Hurt People Hurt

by Merci Gracia | Mar 10, 2019 | Compassion, Healing

People don’t usually hurt others unless they’ve been wounded in a similar way in the past and are in pain themselves. Abuse and mistreatment are learned early and passed down for generations. Punishing people who hurt others without helping them address...

Relationship Issues

by Merci Gracia | Feb 6, 2019 | Evolution of Consciousness, Healing, Relationship

All of our relationship issues, whether with mates, family, friends, co-workers or neighbors are issues we’re mostly having with ourselves. Everything we attract is for the purpose of our own healing and evolution. Each issues carry with it important information...

Introspection

by Merci Gracia | Dec 1, 2018 | Healing, Life's Tools

One of the most direct paths to improving our life is developing a practice of sitting still with our attention directed inward. When we calmly notice the sensations in our bodies, we learn how to experience the world as a witness, while remaining seated in...

Listening

by Merci Gracia | Oct 24, 2018 | Healing

If we’re open to receiving the messages, our physical and emotional disturbances can be sources of valuable information. Feelings we deny or don’t acknowledge get lodged in the body, fester and show up as emotional problems or even disease. Calming our...

Healing Happens Now

by Merci Gracia | Jun 20, 2018 | Healing

Our psychological and emotional issues keep showing up with different forms and faces until we’re ready to address and heal them. It’s not necessary to dig into our past to trace the origin of any dysfunction. In fact, doing so might just create a bigger...

Tool #3

by Merci Gracia | Nov 22, 2017 | Healing

Tool #3: Ho’oponopono is an ancient Hawaiian healing technique. It entails taking responsibility for how we see and interpret everything that comes into our field of awareness. When dealing with a challenge, we repeat the mantra, “I’m sorry, forgive...