<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>Healing Archives - SpaceClear | Home to Your Spacious Self | Stephanie Bennett Vogt</title> <atom:link href="https://www.spaceclear.com/tag/healing/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://www.spaceclear.com/tag/healing/</link> <description>Home to Your Spacious Self</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2016 19:18:28 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1</generator> <item> <title>Being with Heartbreak</title> <link>https://www.spaceclear.com/2016/11/being-with-heartbreak/</link> <comments>https://www.spaceclear.com/2016/11/being-with-heartbreak/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Bennett Vogt]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2016 13:00:10 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Blog Favorites]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Clearing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Surrender]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Journey]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Balance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gratitude]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Grief]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Grief and loss]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Healing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Letting Go]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Spacious Way]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Witnessing Presence]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.spaceclear.com/?p=33125</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>“One could say that going through loss is the great awakener. It is a potential opening if you don’t run away from it. What is usually condemned as ‘bad’ by the mind and the mind-made self is actually grace coming into your life.”–Eckhart Tolle. [Note: If you’re a human with a heart who has experienced loss and pain, […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.spaceclear.com/2016/11/being-with-heartbreak/">Being with Heartbreak</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.spaceclear.com">SpaceClear | Home to Your Spacious Self | Stephanie Bennett Vogt</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_33128" style="width: 510px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-33128" class="wp-image-33128" src="http://www.spaceclear.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/lady-liberty-300x300.jpg" width="500" height="500" srcset="https://www.spaceclear.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/lady-liberty-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.spaceclear.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/lady-liberty-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.spaceclear.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/lady-liberty-768x768.jpg 768w, https://www.spaceclear.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/lady-liberty-610x610.jpg 610w, https://www.spaceclear.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/lady-liberty-550x550.jpg 550w, https://www.spaceclear.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/lady-liberty-500x500.jpg 500w, https://www.spaceclear.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/lady-liberty-225x225.jpg 225w, https://www.spaceclear.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/lady-liberty-200x200.jpg 200w, https://www.spaceclear.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/lady-liberty-400x400.jpg 400w, https://www.spaceclear.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/lady-liberty-600x600.jpg 600w, https://www.spaceclear.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/lady-liberty-266x266.jpg 266w, https://www.spaceclear.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/lady-liberty.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /><p id="caption-attachment-33128" class="wp-caption-text">“Lady Liberty”</p></div> <blockquote><p>“One could say that going through loss is the great awakener. It is a potential opening if you don’t run away from it. What is usually condemned as ‘bad’ by the mind and the mind-made self is actually grace coming into your life.”–Eckhart Tolle.</p></blockquote> [<em>Note:</em> If you’re a human with a heart who has experienced loss and pain, this one’s for you, no matter what your voting preferences may be.] <p> </p> <p>Me. I’m heartbroken.</p> <p>All I can do is be. Be like the tree above that continues to stand, and thrive, with such grace in the face of everything she’s had to deal with and weather.</p> <p>I took the photo above weeks ago – pulled in by a sea of flags fluttering in the breeze on the grounds of nearby town library on my drive home from Costco. There, in the center of this temporary art installation, stood the permanent steward and ultimate space holder: a magnificent, gnarly old tree.</p> <p>I had to get out of the car to take it all in.</p> <p>At the time I thought, <em>perfect!</em> I’ll post this picture on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/spaciousway/">Instagram</a> on the day after the presidential election to celebrate the first woman president of the United States. I’m mean, really. From this angle, this tree looks like Lady Liberty herself!</p> <p>What I didn’t realize is that the photo would be serving a very different, significant purpose; a different kind of freedom message than what I’d intended. It would be serving to buoy <strong>me</strong> up; to keep me steady; to remind me to take the long view.</p> <p>For those of you grieving, like me, hoping for a different outcome in one of the most intense and divisive presidential elections that we’ve experienced as a nation in our lifetime, may this tree give you comfort too.</p> <p><strong>And if not that, perhaps there is a different kind of loss or unspeakable sadness that you are grieving today. May it buoy and steady you, too. May it remind you that there is nothing that light, and love, and time cannot handle.</strong></p> <p>And heal.</p> <p>I dedicate this post to our beautiful country, world, and the human spirit that unites us all.