Ashley Loren

Chrysalis – Not Who You Were, Not Yet Who You’re Becoming?

You know when it’s no longer “business as usual.”  The old way doesn’t serve you any more. I think of the pupa (caterpillar) that eventually packs itself into a tiny cocoon. The caterpillar (worm) already has the genetic blueprint within it for the butterfly the day it hatches from a tiny egg.  The way of […]

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Confessions on Shame and How Your Belly Sabotages You

I once embarked on a 21-day cleanse.  The details are foggy to me now, but it consisted of drinking only a thin concoction of elemental proteins and quick digesting sugars thrice daily.  The objective of this 3-week fast is to “starve out” troublesome bacteria that can be known to overpopulate the intestines. I succeeded at

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Even Rivers Fall – 13 Questions for self-reflective journaling

So many esoteric teachings compare our lives in some form to rivers. Rivers flow and stagnate, expand and contract, flood and run dry, wind and merge, and lead always, invariably to the ocean…  Rivers also fall. Rivers drop in small trickles between rocks and they fall in deafening torrents from dizzying heights. The places where

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Holiday Blues and Visits from the Fat Gray Cat

An excerpt from my journal entry November 14, 2022: ______________________________________________________________________________________________ “It’s Monday morning.  The day is already crying out–Busy THYSELF!  But my mind has been begging me for days for an offload.  The fat gray cat is back.  I’ve seen glimpses [of it] and pet it from time to time.  It has been sauntering around,

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