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# Lee Byrd

Integrating Our Humanity & Divinity

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- [Wobbling](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2026/07/08/wobbling/) - Lady Uppity reflects on healing, fear, mindfulness, and the quiet wisdom of learning to trust each step - wobbling, balance, and coming home to the present.
- [Love Leaves Fingerprints That Often Don't Appear Until Years Later](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2026/07/02/love-leaves-fingerprints-that-often-dont-appear-until-years-later/) - Lady Uppity never thought of herself as a gardener.
- [The Unexpected Guest](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2026/06/24/the-unexpected-guest/) - Perhaps because she had spent so many years trying to outrun fear she had never stopped long enough to listen. Fear was asking to be heard.
- [Lady Uppity Drops the Charges](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2026/06/17/lady-uppity-drops-the-charges/) - The discovery that she had spent so much of her life abandoning herself in an effort to be loved and accepted took Lady Uppity's breath away.
- [How Am I Not Myself](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2026/06/08/how-am-i-not-myself/) - After years of searching for her true self, Lady Uppity began to wonder if she had been there all along.
- [Lady Uppity and the Open Door](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2026/06/03/lady-uppity-and-the-open-door/) - She spent years looking for the key, in books, workshops, relationships. Surely, someone somewhere held the key to the life she longed for. She was exhausted.
- [The Quiet Search for Approval](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2026/05/27/the-quiet-search-for-approval/) - Long ago, Lady Uppity gave up seeking approval in the obvious ways. She no longer twisted herself into impossible shapes just to fit inside someone else’s room.
- [There's No Place Like Home](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2026/05/20/theres-no-place-like-home-2/) - When a burst pipe disrupts Lady Uppity’s carefully ordered world, she discovers that home is not merely a place but the quiet ability to remain kind to herself.
- [There Was Now a Moon Circle on Thursdays](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2026/05/12/there-was-now-a-moon-circle-on-thursdays/) - A whimsical and insightful Lady Uppity tale about joy and what happens when people stop assigning authorship of their inner peace to others.
- [Lady Uppity Reclaims Her Sensitivity](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2026/05/06/lady-uppity-reclaims-her-sensitivity/) - Lady Uppity feels what others often miss. Not because she is fragile—but because she is attuned.
- [The Uppity Woman and the Missing Television](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2026/04/28/the-uppity-woman-and-the-missing-television/) - Lady Uppity discovers what was missing was never the television. Once upon a time, in the Kingdom of Proper Behavior, women over sixty were expected to knit quietly and apologize for existing. Then one morning, upon discovering that her television was not in its usual place, Lady Uppity stormed through the palace shouting: “WHERE IS
- [The Woman on the Bed](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2026/04/21/the-woman-on-the-bed/) - This morning, in the quiet hours before dawn, I heard a soft female voice gently singing: Let it go. Let it go.
- [Moving](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2026/04/15/moving/) - This week, I realized the truer story is the one unfolding now: boxes, decisions, memories, and the quiet emotional weight of deciding what stays and what goes.
- [Like Water, It Will Pass](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2026/04/06/like-water-it-will-pass/) - Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor. — Thích Nhất Hạnh The Sacral Chakra (Svadhisthana) is water.And water was never meant to be controlled into stillness—it is meant to move, swirl, rise, fall, soften, and release. Our emotions are much the same. They come like waves—rising, cresting,
- [Today Is My Peaceful Day](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2026/03/31/today-is-my-peaceful-day/) - Each morning, I begin with a simple ritual. I write in my journal: Today is my peaceful day. I write it at least three times.
- [Soft is Not Weak](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2026/03/25/soft-is-not-weak/) - When we forget who we are — when we become hypnotized by fear, distraction, or the promise of power over others — something within us falls out of harmony.
- [The Body Is Always Listening](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2026/03/12/the-body-is-always-listening/) - Many ancient traditions describe the body as having subtle centers of energy along the spine. In yoga these are called chakras.
- [The Presence That Remains](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2026/02/16/the-presence-that-remains/) - I once believed I could not find my way through life without him. I was wrong.
- [When We Did Not Turn Away](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2026/03/03/when-we-did-not-turn-away/) - In our Sunday Women’s Circle, we spoke to the elephant in the room. One by one, each woman faced the feelings churning deep within. Courage became our staff to lean on. It wasn’t only the fear of a world that feels unstable. It was the bitter taste of betrayal. Still, one at a time, we
- [Rooted](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2026/02/24/rooted/) - There’s a woman seated in the forest, dressed in roots.She’s not trapped.She’s rooted. This morning, I woke shaking.My body remembering.Stories in the world tapping on old doors. “No. Not this again.”I cried.When will it end? For a moment, I wanted the memories gone — erased, buried, finished once and for all. But wanting them gone
- [A Doorway, Not a Wound](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2026/02/17/a-doorway-not-a-wound/) - There I was, sitting in my small private storm. And there they were — walking softly across the country with one steady intention: peace.
- [Victim and Villain: Two Sides of the Same Coin](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2026/02/03/victim-and-villain-two-sides-of-the-same-coin/) - The pain is part of my story — but it is not the story.
- [What Does it Mean to Walk Peace Into the World — In a Kitchen, In a Sentence, In a Breath?](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2026/01/28/what-does-it-mean-to-walk-peace-into-the-world-in-a-kitchen-in-a-sentence-in-a-breath/) - It might look like moving more slowly than I think I should, or allowing myself to rest without explanation.
- [Why We Cry](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2026/01/26/why-we-cry/) - This Walk for Peace offers hope. And hope matters. Hope lifts us. It changes how we move, how we respond, how we hold one another.
- [Welcome Home](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2026/01/20/welcome-home/) - I am now guided to sense the difference between meeting someone exactly where they are and pulling them toward where I’ve already been.
- [Standing Inside Love Without Effort](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2026/01/06/standing-inside-love-without-effort/) - This wasn’t an insight about unconditional love. I stood fully inside the recognition of my true nature — Love. I stood inside love without effort.
- [Presence Asks You to Feel What Cannot Be Fixed](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2026/01/12/presence-asks-you-to-feel-what-cannot-be-fixed/) - Presence doesn’t rush in with answers. It doesn’t try to fix the fear or explain it away. Presence simply sits beside what hurts and says tenderly, I’m here.
- [1 · 1 · 1 — A New Year’s Meditation & Ritual](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2026/01/01/1-·-1-·-1-a-new-years-meditation-ritual/) - January 1, 2026 offers a rare convergence, an invitation to start from center, from where you are now.
- [Winter Solstice: Rebirth Without Effort](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/12/18/winter-solstice-rebirth-without-effort/) - A personal Winter Solstice reflection on breath, presence, and rebirth — not through effort, but through honesty and gentle care.
- [I Choose Love](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/12/30/i-choose-love/) - What she knows — with a knowing that lives deeper than thought — is: I never wanted to escape life. I simply wanted to be present for it — even when it hurt.
