Psychotherapist, Author & Architect of A-ha Moments; Dorothy brings you the culmination of decades of innovation in service of personal development, spirituality and whole being healing. A genre-bending exploration of the landscape of this sacred journey each of us are on. Topics include: psychology, personal development, spirituality and mindfulness; and the sharing of true life stories from those who have overcome, broken through and found liberation, self-healing and love; through unlocking possibility, potential, purpose and peace on the path to awaken authentic power. Part mindfulness meditation, part spoken word inspiration combined with real life client stories – documenting the a-ha moments that showcase the power of the human spirit. Curated wisdom on timely and relevant social and personal development issues, with reflective prompts to guide you on your journey of living your best life. With each episode we explore the path of self-awareness, healing and empowerment; in a way that is both motivational and insightful; delivered in a Client/Therapist narrative format.
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A Prayer of Self-Mothering The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 70 Self-mothering is the practice of providing yourself with the love, care and support you may not have received nor received as you needed it - whether as a child, or at any earlier time in your development. It involves nurturing your "inner child", addressing unmet emotional and physical needs and it includes fostering a deep sense of self-love and acceptance.
Morning Gratefulness ~ A Meditation ~ The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 68 Listen whenever you choose. This will set you up for a beautiful day and it will also close the day with a reverent perspective. 'The waiting is presence. It is to attend to all of the moments born out of a physical life. On a path I claim.' ~ + Our NEW 30 Day Masterclass has landed ~ #30DaysofPresence ~ It has a different vibe, a fresh new approach and it's the perfect complement to that sweet mid-summer magic that we all want to hold onto. We've crafted this 30 Day Masterclass ~ to be insightful, easeful and accessible, meaning you can fit it into your daily life - no prior experience is needed ~ just a willingness to show up for yourself. 5-10 minutes per day is all you need to cultivate your presence practice.
p r e s e n c e A Meditation 'ask dorothy' The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 67 Presence is the opening you feel into all of life each present moment unto the next. Where mindfulness is noticing with curiosity, presence is a state or fact of existing. Presence is a whole body way of being. ~ It is the ability and willingness to engage with life. Being present connects you to the vitality and wisdom inherent in who you are. ~ + Our NEW 30 Day Masterclass has landed ~ #30DaysofPresence ~ It has a different vibe, a fresh new approach and it's the perfect complement to that sweet mid-summer magic that we all want to hold onto. We've crafted this 30 Day Masterclass ~ to be insightful, easeful and accessible, meaning you can fit it into your daily life - no prior experience is needed ~ just a willingness to show up for yourself. 5-10 minutes per day is all you need to cultivate your presence practice.
'I Love You' Beautiful Body The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 66 How do you love your body? How do you feel love of your body? ~ Let this body love meditation be an entryway to holding appreciation and greater love for all of the parts of you. As we go through these messages of self-love, visualize your body in its ideal state. Consider what true effects emerge from your visualization. Seeing and imagining your body as you choose it to be in ideal form and then to take the steps that will bring these ideals to life are significant to optimizing the positive feelings you hold. ~
Why Do I Keep Ruminating Over Past Traumas? How PTSD affects Trauma Thinking 'ask dorothy' The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 65 Why does the brain continue often spontaneously to ruminate and obsess over past traumatic events causing you to continue to relive these experiences? How can you stop this or use these intrusive and undesired occurrences in a way that can be constructive to help you process and heal these difficult experiences? ~ In this episode: ~ How trauma can lead to rumination. ~ Why are the repetitive actions of thinking and rethinking about the past and in particular negative experiences and events - unproductive? ~ My client's story and his awakening realization of years spent ruminating on past conflicts. ~ The distinction between intrusive symptoms of PTSD and trauma-focused rumination. ~ The neurobiological impact to the brain after trauma ~ Why trauma causes rumination? ~ What you can do to help yourself to break the cycle of rumination ~ How the subconscious mind plays a significant role in processing events and how you can help yourself to contemplate the past in a way that is constructive and healing. References cited: i. Science Direct - Rumination in posttraumatic stress disorder: A systematic review ii. American Psychological Association - Responses to depression and their effects on the duration of depressive episodes iii. Science Direct - Transdiagnostic assessment of repetitive negative thinking and responses to positive affect: Structure and predictive utility for depression, anxiety, and mania symptoms
Loving Kindness as Conflict Resolution The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 64 How is loving kindness the most distinctive and helpful process for actively achieving conflict resolution? ~ What are the steps that will create resolution wherever there is conflict? There are four essential practices ~ and solutions for helping yourself and another move from conflict ~ into resolution. Here I explain and give you examples of each ~ and how to achieve resolution that begins with you.
Or Maybe It Is You That Needs To Change 'ask dorothy' The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 63 We are able to identify in someone else - in our partner, in a sibling, a parent, a friend - what needs to change - and we become focused on this and often to the exclusion of asking: What do I need to do differently? ~ Change is fuelled by a deep desire. As humans we often seek change in one of two ways: We are motivated out of a desire for self-improvement and to elevate our experiences and the way in which we live life because we believe that this improvement will benefit us - It will help us further our goals of self-actualization and happiness. Change is also largely motivated out of suffering and the desire to be free of what conditions are undesired. You are the co-creator of your life. If you are struggling in any of your relationships - with co-workers, friends, your boss, your direct reports, your partner, your children - point the proverbial finger first at yourself and ask: What am I doing here that is contributing to my suffering/ or to the problem as I see it? And then to ask, what do I need to do differently?
