Category: spirituality
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From Hiding to Wholeness
The untold truth behind yesterday’s “madness to miracles” story I remember the moment I pressed “publish” on my very first Deeper Cravings blog revealing my personal (decades long) struggle with emotional eating, weight yo-yoing and body shame. I felt exposed, vulnerable, and strangely exhilarated all at once. For the first time, I was telling the…
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From Madness to Miracles: The Sacred Act of Relationship
Relationships have a way of undoing us. They can strip away our carefully constructed masks, expose our deepest wounds, and pull us to the brink of despair. For me, that unraveling came secretly, privately within my own marriage. By day, I was a therapist—guiding others navigating destructive patterns and relational challenges, even working with some…
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Rejection and Undoing the Worthiness Wound
It’s a universal experience, the painful sting of rejection. The hurt that comes from being left unchosen; unrequited love, break-ups, job loss, friendship reaches left unreciprocated. We have all been there. We have all tasted that bitter pill. We go around unconsciously searching for evidence. It started when we were very little. We unconsciously began…
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A Profound Courtesy
There are times when I look at my children and become so overcome with gratitude it actually momentarily takes my breath away. In our family we call these ‘love attacks’. “Oh honey” I say through teary eyes while having held a stare a little too long, “I’m having a love attack” and my kids ready themselves for a relentless round of…
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Divine Spark of Light
When I was 17 yrs old I had an experience that I will be eternally grateful for. I was selected to be a part of a team of youth in a summer camp environment where we presented ‘talks’ to kids and other youth on a variety of topics. There was an incredible amount of creative…
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Manifesting Miracles with Oprah – (part 1)
WHAT?? ARE YOU KIDDING ME???? THIS IS CRAZY!! I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS!! I exclaimed with giddy and feverish excitement as I read my email Monday afternoon. That morning had begun with my usual ritual of mindfully grinding beans and brewing my bodum before the kids woke up and the fury of getting out the door ensued. Delightfully I had an…
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A Guest House for Grief
Just under four weeks ago the man who loved me first and loved me longest left. At the age of 80, my father, (who had walked 5 miles 10 days prior) died in hospital due to complications from what was supposed to be a rather simple surgery. For years in my early career I counseled people through…
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The Kindergarten Metaphor
I sent my baby boy off to kindergarten today. Never before had I truly understood the significance of this day for parents. The tears I shed today are about far more than the fact that I will no longer have him home with me during the day; rather it marks the first in many moments…
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A Rendezvous with God
It was a watershed moment on the beach years ago when I realized that living in constant misery about the shape of my body was, in fact, far worse and life depleting than any number on the scale ever could be. It was a flash of insight when it became clear that I would continue…
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Thin – Pretty – Nice
“Thin”, “Pretty”, “Nice”. According to Brene Brown these are the 3 adjectives that top the list when research participants are asked to describe what makes for a feminine woman. As a young overweight child I was pretty convinced that I couldn’t ever attain the attribute of ‘thin’, and as I watched Charlie’s Angels and played…
Peggy Farah, LMHC, RCC Deeper Cravings 