Wendy E. Crane, LMFT
Conscious Relationships are not all Rainbows, Butterflies, and Unicorns Contrary to popular belief, relationships are not here to make you happy. Conscious relationships are no exception. Relationships are here to teach and grow you. This process of developing awareness that leads to growth and healing is not always pretty or comfortable. Remember those wonderful little … Read more
Building a Conscious Relationship From the Inside Out: Embrace Your Shadows Embrace your shadows What is a “shadow” anyway? A shadow is a part of you that is yet to be discovered. It tends to be comprised of personality traits, coping mechanisms, old inherited messages, learned family patterns, and core beliefs and decisions that served … Read more
Are You Seeking More Peace and Balance In Your Life? Peace And Balance Are Up To You The words peace and balance come up in my office frequently. It seems that many of you are seeking this way of living, but are struggling with how to bring these qualities to the forefront of your experience. … Read more
Building a Conscious Relationship From the Inside Out: It Begins with Y.O.U. HOW DO YOU KNOW IT’S TIME FOR A CONSCIOUS RELATIONSHIP? “Comes the Dawn” ~Veronica Shorffstall, 1971 After a while you learn the subtle difference Between holding a hand and chaining a soul, And you learn that love doesn’t mean leaning And company doesn’t … Read more
Turn Up Intimacy By Tuning Into Yourself Have you ever wondered how to deepen the connection in your relationships? Intimacy is a word often misused in our culture. Very often it is used to describe sexual activity within a committed relationship. However, intimacy goes far beyond physical connection. True intimacy requires a strong … Read more
Do You Need to Recalibrate your Inner GPS? Have you ever felt like you just took a wrong turn in life? Or gotten yourself backed so far into a corner of a situation that you absolutely don’t want, but have no idea how to get out? Felt so lost or disconnected from yourself and can’t … Read more
For You To Contemplate Today… “Let Go of the Shore” By: Karen Drucker “Let go of the shore and float into the mystery…” Let’s do a slightly different process for meditation today. This will combine the inspiration that I like to share with you through song, with some thoughts to enhance your time in the … Read more
The Savage Race 2.0: The Deeper Lessons For many of you who have been following my blogs for a while, you may remember last year around this time when I wrote a few blogs about facing your fears, discovering your courage, and what I learned on my first go around with the mud run obstacle … Read more
Fall in Love with Yourself In the past 7 years since my divorce, I have spent a lot of time with myself. I experimented with online dating and had a couple of significant long-term relationships. Yet, I continued to struggle with what felt like unfinished business from my past relationship patterns. As a marriage and … Read more
Mindfulness Meditation: Trust There are so many ways to meditate. Using quotes or excerpts from inspirational books is a great way to begin your meditation time. For today, I would like to share a meditation with you from a popular teacher on the concept of mindfulness: Jon Kabat Zinn. This excerpt comes from his book: … Read more