Do you heal with music?

Singing is still one of my favorite things. I use music as therapy. I feel the words do matter. I sing what I feel. If it’s sad music, it helps me cry. If it’s upbeat, I feel happy, I have used songs of heartbreak to get through a broken relationships and most recently sacred songs to help lift up my spirits.

I am the Captain of My Soul

One of my favorite poems is Invictus, by William Ernest Henley. My grandmother would read this to me when I was small until I learned how to read for myself.

I love the words, the images that swirl in my head when I focus on them.

Later as I would read it out loud I would connect to all types of emotions. I was longing to connect to source and my soul. This spoke to me and still does.

My Encounter with a Light Being

Meeting someone who shares an important message I met a young nun many years ago who helped me shift my understanding of God. I was a teenager and she was a friend’s older sister who had recently joined a convent. She understood I was struggling to find my reason for Continue Reading