  Living a Life Valentine’s Day 2019: My heart aches as I listen to my favorite podcast, On Being. I am affected more than I realize by Krista Tippett’s conversation with Richard Davidson,  a neuroscientist and founder/director of The Center for Healthy Minds at the University of […]

Filed Under: Community, Family, Inner Life Tagged With: Chronic Sorrow, Kindness, Love, Reflections

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