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Opening Remarks by June Cook
 
New course launched! New Course! Discovering the Shaman Healer Within by Shaman Elder Maggie Wahls
 
Dear Marty ~ Apologizing for Expressing the Anger of Grief Dear Marty ~ Apologizing for Expressing the Anger of Grief
 
A Coping Blurb from Art: Tips for Coping with Difficulties A Coping Blurb from Art: Tips for Coping with Difficulties
 
Things That Make You Go Ommm . . . Things That Make You Go Ommm ...
 
Living With Purpose: The Search for Your Bliss Living With Purpose: The Search for Your Bliss By Melanie Votaw
 
This Month's Dream Recall Tip by Laura Grace This Month's Dream Recall Tip by Laura Grace
 
Finding Your Spiritual Soul Mate: September Tip by Rev. Laurie Sue Brockway Finding Your Spiritual Soul Mate: September Tip by Rev. Laurie Sue Brockway
 
Write A Way ~ The Myth of Time: Improve Your Life One Deadline at a Time Write A Way ~ The Myth of Time: Improve Your Life One Deadline at a Time by Sandra Lee Schubert
 
A Green Note ~ Keep Drinking Water Clean A Green Note ~ Keep Drinking Water Clean by Judy Morgan
 
Finding Laughter During Difficult Times Finding Laughter During Difficult Times
 
Vegetables: A Great Source of Calcium Vegetables: A Great Source of Calcium by Julianne Koritz
 
Announcements: Hurricane result of great energy flux Announcements: Hurricane result of great energy flux
 
This Month's Holistic Prayers This Month's Holistic Prayers



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Create Your Romantic Resumé: A 30-Day Program to Transform Your Romantic Destiny
Create Your Romantic Resumé: A 30-Day Program to Transform Your Romantic Destiny.
Are you seeking your Soul Mate? The Romantic Resumé email course by acclaimed author Rev. Laurie Sue Brockway can help you get clarity to draw in your beloved. Start this 30-day project this month.




More Power to You: Personal Power Through Self-Awareness
More Power to You: Personal Power Through Self-Awareness.
Be guided towards self-empowerment and living a purposeful life through this unique self-help email course by Self-Healing Expressions.




The Healing Power of Food: Conscious Eating
The Healing Power of Food: Conscious Eating.
Learn how food can heal your body by strengthening your immune system in this email course with advance nutrition information.




A Different Grief:  Coping with Pet Loss
Are You Facing The Loss Of A Beloved Pet?
Explore both the myths and the realities surrounding the experience of pet loss, including why it hurts so much and how it differs from other losses in this Self-Healing Expressions email course.



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September Issue No. 21 ~ Safely Home

Hold on to what is good even if it is a handful of earth.
Hold on to what you believe even if it is a tree which stands by itself.
Hold on to what you must do even if it is a long way from here.
Hold on to life even when it is easier letting go.
Hold on to my hand even when I have gone away from you.


~ Pueblo Blessing


Opening Remarks

A beloved family member crossed over on August 22. Cecily (or "Gamma" to our daughter Maria) struggled with cancer for 14 years. We were deeply saddened by Cecily's death. Interestingly, several days after she died, the Closing Prayer below was submitted by one of you. I had not seen this one before. If you believe in synchronicity as we do, you would believe that the timing of this prayer submission to my inbox was no accident. And perhaps for some of you out there, it is no accident that it is now in yours.

If you believe Spirit exists everywhere and in everything. And is present in not just in this material reality but in unmanifested realities as well, you will love our newest course by Shaman Elder Maggie Wahls. This is a fascinating course, which offers different ways of thinking and unusual and profound exercises. Find details below. September for many means back to school and a time for learning and transition, embrace this mindset and make this a season for learning and healing.

Blessings for Love & Peace,

June

June Soyka Cook
Self-Healing Expressions



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New course launched!   New Course Launched!

Discovering the Shaman Healer Within: Apprentice Course
By Shaman Elder Maggie Wahls

Learn the way of the Shaman. Take a guided walk down this ancient path of healing. Learn to:
  • Provide healing for yourself and others.
  • Find a framework in which to reach your own power.
  • Connect with Native American wisdom.
  • Understand your connection with earth, nature and the universe.
Shamanism is a spiritual way of life, not a religion. It's a practice that shapes all forms of spiritual healing. As you walk the path of this course, you will re-member many skills, talents, places and people from your past that you have forgotten. Learn the skills, abilities and the way of the Shaman. Be the first to enroll!