- [Beyond the Veil: A Love Letter to the Witness](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/11/20/beyond-the-veil-a-love-letter-to-the-witness/) - A reflective, soul-centered exploration inspired by Ram Dass on releasing identity, loosening the veil of illusion, remembering the luminous witness within.
- [The Courage to Tell the Truth](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/12/11/the-courage-to-tell-the-truth/) - This piece explores how the Heart and Throat Chakras guide us toward real connection, and why truth — even when uncomfortable — is the greatest act of love.
- [The Uppity Woman's Guide to Sovereignty](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/12/01/the-uppity-womans-guide-to-sovereignty/) - A fierce, tender journey from tolerance to sovereignty — reclaiming light, boundaries, and the truth of who you are.
- [Tolerance: The Opposite of Unconditional Love](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/11/30/tolerance-the-opposite-of-unconditional-love/) - A reflection the difference between tolerance and unconditional love, learning to allow rather than endure becomes an act of sovereignty, and inner homecoming.
- [Gratitude: The Voice of the Divine](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/07/17/gratitude-the-voice-of-the-divine/) - Gratitude is Love, it is energy, it is joy. Gratitude is grace, it is the voice of Divine. A simple thank you is an acknowledgement and recognition of life’s blessings, no matter how big or small they may seem. The high vibrational frequency of gratitude enables us to step out of fear, out of the
- [This Uppity Woman](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/11/21/this-uppity-woman/) - A one-stanza poem celebrating the spirit of the Uppity Woman—rooted in her worth, honoring her lineage, refusing to shrink. A reminder of what it means to rise.
- [When the Voice Trembles: Returnng to the Heart](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/11/14/when-the-voice-trembles-returnng-to-the-heart/) - Reflection on insecurity, learning to trust. A gentle guide back to the heart and throat chakras. A sacred blessing, meditation & journaling prompt.
- [The One Guru is You](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/11/09/the-guru-is-you/) - What if there were no gurus, only consciousness awakening through you? In this reflection from The Seven Gates we explore the shift from seeking to remembering.
- [I Am](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/02/12/i-am/) - Earth, Water, Fire, Air, Ether, Light: the Mystic Connection. I am Earth Loved and nourished Deeply rooted within A solemn vow, a precious human birth I am Water Joy and passion Flows through my veins For of my life, I am the author I am Fire Blessed Prana Blessed life Blessing all I may desire
- [Dare to Be](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/06/17/dare-to-be/) - A Quiet Revolution of the Heart There are moments when the soul whispers what the mind forgets: that our softness is strength, our stillness is sacred, and our truth is worth living. This poem came through during a time when I was remembering my own power—not through force, but through surrender. It’s an offering for
- [Yes, I’m a Bitch—And It’s Ms. Bitch to You](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/10/23/yes-im-a-bitch-and-its-ms-bitch-to-you/) - A bold, funny, and unapologetic essay from the Uppity Woman Chronicles about names, identity, and refusing to shrink in a world that mislabels women.
- [The Currency of Love](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/11/02/the-currency-of-love/) - A poetic reflection on love as the true currency of life — inspired by the Heart Chakra, where giving and receiving merge into one continuous flow of grace.
- [The Boulder and the Mountain](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/09/26/the-boulder-and-the-mountain/) - A vision of a child, a boulder, and Shakti’s radiant embrace—where fear dissolves and the weight of struggle transforms into light.
- [The Uppity Woman’s Last Walk to the Cave](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/10/26/the-uppity-womans-last-walk-to-the-cave/) - A defiant farewell from the Uppity Woman, who meets death with humor, reverence, and joy. A story about celebrating and expanding into starlight.
- [Radical Rebellion: Damn, I'm Magnificent](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/10/16/radical-rebellion-damn-im-magnificent/) - A love letter to every woman who’s done apologizing for her body. Celebrating. Because claiming your magnificence isn’t vanity — it’s revolution.
- [We Marched So You Could Tweet (And Still You Call Me “Darling”)](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/10/09/we-marched-so-you-could-tweet-and-still-you-call-me-darling/) - A witty, heartfelt reflection on age, feminism, and the lineage of strong women who spoke truth with humor—and refused to be called “Darling.”
- [The Uppity Woman Chronicles: A Manifesto](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/10/11/the-uppity-woman-chronicles-a-manifesto/) - The great-granddaughter of suffragettes, witches, healers, and factory workers who carried picket signs in one hand and babies in the other.
- [Presence: Moving the Way Love Asks You to Move](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/10/05/presence-moving-the-way-love-asks-you-to-move/) - A reflection on what it means to live in the present. Awareness and love transform even the hardest moments into freedom. Move the way love asks you to move.
- [The Sitcom Version of My Life](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/10/01/the-sitcom-version-of-my-life/) - We turn misunderstandings into tragic storylines. What if we added a laugh track instead? A reflection on rewriting old scripts, finding humor trusting love
- [Firelight](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/10/03/firelight/) - In times of loss and silence, even the smallest flame can steady us. A reflection on grief, love, and the firelight of hope glowing in the darkness.
- [When the Body Speaks: From Heart to Voice](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/09/16/when-the-body-speaks-from-voice-to-heart/) - When the body speaks through rash or high blood pressure, struggle keeps pain alive. Awareness, acceptance, and action open the way to healing.
- [Love and Fear Together: Standing in the Fire](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/09/14/love-and-fear-together/) - Fear and love often rise in the same breath. True strength is not denying fear, but choosing to let love lead — standing in the fire with presence.
- [The Frequency of Love](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/09/13/the-frequency-of-love/) - Pull back the veil and remember: everything is energy, form is only the costume. At the heart of all vibration and frequency, we are love.
- [Dear Harper: A Mirror for Tender Fierceness](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/09/10/dear-harper-a-mirror-for-tender-fierceness/) - A mirror for tender fierceness, from child to young woman, There is nothing more tender than fierce, nothing more fierce than tenderness.
- [The Heart of an Empath](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/09/04/the-heart-of-an-empath/) - Discover what it means to be an empath—the gift of feeling the world deeply—and learn simple, grounding practices to release what isn’t yours.
- [Hands of Light: Awakening Our Natural Healing](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/08/28/hands-of-light-awakening-our-natural-healing/) - Discover how chakras and mudras awaken the body’s natural healing energy. A gentle path to balance, alignment, and sacred remembering.
- [Unconditional Love: The Space That Remains](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/09/02/unconditional-love-the-space-that-remains/) - Unconditional love is the spacious ground of our being. It begins when we stop waiting for others to fill us, and instead drink from our own well.
- [Love Is](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/08/20/love-is/) - Poetic love letter inspired by Rumi: Love is the whole thing. We are only pieces. A reflection on how love endures, shines through the cracks, and holds us all.
