Category Archives: What Is Ritual?

What Is Ritual and Why Are We Searching for It?

I’m curious.  Someone out there is searching for things like “what is daily ritual” and “why don’t we see the sacred in everyday life” (my personal favorite, because it’s a really good question) and “self care rituals”.  Who are you … Continue reading

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Why Ritual?

The last few days (half a week, really) have been tough.  Not because anything in particular has happened, but because inspiration and motivation have been hard to come by.  I felt like I was in a rut with my ritual … Continue reading

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Vision Board Update

In case you were wondering, I did finish my vision board last night!  Here are some pictures:

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Creating Personal Ritual

In the course of my recent cleaning of my apartment, I came across a document I created over two years ago, before I knew I wanted to start a ritual consulting business.  I was still working in a mental health … Continue reading

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The Search for Lost Holy Things

I’m back! It’s interesting to me that my last post was about what I do and why.  My experience last summer with the homeless woman helped me to understand one piece of what is at the heart of my work.  … Continue reading

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Why I Do What I Do

Recently I had the opportunity to help a woman whose need was not heard by most people.  She was sitting on a doorstep on a street in Providence (where I live) and asking people who passed by for change.  It’s … Continue reading

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Building Home Base Through Your Personal Symbols

This blog post follows closely on the last one, in that I think the two are stronger together. After writing about incorporating small rituals into daily life, I felt that something was missing.  It’s not that I don’t believe what … Continue reading

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Ritual: The Easy Way

I was reflecting recently on my experiences with ritual, and had a pretty profound realization.  It’s one of those things I already knew, but didn’t quite grasp the significance of until just now. After we have experienced something in ritual, … Continue reading

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Ritual: A Dance in Two Parts

“We are all too interconnected, both with each other and with our environment—life is too wonderfully complex—for a simple statement like ‘you create your own reality’ to be simply true.  A belief that I control or create my own reality … Continue reading

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The bones of ritual

Think of a skeleton. Think of the bare framework of something.  The calendar before the dates are filled in.  The electric grid with no electricity running through the lines.  The block of houses with no inhabitants.  Graph paper. Think of the … Continue reading

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