by Leslie Hershberger | Sep 30, 2020 | Enneagram, Events, Relationships, Spirituality
WOMEN USING ANGER CREATIVELY Anger is a signal that’s worth our attention and respect. Yet women learn to silence, deny or vent it in a way that leaves us feeling powerless and disconnected. While anger is a normal emotion hardwired into our bodies most of us have few...
by Leslie Hershberger | Sep 11, 2019 | Enneagram, Psychology, Spirituality, Temperament
When I was in grad school, I did a lot of reading to look for Enneagram patterns in the wisdom traditions (I looked primarily at Christianity and Buddhism ). Concurrently, I was doing my Enneagram training. In listening to panels, you can see people’s core...
by Leslie Hershberger | Sep 11, 2019 | Meditation, Spirituality, Uncategorized
For 15 minutes, my granddaughter Sophie filled and refilled her shoe and watched the sand spill out the sides. She barely looked up. Her focus was exquisite to witness. Then she got up and walked. She noticed how her foot made impressions in the sand. She pointed to...
by Leslie Hershberger | Jun 21, 2019 | Breath Practices, Enneagram, Meditation, Spirituality
“I’m bad at meditating” is a misunderstanding of meditation. The only bad meditation is the one you don’t do. Or… “I can’t meditate” is a way of saying “I have a hard time being with the silence of my own being.” Of course you do. There’s a lot of stimulation...
by Leslie Hershberger | Jan 8, 2019 | #BeInspired, Spirituality
THE GUEST HOUSE This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they are a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your...
by Leslie Hershberger | Jan 4, 2019 | Change, Grief, Loss, Spirituality
When near the end of day, life has drained Out of light, and it is too soon For the mind of night to have darkened things, No place looks like itself, loss of outline Makes everything look strangely in-between, Unsure of what has been, or what might come. In this wan...
