Forgiveness serves our souls. If you want to feel peaceful, connected, and aligned in your relationships, forgiveness is a practice worth exploring. Forgiveness is one of the most profound and healing spiritual practices we can embark upon. -Dr. Rachel Forgiveness is primary and powerful element of soul-care. What does forgiveness mean in relationships? Forgiveness means that we are giving space… Read More
The subconscious mind stores vast echoes of experience, memories, emotions, learning, and beliefs. This is important because until we learn how to create shifts and change the body and mind’s subconscious, we will be stuck in perpetual patterns of functioning that may not be in our highest good (think: hamster on wheel). These patterns affect us everywhere. This is why… Read More
It can be difficult to know how to honor anger. Anger is either avoided and repressed (passivity) until it explodes, or it’s constantly on edge – volatile and eruptive (aggression). Why would we want to honor anger? Anger gets a bad rap because of its propensity to fuel violent behavior. But, anger isn’t the bad guy in and of itself…. Read More
The mirror technique for healing self-worth is a powerful practice. The mirror provides us with the reflection of our own perceptions, and that can be a strong ally along the path to truly loving ourselves. There is a distorted connotation in the modern West that loving yourself is somehow cheesy. We’ve been conditioned to believe that self-love is selfish and… Read More
The most powerful tool to get what you want is affirming your own authenticity. This seems simple. But, for many of us whose identities intersect in ways that have been historically and systematically oppressed, this is a radical act. Affirmations are potent tools. They help us reprogram faulty beliefs we hold at an unconscious level about who we are. They… Read More