Pamela Leavey

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Food For Thought: On Friendship Online and Offline

swansI spend an inordinate amount of time online. With four websites and long time social media presence, I’ve come to know a lot of people over the many years I have been online. Many of my online friendships have actually manifested into offline friendships as well. The fact is, the opportunity to meet like-minded people online is exponentially wider than it is in the average person’s offline life.

I enjoy the fact that I can meet and learn from people all over the country, let alone the world. I value the friendships I have made online. I enjoy sharing information, discussion and sometimes debate with these friends on a multitude of topics.

Yet, there is always something lacking in an online conversation, and Sherry Turkle nails that with her post on the NY Times Room For Debate section: Only Face-to-Face Friendships Involve Real Emotions. Turkle notes: (more…)

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Daily Affirmations: Disconnect to Reconnect

caressing the light

It is not uncommon to let our busy lives get in the way of our relationships. Today, I re-mind myself that it is a choice I can make, to be present in the lives of my loved ones. This means not just showing up, but also to be fully there, unattached to outside influences, engaging in conversation, and even quite moments.

Technology has changed the way we communicate. At the very core of relationships, it is the one on one communication, the touch, the hug, the eye contact, that each of us crave and need in our lives. Sometimes we all need to step back and disengage from technology so we can truly feel and relate to others. Today I affirm that when I am with my loved ones I will disconnect so that I may reconnect.

Namaste… Pamela

Photo: Branches Caressing the Light ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey

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Daily Affirmations: Relationships

great white egret and snowy egretToday, I re-mind myself that every relationship is a conduit to learning in this life. The lessons are always plentiful, for no matter how difficult or how fruitful a relationship is I can learn from each person I know. I welcome that learning and I am grateful for the opportunity to grow everyday through each relationship that comes my way.

Namaste… Pamela

Photo: Snowy Egret and Great White Egret at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey

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Daily Affirmations: Relationships

“Today, I remind myself that as all relationships are assignments, there are many things I can learn from each person who I interact with, whether friends or family. Sometimes in relationships we learn hard lessons and sometimes those relationships bring us the greatest joy. I thank the Universe today for allowing me to participate in this learning experience that is constantly changing and testing my ability to learn from my assignments. Life is a path we walk and our relationships are all stops along the way.” – Pamela J. Leavey

Maudslay Path
Maudslay Path

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Reflections: On Being an Empath

The highly empathic person feels deeply connected to loved ones emotional and physical pain, sometimes feeling their symptoms of illness or experiencing their sadness and joy on a deeper level than the average person who is empathetic of another persons situations. Empaths tend to be deeply sensitive to others beyond their loved ones and inner circle of friends, and they often can pick up some disconcerting feelings both physical and emotional, if gifted with what is known as psychic empathy.

At Sandy Point ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey
At Sandy Point ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey

Dr. Judith Orloff has written on the topic in-depth in a few of her books. Those that I have read including Second Sight and Positive Energy have given me great insight into understanding the complex and sometimes disconcerting feelings that arise for myself and others with empathic abilities.

Sometimes as an empath, I find myself unable to block these feelings that arise and I have learned to ride them out like a storm honoring the dark nights of the soul that might arise. One must honor the feelings that the empathic trait brings, and learn to deal with the well-spring of emotions that range from happiness to grief and beyond.

I’ve just emerged from one such period where a wealth of empathic emotions propelled me into deep contemplation and triggered the all to prevalent writer’s block. The storm has passed… I emerge like a butterfly with new and strong wings, inspired to fly free filled with joy.

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Food For Thought: Great Events in Life

Beach at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey
Beach at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey

“Great and soulful events–falling in love, opening to the Beyond-Within, the birth of ideas and babies–march to no tick-tock but appear in their own good time, when the heart is prepared and the moment is ripe.” – Sam Keen: Hymns to an Unknown God: Awakening The Spirit In Everyday Life

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