- [People Plan, God Laughs: Living Life on Life's Terms](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/10/26/people-plan-god-laughs-living-life-on-lifes-terms/) - There is a saying: pain is an inevitable part of life but suffering is always optional. Suffering is defined as our resistance to what is here now. Learning to sit in the discomfort of the fire–the pain–is the path to finding true inner peace. And this is really all we want. At the time of
- [Paws for Unconditional Love & Acceptance](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/01/07/paws-for-unconditional-love-acceptance/) - Unconditional love is love without limits—free of judgment, expectation, or demand. To love this way is to see with the eyes of the soul, to recognize our own divinity, and to honor the same light in others. Lee Byrd What most of us humans want in relationships is to be seen and heard in a
- [The Nameless Vastness](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/08/10/the-nameless-vastness/) - I no longer need the word “God.” Not She, not He, not even Goddess. The language helped me heal, but the truth is larger than any name.
- [The Wound and the Journey](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/08/11/the-wound-and-the-journey/) - It happened in a meditation circle. I confessed my horrible secret: I believed I was the one person in all the universe that God didn’t love.
- [What the F*ck?! My Journey From Anger to Vastness](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/08/12/what-the-fck/) - Your version of God doesn't serve me. I’m tired of defending myself and my gender. I’m tired of proving my equality, my worthiness, simply because I am female.
- [Love Notes to Your Soul](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/08/04/love-notes-to-your-soul/) - Love Notes to Your Soul – gentle reminders for tender-hearted humans who forget they’re made of stardust, love, and infinite possibility.
- [Go and Don't Look Back](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/03/26/go-and-dont-look-back/) - I go down to the shore in the morningand depending on the hour the wavesare rolling in or moving out,and I say, oh, I am miserable,what shall—what should I do? And the sea saysin its lovely voice:Excuse me, I have work to do. Mary Oliver I didn’t want to be miserable when he died. He
- [I Didn’t Understand Ho‘oponopono (Until I Did)](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/07/28/i-didnt-understand-hooponopono-until-i-did/) - When “I’m Sorry” Became My Identity By the time I was 5 years old, the words I’m sorry had become my mantra; they lived in my mouth like breath. I constantly whispered them to myself, to others, and to the Divine. These words had become my identity. My naive little 5-year-old self, already lost in
- [Today Is a Perfect Day for a Perfect Day](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/07/21/today-is-a-perfect-day-for-a-perfect-day/) - A Gentle Return to Presence I recently thought that it was time to take a break from writing.And I meant it. I was feeling tired—not just physically, but spiritually. When you pour your heart into your work and the echoes return quietly, it can stir a soft ache: Does any of this really matter? But
- [My Wild Wonderful Body](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/07/11/my-wild-wonderful-body/) - To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Breathing deep into my heart,Where stillness flows.I whisper,I love you.Body smiles and gently sighs,Thank you. I love my body just the way she is.I am the one, the only one,Who can speak this
- [Grace](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/01/25/grace/) - You were born into a state of grace. It is impossible for you to leave it. You cannot fall out of grace, nor can it be taken from you. You can ignore it. You can hold beliefs that blind you to its existence. You will still be graced but unable to perceive your own uniqueness
- [Freedom](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/06/28/freedom-2/) - A Meditation for Independence Day As we approach Independence Day, I’ve been reflecting on the many layers of freedom that live in body, heart, and spirit. I am free to be all of me, through grace and growth. ~Lee Byrd Freedom to rest—cradled in the arms of Mother Earth.Freedom to embrace passion and joy, to
- [You and I](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/06/20/you-and-i/) - You and I We shared adventures, didn’t we? We traveled. We laughed. We cried. We fought and we made love. You and I. Old, old Souls, you and I Finding one another again I knew your every breath You knew my every sigh Love reborn after lifetimes You and I Mornings hot tub, sipping steamy
- [Why I Write](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/06/30/why-i-write/) - And Why This Book Matters This isn’t just about writing—it’s about soulwork. About making beauty from brokenness and finding your way home through words. This is the story behind Seven Gates of Inner Light—and the deeper reason I write at all. Why I Write I love writing. It’s been my passion since I was a child.
- [Turning Point](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/06/24/turning-point/) - Why did my body have to shock me awake? Why did it take the physical crashing of my body—the inflammation, the breakdown—for me to finally start living my truth?For years, I believed I was doing all the “right” things to heal. I practiced yoga. I meditated. I hugged trees. I learned to breathe deeply. I
- [How Essential Oils Help Raise Our Frequency](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/06/17/how-essential-oils-help-raise-our-frequency/) - The Bioenergetic Power of Plant Medicine There’s a reason we reach for certain scents when we’re sad, scattered, or seeking calm. Essential oils are not just pleasant aromas but potent allies in our energetic and emotional healing. Each oil carries a vibrational frequency. Just like music or light, essential oils emit measurable waves of energy.
- [I'm Birthing a Book!](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/06/17/im-birthing-a-book/) - A Lantern for the Seeker If you’ve been following me for a while, you know I’m writing a book. I started a couple of years ago, but for a long time I was just poking at it, trying to get clear about what I really wanted to say. I knew it wasn’t a memoir, and
- [Barn Burnt Down](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/06/04/barn-burnt-down/) - I read a story many years ago about a couple who built their dream home on acreage along a mighty river. We’ll call them Nancy and Patrick. They were both professionals, making good money and enjoying life. But as retirement age grew near, they began dreaming of a more relaxing life where they’d sit on
- [Blessings](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/06/03/blessings/) - A Celebratory Acrostic Poem Blessings, beautiful, bountiful blessings, divinely inspired Lavender-laced love, aromatic, seductive, desired Extravagant, astonishing emotions of fire Sunrise, sunset, sky blazes red Sunrise, sunset, stars twinkle overhead Intuition guides, Nudging memories of unconditional love, while Grace surrenders to the deep mystic beauty of Silence
- [What Would You Do if You Knew You Could Not Fail?](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/05/06/what-would-you-do-if-you-knew-you-could-not-fail/) - Love life, engage in it, give it all you’ve got. Love it with a passion, because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it. ~Maya Angelou This is not another post suggesting ways for you to succeed. The internet and bookshelves are filled with advice from experts. No, This is
- [Why Be Normal?](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/05/03/why-be-normal/) - When you can be awesome! As a kid, I only wanted to be like all the other kids. Instead, I wore glasses because I was cross-eyed. I was the odd kid, the one they called four-eyes. No, there was no fitting in. And there was no consoling or comforting. Adults said, “They’re only playing, just
- [The Three Bubbas: God, Beelzebub, & St. Pete](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/04/27/the-three-bubbas-god-beelzebub-st-pete/) - From My 8-year-old Mind A Halo For Me? God and St. Pete must shop at the same men’s store; they dress so much alike. They could even be twins, except for God being much larger than Pete. Both have very long white beards that are perfectly trimmed–maybe they also see the same barber. And they
- [The Water Bill](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/01/22/the-water-bill/) - They turned off my friggin' water! I had just finished showering and was about to brush my teeth when suddenly, my water sputtered to a stop. Confused and a tad pissed, I dressed and flew downstairs. No water in the kitchen, no water in the downstairs bath, no water in the outside faucet!That’s when I
- [Shunyata ](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/04/17/shunyata/) - Relax Into the No-Thingness All I have felt for days and weeks has been an emptiness, a void, and there were no words for that. I’ve drawn a blank regarding writing. I’ve started no less than a half-dozen stories, but they seem to fall apart before I can bring them to a conclusion. Writers block?
