Shirley RigaJul 3, 20216 min readSuffering Is OptionalI’ve been working with a healer over the past 2 months to help me clear suffering from my body. Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.
Thea IberallMay 3, 20215 min readThe Process of Letting GoSome pain is so great that it's necessary to hold onto it to give it the significance it deserves. Anything short of that trivializes it.
Shirley RigaMar 30, 20219 min readHolding the LightIt’s so easy to believe what we see, feel or were taught when there is so much more. Sometimes it takes someone else holding a light for us.
Shirley RigaMar 15, 20217 min readOur Entangled KnotsSurrendering to pain sounded like defeat to me and I wasn’t going to be defeated. I wasn't interested in befriending pain. It was my enemy.
Shirley RigaDec 3, 20206 min readThe Power of SilencePain is a teacher that nags at me when I don’t pay attention. I never experienced unrelenting pain until I was brought to my knees by fibro
Shirley RigaOct 4, 20207 min readBaggageI’m getting tired of dragging around all this old baggage of emotional pain.