http://giawaken.com Awaken Your Inner Healer Wed, 01 May 2013 21:24:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://giawaken.com/2013/05/the-difference-in-raising-teenagers/ http://giawaken.com/2013/05/the-difference-in-raising-teenagers/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 14:42:47 +0000 By Daria Boissonnas http://giawaken.com/?p=6562 I was just listening to another parent’s story of an out-of-control, unrecognizable teenager. It seems as if one day our kids are grinning lovingly at us, and the next they are sullen, slamming-the-door sorts of beasts. They don’t do what you ask them to, and they want to do things you don’t want them to do. You yourself go from the wizard who could kiss the boo-boo better to an idiot, or worse. Yeah, things get Read the Rest...]]> http://giawaken.com/2013/05/the-difference-in-raising-teenagers/feed/ 0 http://giawaken.com/2013/04/suffering-optional/ http://giawaken.com/2013/04/suffering-optional/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:49:08 +0000 By Daria Boissonnas http://giawaken.com/?p=6280 ‎”Pain is a part of life, but suffering is optional,” said the guest speaker at church a few Sundays ago now, a Zen Buddhist spiritual teacher. Though I’ve heard it a zillion times, I love this saying. It reminds me that it is not life itself that is painful as much as my demands and assumptions about what happens (or should happen) that really makes me miserable. It’s not what happens but my grasping expectations and Read the Rest...]]> http://giawaken.com/2013/04/suffering-optional/feed/ 0 http://giawaken.com/2013/03/letting-go-of-causality/ http://giawaken.com/2013/03/letting-go-of-causality/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:07:32 +0000 By Daria Boissonnas http://giawaken.com/?p=6317 About 14 years ago, I enthusiastically started what may be an unusual spiritual practice, one that seems very simple yet has challenged me and fascinated me ever since. This practice also has brought tremendous relief and inner peace as it has helped me see the world as a nonduality or unified whole — a friendly place. I stopped believing in causality. Yep. This is such an odd practice, it may be hard to imagine at Read the Rest...]]> http://giawaken.com/2013/03/letting-go-of-causality/feed/ 1 http://giawaken.com/2013/03/clearing-email/ http://giawaken.com/2013/03/clearing-email/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:51:57 +0000 By Daria Boissonnas http://giawaken.com/?p=6467 As you may know, last year I took a break from daily interactions with my business and went on an almost-sabbatical to rethink my book. One of the many gifts in stepping back was that when I returned to the daily details of running my business (only a few times a month), I could much more clearly feel and understand how I had gotten so burned out. One insight smacked me over the head during Read the Rest...]]> http://giawaken.com/2013/03/clearing-email/feed/ 0 http://giawaken.com/2013/02/clutter-insight/ http://giawaken.com/2013/02/clutter-insight/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:02:12 +0000 By Daria Boissonnas http://giawaken.com/?p=6337 My friend is putting together a class on clearing clutter, and this perennial struggle has been top of my mind.  Then this morning, my meditation gave me an unexpected insight into the piles and disorganization we call clutter. As I sat in meditation enjoying an unusually deep peace and nothingness, I began to see myself sitting at my desk, as if my eyes were open. Oh dear. I’m still in the throes of removing the Read the Rest...]]> http://giawaken.com/2013/02/clutter-insight/feed/ 0 http://giawaken.com/2013/02/lovable/ http://giawaken.com/2013/02/lovable/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:40:44 +0000 By Daria Boissonnas http://giawaken.com/?p=6430 Happy Valentine’s Day! Whether you have a romantic partner or not, let’s ponder and honor all the things that are so lovable about you! (Get ready for a long article.) Nah, scratch that. The details don’t matter. Here’s the truth of it: You are simply loveable. You were born lovable. Every bit of you. How do you feel about that? If you are having a hard time buying this idea, consider this: The divine essence Read the Rest...]]> http://giawaken.com/2013/02/lovable/feed/ 0 http://giawaken.com/2013/02/ego-or-healing/ http://giawaken.com/2013/02/ego-or-healing/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:47:40 +0000 By Daria Boissonnas http://giawaken.com/?p=6242 Last weekend someone asked to come see me for some healing. They said, “How about Monday?” I gulped. Between clients and especially on weekends, the massage therapy table in my office can become like a kitchen counter — a magnet for stuff that’s “between locations.” This time, I knew, it was particularly full. The boxes and papers from my new computer were all over the table. I’m also planning to remove the large desk in my Read the Rest...]]> http://giawaken.com/2013/02/ego-or-healing/feed/ 0 http://giawaken.com/2013/01/logon70-2-of-2/ http://giawaken.com/2013/01/logon70-2-of-2/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:04:08 +0000 By Daria Boissonnas http://giawaken.com/?p=6373 Continuing from last week, we are exploring an often misquoted saying from the Gospel of Thomas, which erroneously is quoted like this: INACCURATE: “If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.”  (emphasis mine) In the last article, we considered what the first part of the official translations mean, as a writer, artist or Read the Rest...]]> http://giawaken.com/2013/01/logon70-2-of-2/feed/ 0 http://giawaken.com/2013/01/logon-70-1-of-2/ http://giawaken.com/2013/01/logon-70-1-of-2/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:56:04 +0000 By Daria Boissonnas http://giawaken.com/?p=6252 A few months ago, I went looking for that quote from the Gospel of Thomas — the one that artists, writers, and healers love — the one that says something like: if you do not bring forth what is within you, it will just kiiiiiiiill you. Oh yeah. In the throes of our artistic angst, especially when not doing our art, our teaching, or our healing, we can identify with the feeling of slowly dying. But when I finally Read the Rest...]]> http://giawaken.com/2013/01/logon-70-1-of-2/feed/ 0 http://giawaken.com/2012/11/daydreams/ http://giawaken.com/2012/11/daydreams/#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:14:41 +0000 By Daria Boissonnas http://giawaken.com/?p=6121 For 15 years I have done intuitive dream analysis and folks have loved it (just call me Joseph–lol!) I know there are a variety of theories about dreams, ranging from dreams being meaningful to meaningless. For some reason, my clients typically walk away with a big new self-insight and a new healing exercise to move beyond some aspect of their struggles. Recently I have been working on a new phenomenon — DAYdream analysis. You do not Read the Rest...]]> http://giawaken.com/2012/11/daydreams/feed/ 1