Cardinal Wisdom Spiritual Wellness

04/05/2024

If you took the time to bury the bones of every animal you've ever eaten the way you bury a beloved pet, how big would the graveyard be? Evolve...for their sake.

01/06/2024

Just passing through or new to Martinsburg? If you are a practicing vegan/vegetarian or ready to to give cleaner eating a try, Good Natured on Raleigh Street has wonderful menu selections to choose from! And they have an impressive health food store too!

https://www.goodnaturedllc.com/

After watching a news piece about the future of animal cells grown in steel tanks to save our planet, my thought. How about a wild rice quinoa patty for dinner. Nothing artificial, we do this everyday at Good Natured. Our Jasmine Rice Burger is on the menu today.

06/14/2023

RUMI ❤️

06/14/2023

Anyone looking for a big, beautiful beardie? Poor Zeus has been passed over several times because he’s too big to fit in a 40 breeder. He’s in a 3’x2’ here, but would really love a 4x2x2.

See more pictures and apply on our website:

https://www.blueridgereptilerescue.org/product-page/zeus

05/25/2023

*This post does not apply to situations of abuse.* True intimacy is founded on honesty, communication, and the ability to repair when there’s been hurt.

If we’re never forthright about our hurts or grievances, we never give our relationships the opportunity to become resilient through discussion, negotiation, and conflict resolution.

*Even if they respond negatively to our honesty,* it is important that we share our feelings, needs, and requests. Their reactions are important information for us about what their own limitations are⁠—and whether this connection is a healthy, aligned fit for us. We don’t get this information about what others are or are not capable of if we never speak up.

People-pleasing is like wearing a mask. We become the cheerful ones, the easygoing ones, the harmonious ones. We are the ones who say yes. We don’t speak up when we’ve been hurt. We aren’t honest about what we need or feel.

Though these ways of interacting may reduce the potential for conflict in the short-term, they are not conducive to true intimacy over time. By acting these ways, we essentially guarantee that we will feel chronically unseen and unknown.

Conflict avoidance is intimacy avoidance.

🔥 Put this into practice at my NEW workshop on 5/23, Using Boundaries to Sustain Intimate Relationships. Learn to have the hard conversations and set the boundaries that will enable you to maintain relationships through times of difference, disagreement, and mismatch. Get the details and tickets at www.haileymagee.com/workshops

05/13/2023

This Mother's Day I acknowledge that I have a Mother and a Sister. Not all family is healthy. I tried for decades to love them. If you find yourself feeling empty and mourning relationships that were not meant to be, it is possible to channel that unrequited love...that pain...into loving others who are willing, healthy, and able return the love you have to offer. This Mother's Day, I celebrate the Mother that I am, and I celebrate the amazing Mothers around me that are more like family than I could have ever hoped for...my Sisters from Another Mother! You know who you are and you are cherished! And if you relate to my story, I highly recommend a book, available on Amazon, called The Black Swan: 12 Lessons of Abandonment Recovery. If you were abandoned, it is NOT your fault. You do not have to endure continued rejection and emotional abuse... no matter what traditional spiritual guidance says. There IS a way to forgive and move on without sacrificing your soul in the process. 😊