"Death ends a life, not a relationship." ~ Morrie Schwartz


Dear Marty ~ Apologizing for Expressing the Anger of Grief
Dear Marty ~ Apologizing for Expressing the Anger of Grief
Q & A by Bereavement Counselor Marty Tousley


Question: In a few more days it will be ten years since I lost my wife and daughter in an auto accident. I have been in a bad headspace for the past few days and left a not-so-nice message for you in the Grief Healing Discussion Group Forum, and there is no "take it back" button. So this is my apology... [Continue reading]

Marty Tousley is the creator and instructor of these Self-Healing Expressions courses The First Year of Grief: Help for the Journey and A Different Grief: Coping with Pet Loss.


"You have MS. MS doesn't have you." ~ Multiple Sclerosis Society


A Coping Blurb from Art: Tips for Coping with Difficulties

A Coping Blurb from Art: Tips for Coping with Difficulties
By Arthur Soissons-Segal, Ph.D. ~ Therapist and Brain Tumor Survivor


YOU CAN, a slogan on the National MS Society website says it all. For too many of us, our disabilities are viewed at the expense of our abilities. The LA Times wrote of persons with disabilities who learned to ski. You never know what's possible until you try. While coping with difficult situations, we can experience joy when we discover new skills, talents and strengths we have overlooked.I can't play ball or run around, but when I discovered I could write poetry, wow, my day changed from gloom to joy. Learn how to change gloom to joy. Build your abilities. Put some fun in your life.

Arthur Soissons-Segal is the creator and instructor of the course The Joy of Coping: Coming to Terms with Cancer, MS, Stroke, Anxiety or Another Debilitating Illness.



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Things That Make You Go Ommm . . .  

Things That Make You Go Ommm. . .


Teleseminar for Living Purposely
Join Melanie Votaw, instructor of the new Discovering Your Life Purpose: Living the Life You Were Born to Live course, for a teleseminar on Wednesday, September 29 from 8:00-9:00 p.m. Eastern time. Melanie will discuss soul purpose, true vocation, and following your bliss! $5 fee. Teleseminar enrollment is limited, so sign up today.


*** Going Deeper: How to Make Sense of Your Life When Your Life Makes No Sense ***
Going Deeper is a metaphysical novel for a special group of Light Workers -- those exquisite beings who willingly took human form to help this planet during the current turbulence marking her transition into the next density. Learn more here:
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"A dream is a microscope through which we look at the hidden occurrences in our soul." ~Erich Fromm (1900-80) psychologist, author


Techniques for Recalling Dreams

Techniques for Recalling Dreams
By Laura Grace
Personal dream symbols have significant meaning for you, depending upon your life experiences and perceptions. There is no such thing as an "objective experience" because we color situations and events with our past experiences. Make a commitment to remember your dreams and learn your own "dream language" for several months. As you do so, your dreams will become easier to remember and understand.

This concludes this series of dream recall tips. [Find the full list of tips here.

Laura Grace is based in California and is the creator and instructor for the course Dreams for Healing: Using Dreams as a Pathway to the Soul.



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Rev. Laurie Sue Brockway    Finding Your Spiritual Soul Mate: September Tip
By Rev. Laurie Sue Brockway

Consciously create your own soul mate reality

Hollywood movies provide plenty of fodder to inspire hope in sacred love. As well as fill our psyches with images of "perfect love" that is unattainable to most of us and impossible to maintain every moment of the day for the rest of us. Hollywood gives us the added advantage of being able to create our own reality, stories, drama and personal legends. It's important to live the legend that is personally... [Continue reading]

Rev. Laurie Sue is the creator of course Finding Your Spiritual Soul Mate: Transforming Your Romantic Destiny with A Romantic Resumé.



"Follow your bliss. Find where it is, and don't be afraid to follow it."
~ Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth

Living With Purpose: The Search for Your Bliss
Living With Purpose: The Search for Your Bliss
By Melanie Votaw

Knowing that you're unhappy in your current profession is often a no-brainer. Knowing what to do instead is another story. You've heard Joseph Campbell say, "Follow your bliss!" But, just how do you do that? [ Continue reading

Melanie Votaw is the creator and instructor for the course Discovering Your Life Purpose: Living the Life You Were Born to Live.


"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." ~ Douglas Noel Adams, English humorist and science fiction novelist


The Myth of Time: Improve Your Life One Deadline at a Time

~ Write A Way: Journey to Creativity ~
The Myth of Time: Improve Your Life One Deadline at a Time
By Sandra Lee Schubert
Along the way I picked up some real bad habits about doing things on time. Unlike the commercial that admonishes me to "just do it" I will do anything else. So if you tell me how difficult it is to get to your writing I will understand. I am right there with you, in fact we should go get coffee and talk. We can get back to pen and paper later. Who am I kidding? Life is about meeting deadlines. Whether you like it or not, a deadline can improve your creativity ... [Keep reading]

Sandra Schubert is the creator and instructor for the course Writing for Life: Creating a Story of Your Own.