- [Joy is Here](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/03/13/joy-is-here/) - This time of the year, early spring, is a bit of a challenge for me. My husband's birthday is in March and the anniversary of his death (2009) is in April. It is a bittersweet reminder of our deep joy in a sacred union of souls in a marriage that lasted decades. I say bittersweet
- [Pain and Suffering](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2016/08/04/pain-is-inevitable-suffering-is-optional/) - When the ship is first wrecked, you’re drowning, with wreckage all around you. Everything floating around you reminds you of the beauty and the magnificence of the ship that was, and is no more. The Loss Foundation Over the centuries the great awakened teachers have told us that pain is an inevitable part of life.
- [Denial, Not A River In Egypt](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2020/01/18/denial-not-a-river-in-egypt/) - Denial helps us to pace our feelings of grief. There is a grace in denial. Its natures way of letting in only as much as we can handle. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross It's 10:17pm on a chilly April evening and, thanks to the morphine, Craig is finally able to rest. It has been a very long busy
- [Who Am I?](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/04/24/4750/) - No matter what we look like, no matter what our health situation is, no matter the color of our skin or our designated sex, etc., upon birth we are complete and whole. However, from the moment we take our first breath we are exposed to the conditions and beliefs of others from the medical personnel
- [A Fashionista and the Invasion of the Hippies](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/03/05/a-fashionista-and-the-invasion-of-the-hippies/) - Playing dress-up never truly ends. Jim and I lived in Pennsylvania in a cute little cottage south of town. Our heart's desire was to move back to the Rocky Mountains, where we had met and married. We had close friends in this small community in western Colorado, so we loaded up the U-Haul and headed
- [She Who Hauls Heaters is Twice Warmed](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/02/23/she-who-hauls-heaters-is-twice-warmed/) - As the ol’ maestro moans Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans. ~John Lennon “Good morning,” we say to each other, wondering what feels so odd about today. Our plan is to spend time at the museum to see Diego Rivera’s Paris paintings. Little do we know that we will find
- [If Only](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/02/08/if-only/) - Meanderings, wanderings, wishes and desires. If only I dared to use my voice and share my truth. What would I say? What if you disagree or don't want to hear my truth? What then? If only I were brave enough to look everyone in the eyes and say, “Hey, you, I love you!” Would they
- [Let It Be](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/02/05/let-it-be/) - Words of wisdom. Knowing that the fresh air would soothe my aching heart, I decided to walk, rather than drive, to Juno’s home. We were meeting for lunch and, as always, a soulful conversation. The recent upheaval in our government had both of us locked in relentless, unbearable fear. I needed nothing more than to
- [The Fall and the Rise of Sir Humpity deDumpity Du](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/01/27/the-fall-and-the-rise-of-sir-humpity-dedumpity-du/) - There he goes, riding a comet’s tail! Sir Humpity deDumpity Du was carelessly dancing on a wall way too small. He laughed and giggled while doing the jiggety-jig on that way-too-small wall when he lost his balance and took a great fall. He fell hard, landing smack dab on his head, breaking into a zillion-and-one
- [Welcome to the World, Baby Girl](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/01/21/welcome-to-the-world-baby-girl/) - Oh, what an adventure! Naturally, it happened in the middle of the night. I got out of bed to go pee, something you do often when you’re nine months pregnant. Halfway down the hall to the bathroom, my water broke. I was told to expect this, but maybe because I was half asleep, I was
- [Crazy Old Woman](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/01/17/crazy-old-woman/) - The veil is thinning. I am an old woman, crazy as a loon.Bathing in the darkness,Howling at the moon. Safe inside my silky cocoon,I yearn for the mysterySpreading my wings andFlying off on my broom. The veil is thinning,The truth is coming clear.Separation is a myth, an illusion of fear. Embrace the mystery, whispers my
- [I Lost My Voice](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/01/10/i-lost-my-voice/) - Well, actually, he stole it! His words stung, threatened, muted me,His words tossed me head-first into a cold, cageless prison.No voice, no choice, no key.Only the breathlessness of panic. I lost my voice. Only terror remains. Only nightmares remain. Spinning alone, fear my only companion.Voiceless in my cageless prison.“Where am I? What did I do wrong?” I
- [What I Really Want](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2025/01/06/what-i-really-want/) - I want to do my Sudoku puzzles in ink So I cannot erase my mistakes But instead, weave those mistakes into a beautiful gown Of red and purple and yellow and blue and green and orange. Then I’ll wear the dress and my gold sneakers, The ones I found at the Salvation Army thrift store,
- [A Letter From The Goddess Mother](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/12/31/a-letter-from-the-goddess-mother/) - My dearest daughter, You had a rocky start this lifetime. People and society fed you messages that were not only untrue but also hurtful and ultimately harmful. However, you heard my whisperings, urging you to gather your sword and shield and rise up like the Phoenix. And you did. The fierce fire of truth burns
- [Detachment](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/12/21/detachment/) - Connecting With Reality Detaching is letting go of our need to control the outcome. It is about accepting what is happening in the moment. Detachment is not indifferent, nor is it disconnecting from reality. Detachment is about empowering ourselves to make decisions and take actions that allow us to be in charge of our emotional
- [Prayer](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2018/04/20/prayer/) - Prayer is an act of letting go, not a wish Dan Pedersen It is clear that the power to change my life lies within. No longer am I depend on something in the external world to shift in order for me to live a full, joyous, happy, free life! Yes, that higher source, be it
- [I Am A Feminist](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/12/09/i-am-a-feminist/) - Why aren't you? I was a feminist long before I even knew it was a thing. I was raised by a dominating stepfather. This man controlled everything in our home, and if we kids ever questioned him, the answer was always the same: “Cause I say so, and I pay the bills.” And so it
- [Healing From Within](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/11/25/healing-from-within/) - It’s our job, not a life lesson. Those who commit atrocities are acting out of old wounds. That doesn’t let them off the hook. Nor is it our job to heal their wounds. Truth be told, we don’t have that power. However, we do possess the power to heal our own wounds. Painful things happen;
- [Love and Pain](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/11/21/love-and-pain/) - Sitting at the bedside of our wounds. Over the years, I have sat and held the hands of the victims of rape and incest with only my heart and a box of tissues to offer. Those moments inspired me to dedicate myself to helping improve human rights for all, especially for women and children. Although
- [In the Aftermath: Grief and Her Maidens](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/11/15/in-the-aftermath-grief-and-her-maidens/) - Denial. Anger. Bargaining. Depression. Acceptance. Denial. There’s not a chance he’ll win. Even the staunchest Republicans are beginning to recognize his slippery, sleazy lies. Project 2025 is 900+ pages, can’t blame folks for not waiting to read it. I tried, and it made me sick to my stomach. Ugh! And, what the hell?! He’s a
- [Is Hate the Absence of Love?](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/11/05/is-hate-the-absence-of-love/) - Living a life of love and compassion. Some believe hate is the opposite of love, but it is not. Hate is the absence of love—or, more accurately, the avoidance of love. Love is ever present, always here in abundance. Love is our true, divine nature. Believing in the absence of love creates an enormous void,
- [Using Fear to Embrace My Inner Strength](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/07/04/using-fear-to-embrace-my-inner-strength/) - Fear and I had a long, overdue, heart-to-heart chat this morning. For many years, fear was a constant companion, often not very pleasant. These fears had no substance; they were driven by old programming that informed me in various ways that I was not good enough. UGH! I’ve worked diligently these last couple of years
- [Is Happiness A Choice?](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/11/02/is-happiness-a-choice/) - Or the result of some good fortune? Many believe that happiness is the result of some good fortune or circumstance in life, such as a new car, marriage, or finding the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow—something occurring outside ourselves. But what if you knew that happiness is always here within and
- [The Excuses Express Bus](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/10/15/the-excuses-express-bus/) - Riding the path to nowhere! At one time or another, as kids, we all told our parents we had a tummy ache so we could stay home from school. If I am ill, I have a reason to cancel plans. But if I feel fine and say I’m sick just to get out of something,
- [My First Teacher: Ram Dass](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2022/12/24/ram-dass-1931-2019/) - 1931 - 2019 More than 50 years ago, while hanging out at a friends place, I saw this book on the table, Be Here Now. I had no idea who Ram Dass was but the book's title intrigued me, so I sat down and started reading. This was in the early 70s. I was seeking
- [Where Did God Come From?](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/08/14/where-did-god-come-from/) - Every being holds that same beautiful Divine energy within them.
