Erie Chapman
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Day 219 – Spirituality vs. Religion
The disengagement of the soul converts us into robots. The engagement of our spirit enables us to live as complete beings as we encounter our work. Continue reading
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Day 218 – Artists as Healers
I was sitting in a hotel lobby in the Boston area recently when an embodiment of healing energy walked in. Although my companions didn’t know who he was, they immediately sensed the same light and power emanating from this… Continue reading
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Day 217 – Caregiver Creativity
Exceptional caregivers tune their hearts to the pain of their patients. They follow up by releasing their “contained fire” where it is needed. Continue reading
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Days 214-216 – Daughters & Caregivers
All the characteristics we would want in our own caregiver are present with our daughter as she expresses her love to her child. Continue reading
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Day 212 – Revisiting June 7, 2006
Early caregivers understood the power of presence – the need to be heard and to be loved. Continue reading
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Day 211 – How Do We Hear Beauty?
The rose speaks when we are silent. Continue reading
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Day 210 – First Encounters
The moments of birth, death and suffering always hold the potential for the sacred for caregivers who choose presence. Continue reading
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Day 205 – Hiding Places
Presence is so important in the lives of caregivers that those who practice it with intensity may feel the need to escape sometimes – to hide, to rest. Continue reading
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Days 203 & 204 – The Language Outside Language
Caregivers help heal pain through an unseen pathway we describe with a word: empathy. Patients in pain understand the gift of empathy. Continue reading
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Day 198 – How Friendship Heals
Eliot had a sweet understanding of the power of friendship and, important for us, she had the gift for how to express it! Eliot’s writing must have been very healing for her. Continue reading
Journal of Sacred Work 