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A Green Note ~ Keep Drinking Water Clean: Avoid use of hazardous chemicals
A Green Note ~ Keep Drinking Water Clean: Avoid use of hazardous chemicals
By Judy Morgan, Environmentalist

Water is an essential substance required by all life on this planet. Yet we often treat water carelessly, using it wastefully, dumping chemicals down drains and into waterways. Any potentially harmful substance poured down drains or toilets will end up in wastewater. Some of the contaminants will not be removed, and will end up in waterways (rivers, streams, lakes, etc.) and in our drinking water supplies. What can you do? [Continue reading]

Judy Morgan has worked with the NJ Department of Environmental Protection for 15 years and is the creator of  Healing the Environment: Healing the Planet Starts at Home.


"Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on."
~Bob Newhart


Lynn's Laughter Blip for September
~ Lynn's Laughter Blip for September ~
By Lynn Shaw, Laugh Therapist


Frances, Charles and Ivan are not names that are in the top 20 children's names today. Yet, these names have been heard daily in the media and in many households. For those who know these three up close and personal, survival and living are now equated with the ravages of the mighty forces of nature. Maintaining one's sense of composure and sense of humor is not as easy when adversity strikes like a hurricane. These experiences focus on us the human factor in crisis and we hear stories about miracles and gratitude. We also hear stories of sadness and grief. I was glad to hear from three women in the Florida area who... [Continue reading]

Lynn Shaw resides in Indiana and is the creator and instructor of the course Laughter for the Healing Heart.


"Calcium is essential for bone and teeth formation, blood clotting, and nerve transmission. Signs of calcium deficiency include rickets, osteoporosis and convulsions."
~ Julianne Koritz, RD, The Healing Power of Food: Conscious Eating


Enjoy Summer's Vegetable Bounty: Rattatouli Recipe
Vegetables: A Great Source of Calcium
Until recently, milk was widely revered as a great source of the all-important mineral Calcium. Perhaps this is because milk is white, like the bones and teeth it serves. But vegetables also serve as an excellent source of Calcium, the superstar of the mineral family. Enjoy these nourishing vegetables, which provide your body with a great source of Calcium... [Continue reading]


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AnnouncementsANNOUNCEMENTS


Holistic Prayers: Healing the Mind, Body and Spirit through Prayer
Subscribe to this (no fee) uplifting Self-Healing Expressions e-course and get a sense of how our self-paced delivery system works while being inspired by interfaith prayers. Enroll here.

Laura LV of France emailed us this comment about this course:
"Your course is one of the best things on the web! My warmest thanks for this inspiring course. Every single soul should take it! The feelings of peace and hope that it brings are very powerful and of great help for those who, like me, feel in a turmoil and need to redirect their life into a luminous path of better understanding, compassion and love. This is a unique web experience! God bless you."

Dr. Sally Witt, Center for Healing & Training, PA recently wrote us saying
"Sept 21/22 is the Equinox. This will be a time of great energy flux. Use it for a time of personal meditation. There are so many changes right now. Unless you are in the path of the Hurricane or on the fringes, don't worry about the Hurricanes and other changes. This is all evidence that there is a time of huge energy shifts and changes. Everything will be better soon. Things are accelerating and coming to a new and wonderful time. Be open to the change!" (Sally is developing an e-course with us on "Releasing Fear." Look for it in the coming year.)


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This Month's Holistic Prayer

Safely Home
Submitted by Cathleen

I am home in Heaven, dear ones;
Oh, so happy and so bright!
There is perfect joy and beauty
In this everlasting light.

All the pain and suffering is over
Every restless tossing passed;
I am now at peace forever,
Safely home in Heaven at last.

Did you wonder I so calmly
Trod the valley of the shade?
Oh! but Jesus' love illumined
Every dark and fearful glade.

And he came Himself to meet me
In that way so hard to tread
And with Jesus' arm to lean on
Could I have one doubt or dread?

Then you must not grieve so sorely,
For I love you dearly still:
Try to look beyond earth's shadows,
Pray to trust our Father's will.

There is still work waiting for you,
So you must not idly stand;
Do it now, while life remaineth-
You shall rest in Jesus' land.

When that work is completed,
He will gently call you home;
Oh, the rapture of that meeting,
Oh, the joy to see you come!

~ Unknown author


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