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Standing on the Ground
I know what sand feels like when I’m standing on the beach. I want to live in the beach scene. I don’t want to live in the circus.

Shirley Riga
Oct 28, 20208 min read


Both Sides Now
My Higher Self represents my connection with my heart. My Lower Self represents my fear as I compare myself to others. Both are necessary

Shirley Riga
Oct 26, 20208 min read


Understanding vs. knowing
In the past, so much of my inside voice was negative, warning and scared. I never had anything positive to say.

Shirley Riga
Oct 10, 20206 min read


Triggers
If I were to scooch right up to the TV and smoosh my eye against the TV screen, I can’t see anything and feel lost to what’s happening.

Shirley Riga
Oct 7, 20206 min read


If I Feel Lost I’m on the Right Path
We're learning we are all connected. What more proof do we need than to examine our heartache for what is happening around us. It all hurts.

Shirley Riga
Sep 30, 20207 min read


Wanting versus Being
I’ve survived another wormhole in my life. Every July I relive the downward trend of my daughter’s life culminating in her loss in September

Shirley Riga
Sep 27, 20207 min read


Living as an Empath
I’ve leaned over the edge and fallen into my heart.
It happened without me realizing it. I feel so deeply and wonder if I fit in anymore

Shirley Riga
Sep 26, 20205 min read


Surrendering is an inside job
Surrendering is letting go of the pursuit to understand everything. Surrendering is about acceptance. Surrendering is inquiring with honesty

Shirley Riga
Sep 16, 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


Finding a New Perspective
A change in perspective
Is refreshing as it’s so easy to get caught up
In the humdrum of life.

Shirley Riga
Sep 4, 20204 min read


Naming Things
I can feel the fingers of expectation pressing on my shoulders, I can hear the lists of to do’s being read out loud slowly

Shirley Riga
Aug 31, 20205 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


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


Miracle Within the Heartache
One person at a time, people are living through incredible indignities, heartbreaks and losses. It’s the time of awakening.

Shirley Riga
Aug 3, 20204 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


Life is a Cabinet Full of Experiences
My awareness is a gift
My intention is the rudder
My breath is my fuel

Shirley Riga
May 27, 20203 min read


"Drop the Rock"
Back in the late eighties I was involved in a small UCC church in western Massachusetts. My children were elementary school age. My...
by Shirley
Apr 25, 20203 min read


We are the Cake
In the mid 80’s I was in weekly therapy dealing with my new-born terminally-ill child. I made it a habit to go to a bookstore after my...

Shirley Riga
Apr 16, 20202 min read


TIO TIO!!
As a child, I was fearful day in and day out for well over 24 years living with my biological family. I learned to exist in this feeling...

Shirley Riga
Jul 23, 20194 min read


What personal power do you give away?
All my life as long as I can remember, I have felt other people’s emotions. As a child I learned to survive in my dysfunctional home by...

Shirley Riga
Jul 11, 20192 min read
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