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Listening to My Self-Talk
My awareness of my self talk leads me to discover what my beliefs are which leads me to find a remedy for...

Shirley Riga
Sep 13, 20206 min read


My Guiding Lantern
The memory is in the lamp I hold up to the dark searching for respite. Where is my calmness? Where is my comfort?

Shirley Riga
Sep 12, 20205 min read


My Teacher
She was a caged butterfly needing space to fly free. Grief comes when it comes without an invitation.

Shirley Riga
Sep 10, 20205 min read


You Are Worth the Inner Fight
It’s my job to love you and to hold you as you discover you are worth every teardrop and every fearful
Thought. You deserve the best.

Shirley Riga
Sep 8, 20205 min read


My Journal is the Meeting Room
I started a conversation yesterday with forgotten friends, long ago acquaintances I lost touch with, the younger me...

Shirley Riga
Sep 3, 20205 min read


Gifts of Hindsight
All these teachers in my life
gifted me with insights,
opened my heart, taught me compassion and self-respect

Shirley Riga
Aug 30, 20205 min read


Best moments
I have been writing my own book of rules. Not my parents, not my teachers
Not my bosses or opiners.
My rules – my moments.

Shirley Riga
Aug 29, 20205 min read


Namaste
Sometimes I go down a rabbit hole of despair
Losing my way into critical thoughts, and pointing fingers and oh poor me. Namaste I say to...

Shirley Riga
Aug 28, 20204 min read


Our Stories
We all have stories. They define where we’ve been, who we are and where we’re going. True healing happens when our stories are heard.

Shirley Riga
Aug 27, 20205 min read


Letting Go
I recognize when I feel overwhelmed and confused, it’s good. My brain struggles with this new concept and it doesn’t know what to do with it

Shirley Riga
Aug 19, 20206 min read


Reflections
I release what doesn’t serve me, hold on to what does, and relax in the knowing I’ll recognize the difference.

Shirley Riga
Aug 17, 20204 min read


Wage Peace With Your Heart
In your complexity your mind is figuring everything out and your heart is listening to itself. And the war starts - which one is right.

Shirley Riga
Aug 11, 20205 min read


Sprouting
I’m sprouting. Something I’ve wanted to do for a while taking hard lentils and watch them come alive with life.

Shirley Riga
Jul 26, 20203 min read


The Great Motivator
Life is like an onion. Layer upon layer becomes more exposed as I discover, understand and let go memories, core beliefs and old habits.

Shirley Riga
Jul 22, 20203 min read


Common Thread Angel
Standing strong in one’s values may go against the grain of other’s expectations. It takes courage to hold to your values.

Shirley Riga
Jul 15, 20203 min read


COMMITMENT
I am my own best advocate. I rise to what I need in any given moment.
I am the parent I always wanted

Shirley Riga
Jul 13, 20204 min read


Being Proud of our Differences
Where did we lose the way of viewing our individuality as a gift rather than a curse? I bought into the judgment and condemned myself

Shirley Riga
Jul 11, 20204 min read


My Serenity is Up to Me
Sometimes I don’t put two and two together until the discomfort in my heart or my body is screaming loud enough.

Shirley Riga
Jul 5, 20204 min read


We Humans are Resilient Beings
I’ve tried to do everything perfectly to achieve the outcomes I wanted. I learned to judge myself against high standards.

Shirley Riga
Jun 30, 20204 min read


Nurturing my Neglected Heart
As my walls of health broke down and my personal limits beaten I was cornered into seeing my neglected heart

Shirley Riga
Jun 26, 20203 min read
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