In Which I Get It So Wrong. Like, So, So Wrong.
You know that feeling when your ass gets CALLED OUT and then you feel like you have to question everything? And then the embarrassment creeps in, like “how could I have gotten it so wrong?”
Oh, honey. Pull up a chair.
Forgiveness as a F@%! You
A few weeks ago I wrote about refusing to be grateful for deep, traumatic abuses in our lives. In that post I wrote that “forgiveness and acceptance are important.” I don’t dispute the importance of forgiveness, but just like with gratitude, the actual definition of forgiveness needs to be completely re-worked as it relates to […]
The Art of Not Being Grateful
Cultivate an attitude of gratitude! Be grateful for the challenges in your life! They made you who you are today! Gratitude is everything! These phrases are, on face value, kind of true. In most cases, we can be grateful for the surface-level challenges in our life and look back on them as character-building exercises. For […]
“The Moon Doesn’t Rush to Get Full”
A few weeks ago I was working with a client whose energy held a desire to just hurry up and get through an uncomfortable, sad process….
Untangling the Mystery of “Surrender”
What do you think about when you hear the word “surrender”? For some, it is a scary word that conjures images of, say, being mugged and giving up your wallet to a robber with a gun. In this context, it is the language of defeat. For others the pendulum may swing hard the other way, […]
What Reiki Is, and What It Isn’t
Let me tell you a story. Once upon a time, there was a struggling stay-at-home mom who wanted to feel better. Her mind, emotions and even her body were ravaged by deep depression. Most days she felt like a terrible mother, and sometimes like a monster. Her future looked like 5 more dark, hard […]
Hot Damn! These are some great testimonials!
I’m sharing some AMAZING testimonials I’ve received from previous attendees of my Reiki for Self-Care workshop. Are you interested in attending the next one? Register here! “This was my first Reiki workshop and it was absolutely wonderful! As a client of Jessica’s, I was already exposed to the benefits of Reiki. Though at every session […]
When Healing, Are You a Patient or Participant?
“One does not have be a combat soldier, or visit a refugee camp in Syria or the Congo to encounter trauma. Trauma happens to us, our friends, our families, and our neighbors. Research by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has shown that one in five Americans was sexually molested as a child; one […]
Reiki for Self-Care Workshop
Saturday, September 16th from 9 AM – 2 PM In this 5-hour workshop you will: learn the basic principles of Reiki learn about the chakra system receive a basic Reiki attunement learn how to send energy to points on your body for stress relief and pain management You can use the skills learned in […]
What do you mean, everyone has “Natural Healing Abilities”?
Understanding Reiki can be hard for someone who is used to Western medicine. We are a tangible society, meaning we understand healing when it comes to us from an outside source – like a doctor giving us a pill or an acupuncturist inserting a needle into our skin. The pill and the needle are physical […]
Mothering the Mother: The Benefits of Reiki Healing for Pregnancy, Labor and Post-Partum
*** Edited to add – sorry about the caps-lock formatting, I can’t seem to switch it to regular size. *** How many times have we been told to take better care of ourselves, in order to take care of someone else? Yet how many of us actually know where to begin? Add to that the […]