- [Mucking the Pond](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/08/09/mucking-the-pond/) - Finding the real beauty and truth about yourself. In the early 1990s, I attended an eight-week training course at the Option Institute in Sheffield, MA. I was actively seeking to solidify more happiness in my life. After reading Barry Neil Kauffman’s book, Happiness Is a Choice, I was drawn to working with him. The program was intense. Every
- [Bumping Through the Rocky Rapids](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/08/07/bumping-through-the-rocky-rapids/) - Please note this is about incest and child sexual abuse and may be difficult to read. I got triggered by what someone said. Before I knew what was happening, I was dumped into a raging river and riding the wild, untamed rapids of emotional upheaval. The jagged rocks of unhealed, unresolved past trauma were sharp
- [How Can I Help?](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/07/28/how-can-i-help/) - I sit at my computer, watching the little cursor blink, blink, blink, patiently waiting for my hands to make contact with the keyboard. I yearn for just the right words, words that will encourage and offer support for my readers. “What shall I write?” I muse. “What great knowledge shall I share today?” Then another
- [What Did I Do Wrong?](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/07/27/what-did-i-do-wrong/) - Why Won’t You Talk To Me? I am picky about who I let cut my hair. I only want to work with a talented hairstylist skilled in cutting and styling my naturally curly hair. I’ve had some horrendous results from less experienced stylists, like uneven cuts, unattractive shaping, and disastrous use of hair products. Some
- [Wet Socks](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/07/06/wet-socks/) - She was shampooing the carpet, and I needed to move my things out of the way. I was in my stocking feet, and guess what? My socks got wet. Dah! YUCK! I gathered up my things, removed my socks, and quietly left. Once safely back in my space, I put the wet socks in the
- [Stepping Off the Dangerous Tracks of Resistance](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/07/23/stepping-off-the-dangerous-tracks-of-resistance/) - “Get used to it!” the doctors said, “It’s not a big deal; it happens with age. Don’t worry, take this pill, and call us in the morning.” I was diagnosed with arthritis, osteoporosis, and high blood pressure with no real hope of recovery. That was February, 2023. Fear was in the driver’s seat, steering me
- [Get Unstuck From the Muckity Muck](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/07/19/get-unstuck-from-the-muckity-muck/) - As a young woman in the 1970s, I was careless and carefree. I thought very little about the future, rebelling against the idea that I needed to plan and prepare. I did what millions of us have done: I got married, gave birth to a beautiful baby, got jobs, lost jobs, found other jobs, got
- [Do You Want Me To Listen or Tell You What To Do?](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/07/09/do-you-want-me-to-listen-or-tell-you-what-to-do/) - When my teenage daughter was upset, you knew it. She stomped in the front door and down the hall to her bedroom, slamming the door behind her. In a few minutes she came out, sat down, arms crossed, pouting. Her torrent of angst put all of us on edge. Because she’s my kid, at times
- [Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/07/06/sticks-and-stones-may-break-my-bones/) - But words will never harm me. I say, “You hurt my feelings!” You say, “What? Me? How?” I say, “You did ______something-something_______, and it hurt my feelings. Now say you’re sorry and really mean it! And promise never to do it again. Then and only then can we move on.” Sound familiar? Whether I said
- [Please, Remove Your Shoes!](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/07/02/please-remove-your-shoes/) - My dearest love, Craig, and I had a long-standing tradition of removing our shoes when we came home. We considered our home a sacred sanctuary, and removing our shoes showed respect. When we built our home in Colorado, we created a small room called the mud room at the front of the house. We lived
- [To Live and Die Like the Night Blooming Cereus ](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/06/29/to-live-and-die-like-the-night-blooming-cereus/) - When Craig and I traveled, we always found a botanical garden to visit. Plants were one of Criag’s passions. He was a fantastic gardener. To Craig’s delight, while visiting a garden in Florida, we discovered a Night Blooming Cereus. Being daytime, it wasn’t blooming, but the plant was still quite spectacular. As if we were
- [Move That Mountain!](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/06/27/move-that-mountain/) - Let’s face it: When we feel good mentally, emotionally, and physically, we feel equipped to climb any mountain. And when we don’t feel good, we drop into an often overwhelming mountain of despair. Instead of believing we can scale that mountain, we pull back into ourselves, sometimes thinking we are worthless and not good enough.
- [Healing My Roots](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/06/25/healing-my-roots/) - Healing My Roots I am safe and at home in my body. When I woke that day with my body inflamed and in so much pain, I knew intuitively that I was out of balance physically and emotionally. Immediate relief came through Western medicine; this got me to a place where I was mentally capable
- [Love-Awareness: The Treasure Search Ritual](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/06/12/love-awareness-the-treasure-search-ritual/) - It’s 8 a.m. on a steamy summer morning; tufts of white clouds lack​a​dai​si​cal​ly drift across the parched blue sky, water lazily laps the shore. Gulls nap in nearby dunes, reluctant to move in the morning heat. My two trusty 4-legged companions and I move at our usual brisk pace, which is the habit for these
- [The Presence of Love Within Me](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/06/03/the-presence-of-love-within-me/) - Learning to see with the eyes of the heart. What does the Presence of Love feel like? Can we accept the fact that love is who we are, that it is our true nature? There’s nothing to earn, nothing to gain. It is a simple, unbiased, fact that we are love. By its very nature,
- [Run From What’s Comfortable! 🏃🏃‍♀️🏃🏾‍♂️](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/05/28/run-from-whats-comfortable-🏃🏃♀️🏃🏾♂️/) - In our weekly Sunday Morning Meditation, we explored Values and ways that we step away from our values to please others—such as a boss, friend, or family member. The first question to arise was: What are your values? Then, of course, why do you dismiss or set aside your values? Then someone asked: What are
- [Oneness](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2022/12/05/oneness/) - One spring morning, more than 50 years ago, I was sitting on the living room floor of the small 3-bedroom ranch home shared by my first husband, his business partner and I. On this day, for no particular reason, the three of us decided to drop acid (LSD), like we'd done so many times before.