</p> <p>And to Hillary Rodham Clinton: I thank you for showing us how to follow your dreams with all of your heart… and when things don’t work out, how to feel the pain, concede with spaciousness… and keep moving forward. <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f64f.png" alt="🙏" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></p> <p><strong>Could you use more inspiration?</strong> Some good tips in this post: <a href="http://www.lionsroar.com/susan-piver-election-response/">“Don’t Bite the Hook: Five Things to Remember Post Election”</a></p> <p>Photo: “Lady Liberty” by Stephanie Bennett Vogt</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.spaceclear.com/2016/11/being-with-heartbreak/">Being with Heartbreak</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.spaceclear.com">SpaceClear | Home to Your Spacious Self | Stephanie Bennett Vogt</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://www.spaceclear.com/2016/11/being-with-heartbreak/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Progress is Not Linear</title> <link>https://www.spaceclear.com/2016/10/progress-is-not-linear/</link> <comments>https://www.spaceclear.com/2016/10/progress-is-not-linear/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Bennett Vogt]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2016 12:00:23 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Clearing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Inspiring]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Simplicity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Journey]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Clearing Journey]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Clutter Clearing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Glennon Doyle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Grief]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Healing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Instagram]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lightening Up]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Personal Transformation]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.spaceclear.com/?p=32805</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>“Clearing is not something you “do,” fix, or squeeze into your life. It’s a way of life—a journey—that doesn’t always add up, make sense, or go in a straight line.” –A Year to Clear I’ve always maintained that there is no downside to clearing. It may feel like you’re taking three steps forward and five […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.spaceclear.com/2016/10/progress-is-not-linear/">Progress is Not Linear</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.spaceclear.com">SpaceClear | Home to Your Spacious Self | Stephanie Bennett Vogt</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>“Clearing is not something you “do,” fix, or squeeze into your life. It’s a <em>way of life</em>—a journey—that doesn’t always add up, make sense, or go in a straight line.” –<em>A Year to Clear</em></p></blockquote> <p><img decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-31430" src="http://www.spaceclear.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Spiral-225x300.jpg" alt="Spiral staircase in Melk, Austria" width="387" height="516" />I’ve always maintained that there is no downside to clearing. It may feel like you’re taking three steps forward and five steps back sometimes, but it’s an <strong>illusion.</strong></p> <p>The truth is, when you slowly “drip” compassionate awareness into anything that holds you back, you effectively begin to make changes in your life. The shifts may be so subtle in the beginning that you won’t even notice them. As you continue on the path with<a href="http://www.spaceclear.com/2015/11/four-paths-five-steps/"> intention, action, non-identification, and compassion</a> – one step at a time, one day at a time – you’ll start to notice things beginning to shift easily.</p> <p>Like magic.</p> <p>And when you feel stuck again, remember clearing is like going up a spiral staircase. At every turn, you get yet another chance to revisit that places in your home and heart that have yet been loved or healed. It’s all good. You may be pleasantly surprised to see how much more progress you’ve made since the last time you fell off the wagon; how much more insight and bandwidth you have to address a painful situation.</p> <p><strong>You are not the same person you were just a few rungs below.</strong></p> <p>For another (visual) take on the spiral staircase concept, enjoy this <strong>video message below </strong>by best-selling author Glennon Doyle Melton. [Click the image of the record player to watch] <p>Happy clearing!</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="7"> <div style="padding: 8px;"> <div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"></div> <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BJiQdlkAcM_/" target="_blank">Here’s the magic of the spiral staircase: On each turn of the climb you grow wiser and stronger and more powerful as you face your pain and survive it, again and again. So even if your pain doesn’t change—you do. Our third short film with @saltproject is now live. Click the link in my IG profile to see the whole film. http://lovewarriorbook.com #LoveWarrior</a></p> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A video posted by Glennon Doyle Melton (@glennondoylemelton) on <time style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;" datetime="2016-08-25T14:36:49+00:00">Aug 25, 2016 at 7:36am PDT</time></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><script src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" async="" defer="defer"></script></p> <p>Want to read more about the spiral effects of clearing? <a href="http://www.spaceclear.com/2016/01/memo-to-self/">Click here</a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.spaceclear.com/2016/10/progress-is-not-linear/">Progress is Not Linear</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.spaceclear.com">SpaceClear | Home to Your Spacious Self | Stephanie Bennett Vogt</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://www.spaceclear.com/2016/10/progress-is-not-linear/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>