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My Higher Self is My Ally
It’s my choice whether I side with my Higher Self or feed the fear in my Lower Self. When I interact with my Lower Self, my Higher Self is..

Shirley Riga
Sep 9, 20204 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


I Didn’t Know What to Expect
Safety always comes first, and in any transition, my safety is threatened no matter where I am. My body feels it first with stomach pain...

Shirley Riga
Sep 2, 20204 min read


Steadiness vs Resistance
I am my own remedy if I slow down to listen.
My breath steadies my path of life.

Shirley Riga
Aug 24, 20204 min read


When Anger Arises
At first, my anger was messy. I wore it smeared in my sneers. Over the years, I found comfort with my anger knowing it is a fuel.

Shirley Riga
Aug 21, 20206 min read


My Authentic Voice
I never did figure out how to pray like a proper follower of the religion I was brought up in. I had to stop emulating everyone else's ideas

Shirley Riga
Aug 20, 20205 min read


Abundant Silence
I always find myself in dreams like this when I’m on the cusp of change, feeling bigness before me
in an emptiness of waiting

Shirley Riga
Aug 16, 20204 min read


Honesty
It takes courage to be honest
But the payoff is huge

Shirley Riga
Aug 13, 20205 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


Old Habits Are Hard To Break
And my mind is on guard watching for the enemy of hurt, a hardened habit guarding me as a sentinel standing at attention

Shirley Riga
Aug 8, 20203 min read


Creativity
Reframing is a way to create a different way to look at a situation, person or relationship and changing its meaning.

Shirley Riga
Aug 5, 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


Letting Go Again
I don’t want to sit with my head in my hands at the corner of what was and what is any more.

Shirley Riga
Jul 19, 20203 min read


Choices
I could idle my time away from life and relive my past, ruminating my losses and my hurts. My wife says “Let’s live in joy." Easy to say.

Shirley Riga
Jul 18, 20204 min read


Shining Love From My Heart
Whenever I doubt my self-worth, I reach for this Soares meditation because it blasts me into a feeling of worth, love, joy and ecstasy.

Shirley Riga
Jul 8, 20202 min read


The Wisdom of Trees
You take one step towards the light and the universe will help with the other step. Learn to trust yourself and work for the good.

Shirley Riga
Jul 6, 20204 min read


Living While Dying
Knowing I am dying,
enables me “more time”
to live while dying.
Nancy Bragg
Jun 29, 20204 min read


Letting Go to the Flow
Step by step aging is like mirror work
With less resistance to acceptance

Shirley Riga
Jun 23, 20203 min read


Changing Times
We are in the great dismantling and recalibrating of our planet. It’s a global change and we’re living it. It’s not fun. It’s hard work

Shirley Riga
Jun 12, 20204 min read


My Internalized Shame
I’ve learned I can live in discomfort while I face my past and find forgiveness for others as well as myself.

Shirley Riga
Jun 6, 20204 min read
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