- [So Much Resistance To So Many Things!](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/05/22/so-much-resistance-to-so-many-things/) - Here’s the irony: I love to meditate and do gentle movements, practice breathwork, and journal deep-heart thoughts and feelings. I love to write, read, and help others. But I almost always find some level of resistance to each of these activities. I’m not entirely sure why; I’m still working on that one. I know it
- [Is Guilt Dragging You Down?](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/05/15/is-guilt-dragging-you-down/) - I’ve never met anyone who, if telling the truth, hasn’t experienced guilt. Many carry guilt around, declaring it part of the human condition. Guilt can be a helpful emotion reminding us that we may have made a mistake, like neglecting to pick up milk for breakfast or forgetting a friend’s birthday or anniversary. With a
- [The Storm and the Butterfly](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/05/07/the-storm-and-the-butterfly/) - Do an internet search on “self-care,” and you’ll find an endless assortment of beautiful ways to care for yourself. Some suggest massages, hot bubble baths, a cup of tea, and a long nap. Many discuss the meaning of self-care and how-to. My suggestions include slow, meditative movement, breathwork, meditation, and journaling. Why is self-care important?
- [Understanding Is the Booby Prize](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/04/30/understanding-is-the-booby-prize/) - The Darkness of Addiction My heart is heavy this morning. Our friend, a young man we will call Steve, landed on our doorstep recently with all his belongings and nowhere else to go. Sadly, he is addicted to alcohol. As is typical with people who have a substance use disorder, he and his addiction have
- [What, Me Write A Book?!](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/04/26/what-me-write-a-book/) - Fear asks: Are you sure you want to do this? Returning home from my writing retreat weekend, filled with awe. Awe? Yes, I don’t know another word that says it all. I am a writer who is creating her first book. I am excited, joyful even. And I’m feeling vulnerable. Fear tickles me, warning me,
- [Dissolving Resistance](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/04/17/dissolving-resistance/) - Releasing our demons The health crisis I experienced last year ushered all my demons out of their closets and back into my life in a very pronounced way. Suddenly, everything in my life changed. Initially, I was resistant to everything. I hated not being able to do simple things like shower without help. Confident that
- [What Will Be Will Be](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/04/16/what-will-be-will-be/) - Lessons from the storm I’m not afraid to die. I’m not concerned with how I’m going to die. I am at peace with my fate, my destiny. What will be will be. Last year, I experienced a health crisis that shook me to my core. Not life-threatening but certainly life-changing. Because I trust in the
- [We Are One Thing Only](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/04/13/we-are-one-thing-only/) - Embracing our true nature. As a child, I longed to know who I was. I knew my name and the names of my parents, siblings, and other relatives. I knew where I lived, how old I was, and what grade I was in school. I yearned to know something but didn’t know what that something
- [Don’t Answer the Phone If It Isn’t Ringing](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/04/09/dont-answer-the-phone-if-it-isnt-ringing/) - Fear is a normal part of being human and our built-in alert mechanism. We humans are innately wired to detect danger. Our nervous system is our natural emergency system, which signals 911 for us to save our lives. It is generally an excellent idea to answer that call. But what about undifferentiated, free-floating fear or
- [Dear Divine Human Me](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/04/02/dear-divine-human-me/) - Thank you. I am so profoundly grateful for your existence. You support me, inspire me, trust and guide me. I am truly blessed. Thanks for being you, in all the fantastic, fabulous, beautiful ways that you show up. Even when I cannot see you, your presence lights up my heart. Your presence takes my breath
- [Words From My Heart and Soul](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/03/22/creativity-has-heart-and-soul/) - I love writing; it is my passion. I’ve dreamed of being a writer since I was a child. Almost every day, I wake to the desire to write. It is exciting when a story begs me to bring it to life. Creativity takes courage. Henri Matisse However, sometimes, no story is waiting for my attention.
- [Deep Heart Listening](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2018/02/19/deep-heart-listening/) - Deep Listening is the ability to listen from a deep, receptive place, creating a safe, non-judgmental environment in which to work. When we are faced with those painful, tender, often traumatic situations, safety is mandatory. Deep heart listening is a gentle, supportive approach to resolving life's issues. The unexpected action of Deep Listening can create
- [Trauma Response: Dress Rehearsal for Catastrophe](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/11/24/trauma-response-dress-rehearsal-for-catastrophe/) - The doctors took the family aside and told us she was in the end-stage of emphysema and we should prepare ourselves. So I did. I was terrified, the thought of losing my mom was paralyzing. I lay awake at night for hours trying to feel how it would feel to see her dead. Why? Because
- [Try It, You'll Love It](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/03/19/try-it-youll-love-it/) - My husband was a meditator. He oozed a loving, gentle nature that I attribute to his daily meditation practice. I envied his inner confidence and comfort. Craig knew my story. He knew the emotional baggage I was schlepping around and wanted to help. For him meditation was a big part of the answer, it was
- [Growing Emotional Freedom](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/03/18/growing-emotional-freedom/) - Learning to set boundaries and take care of ourselves A person I work with on growing their emotional freedom asked me to help them learn about self-care, how to set boundaries, and let go of the need to please others. I put it out to the universe and asked my guides for inspiration, and here
- [Another Beautiful Day in Paradise](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/03/14/another-beautiful-day-in-paradise/) - The reasons people act the way they do are murky, painful, and sometimes unreasonable. We humans learn that sometimes, “Life’s not fair, and people don’t do right.” Situations in our lives can leave us feeling put down and kicked to the curb. Maybe we get teased mercilessly as children because of being physically different or
- [Your One Wild and Precious Life](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/03/13/your-one-wild-and-precious-life/) - Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver Seriously, what are you doing? Are you living your wildest dream? If not, why not? What’s holding you back? Ever since I was a child I wanted to write and to teach. As a little girl, I
- [The Oak: Resting in the Arms of the Divine](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/10/19/the-oak-resting-in-the-arms-of-the-divine/) - My naive little 5 year old self, already lost in the confusion and uncertainty of life, decided one day that she must be bad, so bad that God herself had turned away, rejecting her completely. She wasn’t sure why this happened, what she did to make God so angry with her. She just knew that
- [How Can You Not Love Yourself?](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/03/05/how-can-you-not-love-yourself/) - You are love Love is as innate and natural as breathing. I can share with you breathing techniques to help balance your nervous system and emotional body, techniques to relax you and techniques to assist in releasing stuck emotions. But I cannot teach you how to breathe. Like breathing, love is an essential process done
- [Becoming a Free Spirit](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/06/18/free-spirit/) - Freedom is our birthright. It is not something we earn or learn, it is innate. It is who we are. We were all born free spirits. A Free Spirit never needs to explain themselves or prove anything. Lee Byrd From the moment we take our first breath we are programmed to think and feel a
- [Dragonflies: Love Is Always and Forever Around](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/02/27/dragonflies-love-is-always-and-forever-around/) - We All Exist as Part of a Wonderful Stream of Life. ~Thich Nhat Hanh I know in my heart and soul that death, as challenging and sometimes devastating as it can be, is a natural part of life. It’s what we sign up for when we incarnate. I’ve learned to lean into and trust the knowing
