The Heart Chakra
All Chakras Root Sacral Solar Plexus Throat Third Eye Crown The Heart Chakra: The Center of the Psyche-Soma Connection The heart chakra, or anahata...
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All Chakras Root Sacral Heart Throat Third Eye Crown The Solar Plexus Chakra: Restore Your Sense of Purpose The solar plexus chakra, or “Manipura”...
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All Chakras Root Solar Plexus Heart Throat Third Eye Crown The Sacral Chakra: The Center of Creative Energy Seated above the root chakra, between...
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All Chakras Root Sacral Solar Plexus Heart Throat Third Eye Crown Chakra: Connecting to the Divine The crown chakra, or sahasrara in Sanskrit, is...
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All Chakras Root Sacral Solar Plexus Heart Third Eye Crown Throat Chakra: The Bridge to Communication The throat chakra, also known as the vishuddha,...
Read MoreThe Importance of Practicing Self Love
Experiencing a Lack of Self Love Let’s try a thought experiment to illustrate a point concerning the way we treat our bodies. We’ll...
Read MoreTransactional Analysis: The Games People Play
What is Transactional Analysis? If you count the number of therapeutic modalities currently used in psychotherapy worldwide, you’ll probably find hundreds, if not more....
Read MoreThe Power of Forgiveness
Forgiveness: The Ultimate Weapon Those of us in recovery who have spent some time among the twelve-step community know that resentments can wield a...
Read MoreRubedo Alchemy
Rubedo Alchemy: The Last of the 4 Stages of Alchemy In our series of inner alchemy transformation, we have come to the rubedo,...
Read MoreRelationships
Types of Relationships Everyone reading or listening to this can say they have been in a relationship. Some may argue “I’ve never had a...
Read MoreBorderline Personality Disorder Stories
Borderline Personality Disorder and Mythology You may never see it coming. The defenses can be aggressive, frigid, fiery, slithering, and destabilizing. Borderline personality...
Read MoreInner Alchemy
Inner Alchemy: An Introduction to Transformation Let us start with a brief explanation of the history of alchemy and why it is...
Read MoreWhat is Respect?
Weekly Theme: What is Respect? Growing up we learned that respect is saying please and thank you, making eye contact when shaking hands, or...
Read MoreRoar with Confidence in 2022, the Year of the Water Tiger
Roar with Confidence in 2022, the Year of the Water Tiger In addition to evidence-based practices like psychotherapy and cognitive behavioral therapy, Barn Life...
Read MoreImprovisation: Flexibility and Creativity for Mental Wellness
Improving Mental Wellness with Improvisation What is improvisation, anyway? Google a definition and you’ll get “the act of improvising” - helpful, isn’t it? Let’s...
Read MoreReturning to the Present
Sometimes you hear a pull to return Like a fish out of water hears the waves Or a falcon hears the wind “Come back,...
Read MoreFamily and Accountability
The Value of Family Family – a word that can carry such pain and yearning yet also warmth and purpose. Barn Life practices the...
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