(Written March 2018, but unpublished) I am in a Hole. I know this Hole well. It's the one I fell into when i began my recovery from childhood abuses back in 1989. Back then, it felt like a slippery-sided aluminum can big enough to hold the whole world. it was dark,...
The Frontier Inside
Triggered: PTSD and the Current Political Environment
Readers of my blog and books know that I was diagnosed with PTSD in 1990 and have been in recovery and active healing since that time. Looking back to all those years ago when I began the journey to seek joy and love, I had no idea that I would be supporting others in...
Collective Pain and Ancestral Healing ~ Our Pain is Our Prize
Recent events in my country have brought me back to an important remembrance: Pain is a great motivator. Every time I've experienced intense pain I've awakened to important realizations. You may have heard that "Pain is a message", as a reference to being guided by...
A Ghost Story
"A Ghost Story" originally published in the 811 Magazine as my column "Wise Words from the Valley Shamama", (c) Licia Berry 2007 Here we are at that time of year again! The kiddies are getting ready for Halloween, the days are shortening, and the veils between the...
Pilgrim of Her Heart
“I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.” -Anaïs Nin I've been in...
Come Along with Me (the Best is Yet to Be)
Journey With Me to Southern France I'm taking a trip to my next phase of life, and I'd love to have you along for the ride! I'm off to follow the Mother Path through France. I will be visiting sacred sites on my 5-week pilgrimage to the land where Mary Magdalene...
My Third Act – Juicy Sacred Living ™
I’m preparing for my 5-week trip to France, a pilgrimage to the land where Mary Magdalene walked and where Mary the Mother has been visioned at Marion sites. In feminine spirituality, the faces of the goddess traditionally come in a holy trinity…Maiden, Mother and...
With or Without
It’s coming up on Mother’s Day and for so many people, it’s a time to celebrate being WITH. Being with family, especially with mothers or daughters is a big part of this holiday. Flowers and gifts are exchanged and the deep nurturing and heart connection between a...
Birth Announcement
I have heard other writers talk about their books as their babies and I thought I understood what they meant. A book is something that is carried deep inside, waiting to make its appearance in the world. It is made by you, connected to you and yet, somehow more than...
Self-ish
My internal voices (including The Critic) have been putting their opinions in for my consideration regarding my pilgrimage in Europe this summer; I've been hearing "You're so selfish" most recently as an argument for cancelling the whole idea. I know from years of...