- [Running With the Elks](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/02/23/running-with-the-elks/) - Learning to pace ourselves to increase our strength and stamina Your antlers reach for the sun.Show me that strengthand stamina are one Jamie Sams & David Carson Stress is deadly. It is insidious and so common that we aren’t always aware of its presence in our lives. Our western culture has seemingly normalized stress. In
- [Mom’s Fatal Attraction](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/02/15/moms-fatal-attraction/) - LoEdith Byrd Pasquale1930 - 2001 When I was nine years old, Mom was diagnosed with emphysema due to smoking cigarettes. Mom, my sister, brother and Dad never talked about it. She was a smoker and that was that. She was unable to quit. If she’d have been able to quit smoking, she may have beaten
- [Heaven’s Here in Our Hearts](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/02/06/heavens-here-in-our-hearts/) - I am a Mystic. That is to say, I commune with the Divine every day, sometimes every waking moment of every day. My great Grandma Gladys opened this door for me a long time ago. When I was a little girl, I loved staying with my great Grandma Gladys in a small town just east
- [What You Think of Me is None of My Business](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/01/31/what-you-think-of-me-is-none-of-my-business/) - Our job, yours and mine, is not to work to have others like or love us–that’s our job, our responsibility. And this is where we have to start. About 25 years ago while living in western Colorado, I was part of a group of spiritual seekers. We read books, invited speakers and workshop facilitators in
- [Surrender: Leaping Empty-Handed into the Void](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/01/25/surrender-leaping-empty-handed-into-the-void/) - In each life there comes at least one moment which, if recognized and seized, transforms the course of that life forever. Rely, therefore, on radical trust, even though the moment may call for you to leap empty-handed into the void. Ralph H. Blum Surrender means to relinquish, yield, or let go. For us humans, surrender
- [A Simple Way to Practice Loving Kindness & Compassion](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/01/23/a-simple-way-to-practice-loving-kindness-compassion/) - Living with fear, hate or distain of any sort brings our frequency down, tossing us into a cycle of despair and darkness. So what do we do? Put our heads in the sand and pretend we don’t feel those things? No, that won’t help. In fact, it actually makes things worse by keeping us in
- [The Practice: Just Do The Dishes](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/01/20/the-practice-just-do-the-dishes/) - I heard the voice from the whirlwind. It said, 'just do the dishes.' Byron Katie I developed a habit of needing to figure everything out ahead of time. To protect myself, I needed to know who was where in the house, what they were doing and what mood they were in. I needed to know
- [Bummed Out? Check Your Frequency!](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/01/18/bummed-out-check-your-frequency/) - She had planned for weeks for this concert. It was a big deal, everyone was talking about it. She took that day and the next off work, arranged childcare and reserved a hotel room nearby so she’d be close to the venue. All she needed now was her ticket. The night before the tickets were
- [Argue For Your Limitations](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/01/11/argue-for-your-limitations/) - And Sure Enough, They’re Yours! ~Richard Bach Arguing for your limitations means making excuses about why we cannot or will not do something different. Making excuses is limiting ourselves, it gives us permission to not be responsible for our lives and the choices we make. When we argue that we are limited in our capacity
- [Step Out Of The Muck: Trust in the Flow](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/10/12/trust-in-the-flow/) - I’ve experienced the joy of rafting some pretty amazing rivers in my lifetime. And I’ve experienced some hair-raising rapids. The first time I got tossed into the river I panicked and nearly drowned because, even though I had a lifejacket on, I resisted the river and her currents. I got pretty banged up from the
- [The Truest Sentence I Can Ever Write](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2024/01/04/the-truest-sentence-i-can-ever-write/) - I am here for my purpose. I’m not here to make people comfortable or to be liked. My purpose is to know and experience love. This means excavating the unsaid. In the world and in me. Brene Brown I write because I am a writer. My purpose as a writer, speaker, lightworker and guide is
- [Sitting In The Fire of Transformation](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/12/28/sitting-in-the-fire-of-transformation/) - Our habit is to run from emotional pain, yet freedom lies within meeting and exploring that pain. The feelings and emotions that naturally arise from our pain are not good or bad, right or wrong. Although sometimes uncomfortable, emotionally painful struggles are messages from our soul, our higher self, that indicate where we could use
- [Inquiry: Coming Into Presence](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/08/28/inquiry-coming-into-presence/) - When we place our awareness on the heart we lift the veil between the known and unknown. Here we begin our journey of integrating our Humanity and Divinity. Lee Byrd Inquiry is a gentle process based on the teachings of the Indian Saint, Sri Ramana Maharshi. Many teachers over the years have spoken of this
- [The Greatest Challenge of Love & Intimacy](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/12/21/the-greatest-challenge-of-love-intimacy/) - Unconditional love really exists in each of us. It is part of our deep inner being. It is not so much an active emotion as a state of being. It’s not ‘I love you’ for this or that reason, not ‘I love you if you love me.’ it’s love for no reason, love without an
- [Love & Intimacy](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2016/07/27/love-intimacy/) - Oh, this intimacy dance, such an essential part of life!
- [Hey God! Are You Listening?](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/12/09/hey-god-are-you-listening/) - One morning not too long ago, I woke with a heavy heart and decided, like always, to explore what was going on for me. I sat comfortably, feet propped on the ottoman, wrapped in a warm shawl and entered into a chat with the Divine. I entered the conversation feeling confused and sad about all
- [Detachment: Trust In the Flow and Build a Safety Net](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/12/07/detachment-trust-in-the-flow-and-build-a-safety-net/) - …The most compassionate thing you can do is send them love, and learn to let them sort out their own energetic issues. ~Rose Putnam When my daughter was a teen she seemed to be unhappy and angry all the time. I was a complete basket case trying to deal with her pain. I had no
- [Being an Empath Is My Superpower](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/11/30/being-an-empath-is-my-superpower/) - All my life I have been acutely aware of what others are feeling. It is such a part of me that I assumed everyone felt this way. I realized years ago that not everyone understands or values this level of sensitivity. Several years ago I discovered that the reason for my sensitivity is that I
- [Do I Really Have To Love Everyone Unconditionally?](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/03/28/what-is-unconditional-love/) - I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion and where it isn't, that's where my work lies. Ram Dass In our weekly Sunday Morning Meditation, we talk a lot about the power to love ourselves unconditionally just the way we are. Recently someone asked a great question: “If I embrace
- [Inherent Wisdom](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/01/14/inherent-wisdom/) - Inherent Wisdom: Remembering Who We Are Recognize and reach out to the inherent great power within you. Lailah Gifty Inherent wisdom is our innate ability to know and embrace our True Divine Nature, which is the intrinsic, fundamental foundation of our spiritual and emotional well being. It’s who we are at the core of our
- [The Art of Releasing Emotional Patterns](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2019/07/07/the-art-of-releasing-emotional-patterns/) - Memories are held in the cellular memory in our bodies and naturally arise with in certain situations. When we have the courage to meet them we begin the task of releasing and reprogramming.
