by Lissa Rankin | Nov 21, 2018 | Environment, Spirituality
We just survived the worst season of California wildfires I can remember after living here over half of my life. While our lives and homes were not in immediate danger as so many others were, we did have to flee the San Francisco Bay Area as smoke evacuees because our...
by Lissa Rankin | Nov 22, 2017 | Inner Pilot Light, Relationships
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays because the whole point of this holiday is invoking a tender emotion—gratitude—that has been known in both spiritual traditions and science to open the heart, relax the nervous system, improve health, and deepen intimacy...
by Lissa Rankin | Jun 16, 2017 | Creativity, Inner Pilot Light, Spirituality
Intentionally invoking magic and playing with consciousness in all Her forms on “Goddess Quests” has been one of the practices that my daughter Siena and I activate to help us feel closer to the Divine. Some of you may have followed us on the Goddess Quest we posted...
by Lissa Rankin | Nov 27, 2014 | Relationships, Spirituality
On this day of Thanksgiving, I find myself reflecting on gratitude and our relationship to it. Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday. It feels like the only big holiday that doesn’t buy into the commercialism of our materialistic Western culture. It’s not...
by Lissa Rankin | Nov 28, 2013 | Physical Health
On this day of Thanksgiving, people around the United States are expressing gratitude for the bounty of their lives, but many may not realize that in doing so, they are also improving the quality of their health and increasing their life expectancies. The scientific...
