A Healing Spirit https://www.ahealingspirit.org Support for Healing Sat, 04 Jan 2020 16:20:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.2 https://i2.wp.com/www.ahealingspirit.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 A Healing Spirit https://www.ahealingspirit.org 32 32 126777450 How you can find the light, be the light & shine it for others https://www.ahealingspirit.org/2020/01/03/be-the-light/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=be-the-light https://www.ahealingspirit.org/2020/01/03/be-the-light/#comments Fri, 03 Jan 2020 07:08:22 +0000 https://www.ahealingspirit.org/?p=7106 A friend sent me this message upon the death of Baba Ram Dass and it’s so wise I just had to share with you: “So, Ram Dass passes on the first night of Hanukkah, reminding us of the Shamash , the “helper or attendant “ the one that is lit for others. His passing reminds Read More

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]]> https://www.ahealingspirit.org/2020/01/03/be-the-light/feed/ 8 7106 If you want candles, order now! https://www.ahealingspirit.org/2019/11/29/candles/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=candles https://www.ahealingspirit.org/2019/11/29/candles/#comments Fri, 29 Nov 2019 07:48:10 +0000 https://www.ahealingspirit.org/?p=7000 Our beautiful candles, holiday and otherwise, make absolutely stunning and thoughtful holiday gifts. If you’d like candles before the end of the year, you must order now–taking orders through Dec. 1, will start shipping Dec. 7 so you get them before Christmas…and then our candle shop closes down until the new year. We’ll sell from Read More

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]]> https://www.ahealingspirit.org/2019/11/29/candles/feed/ 3 7000 Do you wonder why the world’s still there? https://www.ahealingspirit.org/2019/11/20/do-you-wonder-why-the-worlds-still-there/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=do-you-wonder-why-the-worlds-still-there https://www.ahealingspirit.org/2019/11/20/do-you-wonder-why-the-worlds-still-there/#comments Wed, 20 Nov 2019 07:24:42 +0000 https://www.ahealingspirit.org/?p=4725 The most startling thing about heartbreak is …noticing that the world didn’t actually end. * After my dear friend died I’d sit and look at the mountains and wonder why they were still standing. Why the sun came up and went down without her. Why the world’s still there. She died Dec.27, 2015 and I Read More

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]]> https://www.ahealingspirit.org/2019/11/20/do-you-wonder-why-the-worlds-still-there/feed/ 6 4725 How reaching out is soul food https://www.ahealingspirit.org/2019/11/15/soul-food/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=soul-food https://www.ahealingspirit.org/2019/11/15/soul-food/#comments Fri, 15 Nov 2019 07:34:27 +0000 https://www.ahealingspirit.org/?p=6968 I love soul food and consume it as much as possible—which is to say when I see a chance to reach out and support someone, I will. Always. And I know many of you do the same thing. Look around. Someone you know is brought low by grief or fighting a battle for life, itself. Read More

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]]> https://www.ahealingspirit.org/2019/11/15/soul-food/feed/ 7 6968 When a little help from our friends is called for https://www.ahealingspirit.org/2019/10/16/help-from-our-friends/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=help-from-our-friends https://www.ahealingspirit.org/2019/10/16/help-from-our-friends/#comments Wed, 16 Oct 2019 06:50:54 +0000 https://www.ahealingspirit.org/?p=6924 Who in your life is carrying a heavy burden and could use some relief, but maybe doesn’t know how to ask for help? If you’re like me, you’ve probably told them “Let me know how I can help” and meant it sincerely. I used to say that a lot. Without getting a response. Why? Because Read More

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]]> https://www.ahealingspirit.org/2019/10/16/help-from-our-friends/feed/ 7 6924 Why you can’t fast forward https://www.ahealingspirit.org/2019/07/30/fast-forward/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fast-forward https://www.ahealingspirit.org/2019/07/30/fast-forward/#comments Tue, 30 Jul 2019 05:57:03 +0000 https://www.ahealingspirit.org/?p=5319 Social media expose us to the great joys of life — and also the great sorrows. The sadness people feel. Their hard times. The challenges. We see it all on the screen, sometimes even as it is unfolding. Sometimes it’s so vivid it’s as if it were happening to us. And then, sometimes, it DOES. Read More

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]]> https://www.ahealingspirit.org/2019/07/30/fast-forward/feed/ 1 5319 AFTER summer one-stop-shopping guide https://www.ahealingspirit.org/2019/06/13/one-stop-shopping/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=one-stop-shopping https://www.ahealingspirit.org/2019/06/13/one-stop-shopping/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2019 08:16:17 +0000 https://www.ahealingspirit.org/?p=5308 FALL UPDATE!  Summer is really over–already!  and you’ve probably got an entire list of things to do–especially if you’ve got kids. So maybe we can help make it a bit easier with our one-stop-shopping guide: SPECIAL BIRTHDAYS AND EVENTS Some special and affordable gifts: If someone you adore is having a birthday or just needs Read More

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]]> https://www.ahealingspirit.org/2019/06/13/one-stop-shopping/feed/ 9 5308 4 easy, affordable ways to help when someone is sick https://www.ahealingspirit.org/2019/05/23/ways-to-help/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ways-to-help https://www.ahealingspirit.org/2019/05/23/ways-to-help/#comments Thu, 23 May 2019 08:28:47 +0000 https://www.ahealingspirit.org/?p=5258 I have been on medical leave for weeks so I know a bit about what many who are sick or recovering might appreciate. Today I’ve got some super-practical and/or affordable ways to reach out to a sick friend. (Some are absolutely free!). Because reaching out is a really nice thing to do. 1.  SNAIL MAIL Read More

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]]> https://www.ahealingspirit.org/2019/05/23/ways-to-help/feed/ 11 5258 The power of expression in times of grief https://www.ahealingspirit.org/2019/02/27/mourning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mourning https://www.ahealingspirit.org/2019/02/27/mourning/#respond Wed, 27 Feb 2019 10:38:29 +0000 https://www.ahealingspirit.org/?p=4459 Grief’s a funny thing.  We don’t want to talk about it and yet, sometimes we do. There are times when we want to tell stories, remember the good times, the funny things, the things that touch our heart. Sometimes we wan to tell the same story over and over because it’s comforting. Maybe we worry Read More

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]]> https://www.ahealingspirit.org/2019/02/27/mourning/feed/ 0 4459 Why you should leave an amazing mark on the world https://www.ahealingspirit.org/2019/01/29/live-fully-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=live-fully-2 https://www.ahealingspirit.org/2019/01/29/live-fully-2/#respond Tue, 29 Jan 2019 10:17:18 +0000 https://www.ahealingspirit.org/?p=4885 When it’s over, I don’t want to wonder if I have made of my life something particular, and real. I don’t want to find myself sighing and frightened, or full of argument. I don’t want to end up having simply visited the world. That’s the poet Mary Oliver, who died this month at the age Read More

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