Tag: grief
The Hurt Code: Door Opener to Loving What You Do
For the longest time my presenting negative emotion was grief, especially after the untimely death of my daughter two years ago. Grief is such a challenging emotion to deal with, primarily because when it strikes, it takes your energy down. You feel depressed. It is no wonder that anti-depressants have been so easily prescribed by …
Grief: A Personal Journey into Loss
My father lived to be 100. He passed away peacefully in November 2021. He died pretty much in the same manner that he lived. He had very little drama, was cheerful, and found positive in those around him. My mother died in April of 2018. There was much more drama and pain in her passing …
Grief is the Doorway to Empowerment
I have stated this theme many times in the past, but it is worth repeating again because the culture gives such a different message. Negative emotions, even though they feel negative, are actually only doorways to higher levels of positive energy. The culture wages war against negative emotions so that they will go away. It …
Some Thoughts On Disappointment
Today I was working internally with the negative emotion of disappointment. It is the feeling inside that lets you know that your expectations or goals are incorrect, but there is a process that you do that is working and needs to be continued. If you hold onto wrong expectations, you end up down and depressed, …
The Secret Code of Transformation 3: Grief/Sadness
It is 5:00 PM the day before the last day of school, the day of anticipation of the long awaited and deserved rest period. I have just arrived in my apartment and am about to lie down on the living room couch to get a few moments of rest. The phone rings. It is the …
Choosing the Right Goal: Material or Spiritual
Goal setting is a relatively easily process if you know where you are in your life right now. Most people are driven by what someone else tells them is important which is material in nature such as more money, better sex, a better body, a better house, a faster car, a more beautiful garden, going …
Richard Hastings is an expert in change work and dream work and author of Dreams for Peace. He is a 
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