The Miracle of Surrender The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 62 What does it truly mean to surrender? To surrender into the present moment – to love unparalleled is to live with your heart open and full of love – to quiet the noise of the mind in its deliberate efforts to compare and compete and to critique and ---- to acknowledge this as it is occurring means that you can choose to pause – to stop – to be grateful instead for the moments that you are being shown of something that you also want and you will find a way to make it your own and of your light.
s a n c t u a r y 'ask dorothy' The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 61 "Open your eyes. Look all around you. For love's grace is woven into you life here - before you." ~ Meditation can be a meaningful way to open into ~ your spiritual self. This Meditation is intended to guide you along a spiritual path; for wherever you are at this moment and to what you are ready for. How will you exist with the perpetual freedom to love yourself? How do miracles of love reveal endless support of you? Let my words and the imagery and sensations that are evoked help you to be present to your spiritual self. If you would like my help to deepen your spiritual journey, please reach out to me.
Why Taking A Deep Breath Feels So Good The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 60 The Self-Healing Benefits of Deep Breathing: What You Need to Know. Here are the Top Five Reasons why it serves you well to take several Conscious Deep Breaths - whenever you can - and as often as you can. The simple practice of taking conscious deep breaths helps your body do what it is so intelligently designed to do. There are several reasons why taking a single deep breath - or several - are helpful and have proven benefits.
8 Rituals of The Heart 'ask dorothy' ~ VIDEO EPISODE The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 59 Rituals are a set of actions or words performed in the same or similar way every time. They cultivate what is experienced as ceremony, celebration or sacred observance. Rituals are prophetic and deeply significant for they become the ways of being that you live. ~ Hridaya is the place where one experiences their true self. It's a connection to feeling something larger than yourself. It is how you feel love, compassion and inspirational truth. Here I am speaking of hridaya and the rituals that support your ability to engage in the sacred rituals that are inspired by your spiritual heart. In this episode of 'ask dorothy' I'll be sharing the eight rituals to inspire you towards greater possibility or living from your spiritual heart. Perhaps as we go through this list, you will choose any or all of these rituals as your own.
A Meditation of Promise + A NEW 30 Day Journey Begins The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 58 Promise is the conviction of your heart's grace. Promise is the love and sincerity that you begin towards everything bountiful. This is a Meditation to inspire the conviction you hold to yourself ~ to flourish. A spiritual practice designed to help you visualize the inspiration and abundance that is possible ~ to live a life filled with the understanding that you are loved, to be all that you can be ~ and to appreciate even more, all that you are. Love's condition is the promise - it is for me the messages of hope and certainty and love. In the miracles of love and tenderness, I believe. In the guiding wisdom of my heart, I remember. All of my life is the path, the world of good that I remember and live and for the journey of life's bounty before me.
The Lies We Believe 'ask dorothy' The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 56
The Future Is Now The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 55
Celebrate Your Life The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 54
Love Will Always Find You 'ask dorothy' The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 53 Love with a partner and in a relationship in which you never give up honoring what is truly important to you - what truly matters, means never giving up hope for what could be.
What is Sacred Celebration? The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 52
Gentle Perceptions The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 51
Slow Living 'ask dorothy' The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 50
AWAKEN The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 49
When You Feel Triggered, Do This Instead The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 48
Sacred Ground ~ Living Your Heaven on Earth 'ask dorothy' The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 46
May Only Love Remain A Prayer to Begin Each Day in the Alchemy of Forgiveness and Self-Love The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 45
Mindful Awareness of Emotions (DBT) 'ask dorothy' The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 44
The Inner Child I AM The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 43
True 'Letting Go' Looks Like This... 'ask dorothy' The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 41
The WISDOM of Happiness The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 40
What Thoughts Make YOU Smile? 'ask dorothy' The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 39
The Elation of Possibility How Good Can You Feel? The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 38
What Is Modern Love? 'ask dorothy' The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 37
The Defining Moments Of Your Personal Story The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 36
'My true self holds the miracles of possibility ~ each time I remain open to expressing all that I AM.' ~ dzj Affirmations For Living As My True Self 'ask dorothy' The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 35
What Decisions Will Always Honour You? The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 32
How Abuse Informs You 'ask dorothy' The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 31
28 Ways To Live As Love The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 30
Why Did I Have These Experiences? 'ask dorothy' The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 28
Healing Your Inner Child ~ The First Steps ~ The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 28
H a l l e l u j a h The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 26
What Are You Ready To Forgive? 'ask dorothy' The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 25
How To Best Navigate Grief 'ask dorothy' The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 23
A Month Of Self-Nourishment The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 22
A Manifesto Of Peace The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 21
Manifesting Miracles ~ A Bliss Meditation + our NEW Content Calendar for December REVEAL
Unleash JOY 'ask dorothy' The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 15
Five Principles of CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 14
Abundant Self-Love 'ask dorothy' The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 11
A Morning Prayer of JOY The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 10
What Do You Need To Reconcile? The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 8
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