by gemma | Nov 13, 2012 | gems & precious bits, health & happiness, inspiration & wisdom, meaningful & life lessons, relationships & sex, thoughts & musings
Sometimes a crisis is a summons to reconfigure our entire lives. Even though we are resilient creatures, we are still easily hurt. There are times when living hurts. A lot. There is purpose in pain; often life falls apart exactly when it needs to be rebuilt. Our...
by gemma | Nov 7, 2012 | beloved & praised, health & happiness, love & fear, meaningful & life lessons, mind & brain, spiritual & out there, tools & strategies, videos & ask gemm
in {ask gem} I answer questions from people just like you. Want your question answered? Shoot me a note and I’ll do my best to come up with something helpful. The rules of love and fear can be found in a tangle of a hundred billion cells and amongst complicated...
by gemma | Oct 25, 2012 | beloved & praised, gems & precious bits, inspiration & wisdom, meaningful & life lessons, thoughts & musings
When facing the unknown, I have found that the most meaningful task to focus on is getting comfortable with uncertainty. This is not my nature. I read, research, surf & question. I search. The truth is I know that any answer that comes from outside of me will not...
by gemma | Oct 11, 2012 | gems & precious bits, health & happiness, inspiration & wisdom, meaningful & life lessons, thoughts & musings
I don’t ask that you agree with my experience, but simply that you reflect on your own. As I speak the truth of my life, it may help you to see the truth of yours and to know that you are not alone. There is so much to know and so much truth to discover. The...
by gemma | Oct 11, 2012 | beloved & praised, gems & precious bits, inspiration & wisdom, meaningful & life lessons, thoughts & musings
Self-examination does not lead to life balance or acceptance from others – it leads to greater freedom & authenticity. If we don’t enter into self-examination we tend to seek comfort over greatness safety over risk reassurance over authenticity the predictable...
by gemma | Oct 2, 2012 | gems & precious bits, love & fear, meaningful & life lessons, self love & self esteem, thoughts & musings
This summer has been all about slowly, graciously & compassionately unraveling knots of trauma and shining light on the dark bits of my psyche. Here’s the bit of wisdom that snuck into my awareness during the summer :: if it wasn’t for my suffering, I’d still be...
