One Foot in Front of the Other
I have been unsettled by the fact that life is still bouncing between one concern or another, that is until I decided to grab on. I went...
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Earlene Gleisner
- Apr 1, 2021
- 2 min
Down and Up a Rabbit Hole
At any age of our lives, there are times when we can get stuck in the circle of regret. Pictures on Facebook or movies or statements of...
Earlene Gleisner
- Feb 18, 2021
- 2 min
Let's Bust the Container
The word bulb is a strange word. Rolling its sound around, I feel my tongue expand in the back of my mouth while it also wants to tuck...
Earlene Gleisner
- Jan 7, 2021
- 2 min
Letting Go of the Script
Change is never easy. And yet, many of us had to change our lives, adjust our attitudes, and push away from this strange year of 2020. My...
Earlene Gleisner
- Dec 12, 2020
- 1 min
Holiday Wishes
Several years ago, an illness dropped me toward depression. I stood at a window observing a grey day, full of huge raindrops splattering...
Earlene Gleisner
- Nov 13, 2020
- 2 min
Self-compassion
In the 75 years that I have been alive, I have faced down a lot of challenges while making my way through personal and global turmoil and...
Earlene Gleisner
- Oct 8, 2020
- 2 min
Resilience for Now and the Future
An orange flavored sky cast its light through the venetian blinds and across my duvet. Stripes of color to decorate an understated...
Earlene Gleisner
- Sep 20, 2020
- 3 min
Digging Deep for Guidance
Late on an August night, lightning rode the sky, breaking the summer heat and bringing a few sprinkles to my garden. At 4am, I basked...
Earlene Gleisner
- Aug 24, 2020
- 3 min
Anchoring in Beliefs
The days are getting shorter, I can tell. The light begins to slant earlier each evening across my marble top coffee table. In the middle...
Earlene Gleisner
- Jul 17, 2020
- 3 min
Clearing for the Future
“Feng Shui Made Easy” by William Spear is a deceptive title. Grabbing onto the concept of balancing energies in a house to improve the...
Earlene Gleisner
- Jun 17, 2020
- 3 min
Finding Helpers
Birds and animals are central figures in the creation stories of many tribes across the world. These narratives offer teachings which are...
Earlene Gleisner
- Jun 5, 2020
- 2 min
This Isn't A Game
When I saw the date, May 1, my mind exploded with a memory of the game, “Mother, May I.” As a kid, that game seemed boring, to me, to...
Earlene Gleisner
- Mar 23, 2020
- 2 min
Very Personally Yours
Since I began teaching Reiki, my Mantra has been, “If there ever comes a time when the only thing you can do is with your own hands, I...
Earlene Gleisner
- Mar 23, 2020
- 2 min
Just Enough
A dark cloud moves toward my home from the east this afternoon. No sky is visible through the layers of water-filled molecules tumbling...
Earlene Gleisner
- Feb 14, 2020
- 3 min
The Love We Share
My mom loved nature. She admitted that her awe for all things growing developed out of need for solace from a difficult childhood and...
Earlene Gleisner
- Jan 18, 2020
- 2 min
The Best We Can Do
Fires burn without containment in Australia. Chaos fills the streets of Hong Kong and Paris. War may occur between our country and Iran....
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