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Elke Siller Macartney
Nov 24, 20162 min read
Upon putting on my glasses
A few mornings ago, I put on cheaters—eye glasses—to have a better look at the ingredient list of a face lotion I was about to use....
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Elke Siller Macartney
Nov 10, 20162 min read
What do we do now? May I suggest....
In the light of a new day with a new reality in the country I love, I and others are waking up with this question on our minds: What do...
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Elke Siller Macartney
Nov 9, 20161 min read
Let your light shine anyway
I do not usually state anything political in my posts, and today will be no different. What I will state, however, is my feelings of...
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Elke Siller Macartney
Nov 5, 20163 min read
"I'm still me!" Story of Laurie, part 1.
I kept meeting Laurie's mom Jean at monthly guest speaking gigs at a local church. After each service, she'd hug me and say, "We must...
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Elke Siller Macartney
Oct 9, 20162 min read
Time to trust ourselves again
You know you've heard from it: The Voice of Doubt. This is the voice in your head who rocks your faith in yourself by seeding doubt with...
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Elke Siller Macartney
Sep 26, 20162 min read
Life is precious. Be kind to each other.
I visited the Macy's cosmetics department yesterday afternoon to buy my favorite make-up. No, it was not THAT Macy's. Our local Macy's is...
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Elke Siller Macartney
Sep 14, 20162 min read
small actions = Big Impact
It's the little things that can make such a huge difference. For instance: When I am stressed and my shoulders are acting like earmuffs...
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Elke Siller Macartney
Sep 5, 20163 min read
Listening to the Voice in my head
Many years ago, on a cool autumn day in Seattle, I rang the doorbell of a large mansion in a swank old neighborhood. The mansion's...
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Elke Siller Macartney
Sep 1, 20163 min read
When saying "No." also says "Yes!"
Sometimes, a woman has to go on a personal journey with out telling anyone. I didn't want advice or encouragement or sage counsel: I...
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Elke Siller Macartney
Aug 10, 20162 min read
Forgive yourself...for everything. Now.
I confess, I am easily mortified (i.o.w: embarrassed) and way too often. Recently, I've been mortified for the following: Being a space...
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Elke Siller Macartney
Aug 4, 20162 min read
Sneaky acts...of kindness
I fully admit to you: I am a sneaky woman. Yep. Busted. Yet I also admit to confining the bulk of my sneakiness to guerilla acts of...
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Elke Siller Macartney
Jul 31, 20162 min read
A line in the sand
OK then, I know you are most likely taking nice deep breaths in order to cope with the rancor and shouting and bad news of the day. Some...
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Elke Siller Macartney
Jul 8, 20163 min read
Intentional creating, Part 2: Be led by Spirit, and tend to your Human
The last month has been a whirlwind of major personal life changes. A significant income adjustment has arrived, and so sustainability is...
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Elke Siller Macartney
Jun 11, 20162 min read
The "That's for me!" Game, or Creating with Intention, Part one
You know how it can be: when things go sideways, they often do so in a torrent or in multiples. So it had been for a pal who faced down a...
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Elke Siller Macartney
Jun 1, 20163 min read
Something had to give. And it did.
The feelings I had were familiar, dark and somewhat stormy. There was anxiety and tension, and man was I touchy. What was going on in...
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Elke Siller Macartney
Apr 23, 20163 min read
Why bother? (The baby goose story)
It usually happens when I'm in a hurry... I notice something amiss while I'm out on a walk or biking to errands: Last week it was a...
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Elke Siller Macartney
Apr 7, 20162 min read
Upon Being a Lighthouse
Recently, a client and fellow practitioner asked for help in dealing with living in a region of the US that frowns upon religions other...
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Elke Siller Macartney
Mar 22, 20161 min read
To all world changers and light workers:
To all light-workers, world changers, concerned citizens of the world: Right now, US President Obama is making a speech of peace and...
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Elke Siller Macartney
Mar 11, 20162 min read
The Well-Intentioned Soul Comes to Earth
Sgt. Angel # 444 looked over the group of new recruits and smiled knowingly. "Attention, free souls!" she called out firmly yet warmly,...
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Elke Siller Macartney
Mar 1, 20163 min read
Tips for the sensitive soul: antidotes to mass fear and anger
It's mighty tempting to go there--"there" being joining the ranks of complaints and laments about the lack of courtesy and common decency...
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Elke Siller Macartney
Feb 6, 20164 min read
2 soul retrievals
One never knows when an opportunity for deep, soul healing will happen.... What a busy 4 weeks it's been: not only work-wise, but also in...
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Elke Siller Macartney
Jan 20, 20162 min read
A time out is good...even if there's no time
Admission: I've been running in circles lately, a lot. This due to a particularly large load of projects and challenges to work through....
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Elke Siller Macartney
Jan 15, 20164 min read
Healing -- its a process
Over the many years I've been privileged to be an instrument of healing in people's lives, I've seen my share of miracles: the cancerous...
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Elke Siller Macartney
Jan 14, 20162 min read
How now after the "wow"?
So often, we go to a great workshop or have an epiphany, or experience something profoundly spiritual, and then in the ensuing days...
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