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Journey Through Fire, Part 17

COAT/Rebozo Drive- Please share!♥️ I took a little break this weekend and visited friends in the oak woodlands. The snow laced moss, usnea, lichen and oak leaves in all shades of naranja, were sights I’ve never seen and I drank

Kristy Cronkrite November 10, 2020November 16, 2020 Almeda Fire, Healing, Relationships & Community No Comments Read more

Día de Los Muertos/All Souls Day

We are entering this sacred time when the veils thin and we can honor and heal with our ancestors. A time to celebrate the memory of our loved ones, how they lived, what they loved, where they were hurt, and

Kristy Cronkrite October 29, 2020October 1, 2025 Almeda Fire, Healing, Relationships & Community, Spirituality/Intuition No Comments Read more

When it all falls away

When it all falls away, what really matters? We are human. We all have drama in our lives. The complexity of relationships. Many families tell me how since entire extended families were displaced, there is an openness right now in

Kristy Cronkrite October 26, 2020November 16, 2020 Almeda Fire, Healing, Relationships & Community No Comments Read more

Trauma brain

The other day a client said something I’ve heard repeatedly throughout the years and understand deeply, “I never worried like this, until (insert tragedy here/loss of loved one) and now I have so much more fear and anxiety.” A parent

Sylvia August 9, 2020October 1, 2025 Conscious Mothering, Healing, Relationships & Community, Spirituality/Intuition, Uncategorized 1 Comment Read more

Working at Home with Children- a connection approach/Part 1

In my weekly community call and free sessions during this time, the issue of balancing working at home with children is primary. Here are a few reflections, offered in two parts to support you to integrate the pieces that resonate

Sylvia April 6, 2020April 29, 2020 Conscious Mothering, Relationships & Community No Comments Read more

Managing our FEAR during this time

In my free weekly community zoom call, we’ve addressed a confusion around managing the fear of the virus at this time.  In the healing world, we commonly address fears that feed anxiety which are born of the inner critic or trauma

Sylvia April 2, 2020April 2, 2020 Conscious Mothering, Healing, Relationships & Community, Spirituality/Intuition 2 Comments Read more

The Healing Power of Holding

(I wrote this ages ago for the Inner bonding website, and just realized I never posted it here.  It is still just as essential, so I share it with all of you in the hopes you will find your ways

Sylvia October 31, 2017November 1, 2017 Conscious Mothering, Healing, Relationships & Community, Spirituality/Intuition No Comments Read more

Living Free

For years now, we have known that my son’s middle school years would be a time to do something different. My husband with his PhD in Education and my experience as a school social worker and counselor, led us both

Sylvia August 13, 2016October 1, 2025 Conscious Mothering, Nature Connections, Relationships & Community 7 Comments Read more

STOP and LIVE

My dear friend Melinda who we recently held fundraisers for has been given days to weeks to live. While this is heartbreaking and feels tragic to me, it is balanced by our recent time together on a walk to a

Sylvia December 9, 2015December 10, 2015 Healing, Relationships & Community, Spirituality/Intuition No Comments Read more

All Good Things are Possible

This night felt like a movie. We were at City Hall for a City council meeting where our neighborhood showed up in full force, wearing red shirts, to protest rezoning for a high density complex that would bring more traffic

Sylvia December 9, 2014October 1, 2025 Relationships & Community No Comments Read more
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