Posts by Amanda Eloesh
The Cost of Not Getting Help
It costs too much to avoid investing in your healing.
Read MoreYour Feelings Are Valid
Your feelings are a real and valid gauge that tells you what’s going on in your system. You can rely on them to give you honest feedback about your internal systems and responses to external stimuli.
Read MoreThe Beauty of Ugly Crying
I used to be ashamed of crying, especially in public. I thought it was ugly. I thought it was weak.
Read MoreYour Trauma is Exhausting
Before you can fly & belt out your songs, you have to find deep stillness, a moment to come to rest, a space to really unburden yourself, & then discover what can occupy the spaciousness within you when you are not filled up with trauma, stress, & anxiety.
Read MoreThe Non-Prophet Nonprofit
A few years ago, a friend messaged me on Facebook asking me if I felt any special connection with Joseph Smith (the first prophet of the Mormon church). I replied “Well, other than the fact that I was born and raised Mormon, no not really. Why?!”
Read MoreSpending Time with Yourself: Love it or Hate it?
Do you enjoy time alone? Do you need it or endure it?
Read MoreFacing my Privilege
When I started serving Medicine and there was a deep and humble gratitude for being seen by my teachers and given this honor to serve.
Read MoreThe Cage of Perfection
I have definitely made mistakes, & I have definitely let people down, but I have also lived a life full of adventure, & even more important, a life of learning & growth. I would have done very little learning & growing had I not broken through the cage of perfectionism.
Read MorePractical Magic
I was brought up with an unusual combination of practical planning and miracle manifestation, and I use that approach with my clients.
Read More“Baby, I was born this way!”
“You’re either a shaman or a serial killer!” The wild ride of the Scorpio Moon tribe.
Read MoreFirst Year Back to Burning Man in 14 Yrs . . . National Disaster or Treasure?
RETURN TO THE PLAYA . . . AFTER 14 YEARS In the scorching heart of Black Rock City in the Nevada desert, where dust and dreams collide, I found myself standing beneath the glaring sun, gazing at the familiar, surreal landscape of Burning Man. It had been 14 long years since my last venture to…
Read MoreWhy I said “No” to Dave Navarro: 3 Ways You’re Blocking Success
It was a beautiful Spring day at Esalen. I’d had a week of cultivating my 6-figure business, and had been basking in the healing waters and landscape of this world renown retreat center, offering my sound healing for a week-long workshop (Eileen Barker & Michael Gelbart: Path of Forgiveness). It was an epic…
Read MoreEcstatic Living: Beet Fennel Gazpacho Recipe
This gorgeous looking (and tasting) chilled soup I made up has become such a hit, I just had to share it with you! For those of you who love to follow tight recipes with precise amounts and measurements . . . MOST SINCERE APOLOGIES! This is intuitive cooking! I’m glad I can even remember…
Read MoreFeeding the Holy
The practice of making offerings to the Holy in any and all forms is a beautiful and foundational practice that awakens great magic. Music, poetry, prayer, words of praise (not for bribery, but for nourishment), and all things made by hand are what little we humans can do to give back just a little crumb…
Read MoreHow to Make Life’s Tragedy an Initiation
How do you respond when everything falls apart? Throughout my life, I’ve had multiple experiences where seemingly everything I had put together for myself crumbled in short order. Just before the first one, I got a message from one of my guides that I was going to be just fine, and that I needed to…
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