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Solstice Shadow Self

By: Melissa Hale Winter months are my favorite time of year, but it hasn’t always been so. As we approach the peak of darkness, the Winter Solstice on December 21, there is a natural desire to turn inwards, to become still and to sleep. This is nature’s way of taking pause after a productive spring, […]

Releasing Your Inner Child

By: Melissa Hale To all the adults out there, who are overwhelmed and exhausted by life: Do not forget. Do not forget your true nature. Your simple laugh, your smile, your breath. Do not forget that life is meant for living, laughter, loving, heartache and mistakes. Do not forget you are a child of the […]

Releasing Your Inner Child

By Melissa Hale A few months ago, I booked a last minute vacation to the Caribbean with my best friend from high school. You see, my favorite band was playing at a five-day Caribbean music festival and I felt the world might end if I didn’t go. I begged my husband, Nick, to attend with […]

Honoring Your “Shadow Self” is to Accept Your Full Self

By Melissa Hale When was the last time you let yourself fall apart? I’m talking about the mascara-faced, snotty nosed, incoherent, sobbing situation. Or perhaps the rage-filled, angry, plate-throwing, swearing, monster? What about the devastated, depressed, can’t-get- out-of- bed-scared- as-shit person? While these may be extreme examples, what if there was something to be honored […]