The holidays are coming. Don’t stress yourself trying to make things “normal.” Protect your energy and embrace a different kind of year. Let’s be mindful of our situation and how we can help in small ways. The homeless are still hungry. The lonely are still suffering. We can’t help them all, but we can helpContinue reading “For your holiday consideration”
Category Archives: Essays
A Society of Broken Healers
There’s a saying that those who can’t, teach. This theory works especially well, ironically, in healing. Many of us have been hurt badly in so many ways. By our parents. Our partners. Our friends. Ourselves. Those whom we entrusted with everything. I was unhappily married for 12 years before I realized I was experiencing abuse.Continue reading “A Society of Broken Healers”
Calling All Dark Lights
What’s a Dark Light? Someone who has seen the darkness. Someone who has experienced incalculable loss. Someone who has felt indescribable pain. And passed through the terrible veil without losing their light. A light they now share with others to help them grow, to persevere and someday again to thrive. They’re healers, empaths, writers, artists.Continue reading “Calling All Dark Lights”
Eulogy for my Grandfather
My grandfather was a humble man and he would have had mixed feelings about being the center of attention today. On one hand he would have appreciated having everyone he loved here in one place. He loved connecting with others. On the other, he was never big on talking about himself. To a young boy,Continue reading “Eulogy for my Grandfather”
Three Pillars of an Outstanding Relationship
Hi, all. Its been a little dream of mine to publish an essay on one of my favorite mindful e-zines, the elephant journal. The essay represents some of my thoughts on how I see compatibility in relationships. Have a look at Three Pillars of an Outstanding Relationship and tell me what you think! I’ll explore other ideas aboutContinue reading “Three Pillars of an Outstanding Relationship”
The Catalyst of Distruptive Innovation
A colleague pointed me to this article on disruptive innovation and how businessman and author Clayton Christensen recognized how disruptive technologies really work: They don’t compete with the etablished technologies at the high end. Rather they attack the low-end (less expensive, and often less performing) and eventually supplant the high end by getting better andContinue reading “The Catalyst of Distruptive Innovation”
Goodbye to My Father
My father died yesterday. I still can’t believe it. This was my father, after all. Or at least, he was the one man who was man enough to accept the position. He was my number one fan, having read every one of my published works, and always encouraging me to do more. He understood myContinue reading “Goodbye to My Father”
Warning to Healers and Sensitives
I had an awakening encounter this weekend when I met a man who claimed to be a healer. He ran a booth selling crystals at a local street fair. In fact, he called himself a “healer of healers.” To be certain, he was very sensitive and even wise. He could pick out healers from aContinue reading “Warning to Healers and Sensitives”
On the Incarnates of Aphrodite
Goddess (Photo credit: junibears) A good and enigmatic friend of mine pointed me to a blog post by the SeventhSisteroftheStars entitled “Incarnates of Aphrodite: A new ancient breed of Goddess.” This is a post worth reading. I feel the incarnate is no new evolution. She has always been with us, to heal us when weContinue reading “On the Incarnates of Aphrodite”
The importance of paper books
I was discussing the topic of the value of paper books with some fellow book lovers on Goodreads and I felt so strongly about the topic, I felt I should share it here. E-books have their place in civilization (as we know it.) They save trees from being cut down. They are (in theory) moreContinue reading “The importance of paper books”
Christopher Vera, CISSP, CIPM, GLEG, GCFA 