- [Why Do I Get So Frigging Angry?](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/08/01/why-do-i-get-so-frigging-angry/) - Anger Is Human Anger is natural. It is a basic human emotion that everyone experiences. It just has a bad reputation. It is at best, unpleasant and most of us simply want no part of it - we don’t want to experience anger, ours or others. The internet is full of advice about how to
- [Perspective: Sassy Split Pea Soup](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/11/15/perspective-sassy-split-pea-soup/) - This lifetime started out pretty rocky for me. My mother was 16 when I was born and by the time I was five my birth father had left and Mom moved on to another marriage. By the time I was eight my stepdad had relocated us to the mountains west of Boulder, CO. One shivering
- [Surrender to Oneness](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2022/12/07/our-true-divine-nature/) - There was another senseless mass shooting in my community recently. Six people plus the shooter died. First I railed, crying, screaming, begging the Divine for answers. Why did this happen and when will it end? I did not want to hear that this was the victims’ and the perpetrator’s destiny. I did not want to
- [Step Into Your Life As It Is Now](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2022/12/22/step-into-your-life-as-it-is-now/) - How Can I Step Into Now? Gratitude is one of the most effective ways to getting in touch with your Soul. Deepak Chopra Gratitude is the foundation of our courage to step into our life as it is right now. Gratitude for ourselves is simply Self-Love. It strengthens the ability to be fully present and
- [Joy: The Dance of the Divine](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/07/10/joy-the-dance-of-the-divine/) - What if you knew that joy was your true nature, that it was the voice of the Divine? What if you knew that joy was the Soul calling you back to your God-heart, to the core of your being? Would you consider indulging in the sheer pleasure of joy more often, calling on its power
- [What’s In A Name? Everything!](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/11/08/whats-in-a-name-everything/) - In her book, The Power of Names, Mavis Himes writes that a name “is like an elongated shadow attached at our heels.” For most, our name was given to us by others, usually parents, and then left for us to internalize that name and all that it means. It can be a gift or it
- [Restoring Emotional Freedom Through Inner Awareness](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/03/13/awareness/) - Awareness is all about restoring your freedom to choose what you want instead of what your past imposes on you. Deepak Chopra What is awareness and why is it important? Awareness is the knowing what you are feeling in any given moment — sadness, anger, frustration, fear. Why is that helpful? Because it is only within this
- [Acceptance: Allowing What is Here Now](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/03/21/acceptance-allowing-what-is-here-now/) - When we think of emotional freedom, what we are really talking about is the ability to be here, to meet whatever is arising in the moment for us. Lee Byrd What is Acceptance? Acceptance is the practice of coming to rest within, the true path to inner peace. Acceptance enables us to step out of
- [Stop Your Boo-hooing!](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2022/12/17/1765/) - Actually, grief hurts and boo-hooing helps ease that pain. Grief is our emotional response to loss. It is generally associated with the loss of a loved one but also arises with any loss such as a terminal medical diagnosis, or the loss of a job, marriage, or home. Grief is often extremely intense and overwhelming
- [Walking Away From Where I've Been](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/11/01/walking-away-from-where-ive-been/) - I always get to where I’m going by walking away from where I have been. Winnie the Pooh Like many, my childhood was wrought with trauma. Not just from the physical and emotional abuse I suffered at home, but also from teachers who teased and humiliated me when I pronounced words incorrectly. Then there were
- [Finding Home Within](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2020/08/11/finding-home-within/) - When we get emotionally triggered it’s easy to fall into old patterns of thought and behavior — and it’s easy to get stuck there, thinking this is just the way it is. Lee Byrd Learning to live a life free from suffering When feelings of insecurity, of not being good enough, or fear of rejection
- [Emotional Clearing: Freedom From the Past](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/05/04/emotional-clearing/) - Emotional freedom is our birthright. We all possess the innate ability to find peace within no matter what is going on around us. This is freedom from the chains of the past. Releasing ourselves from our past requires three basic things: Awareness of what we are feeling, of what is really going on in this
- [What Would You Do?](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/06/09/what-would-you-do/) - What would you do if God spoke directly to your face and said: I command that you be happy in the world, as long as you live. What would you do then? Richard Bach What would you do? Some organized religions have people believing that this life is a purgatory of sorts, a place of suffering.
- [Stepping Into Authenticity](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/06/29/stepping-into-authenticity/) - I long to live in a world where I can be me, the real me, and no one else. I long to be authentic and honest and true to myself. I know I am the only one that can make that happen. A long, long time ago I realized that the Real Me was not
- [How To Throw the Perfect Pity Party](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/10/03/how-to-throw-the-perfect-pity-party/) - I’m feeling very sorry for myself today so I've decided to throw myself a little party, a pity party. No one is invited (you can have your own party), not accepting gifts or advice, just pity–all the pity I can afford. Many years ago when I was in the throes of divorcing my first husband
- [Presence: Our True Nature](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/09/28/presence-our-true-nature/) - My husband, Craig, was a meditator. He made it look easy to pop out of our bed early in the morning and sit lotus-style on his cushion. He’d wrap a soft shawl around his shoulders, close his eyes and sit for at least an hour. No hoopla, no ritual or ceremony, he didn’t light a
- [Am I Shoulding on Myself?](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/09/19/am-i-shoulding-on-myself/) - I am a busy woman. I have a long list of projects that I should do. Everything from dealing with everyday household chores to updating my website, demands my attention—sometimes all at the same time. So I make lists. I love making lists for a number of reasons. Of course there is the pleasure I
- [Breathing Lessons From Dolphins](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/09/12/breathing-lessons-from-dolphins/) - Sacred Manna, Sacred Breath Dolphin … Breathe with me.Breath of the Divine,Manna of the Universe,In Oneness we entwine. Jamie Sams & David Carson Sitting in the radiant light of the morning sunrise, breathing in. The air thick, warm, salty. Crow impatiently caws, Mourning Dove coos softly, the wind carrying their message, "wake up, wake up,
- [Transform Anger](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2019/06/11/transform-anger/) - Healing comes when we find the strength to open our hearts to ourselves. Lee Byrd Paying attention to our emotions we find what needs to be healed–this is why we are here, why we took human form–to heal. Healing comes when, with great tenderness, we open our hearts to ourselves. this means being aware of
- [Realizing You Are Indeed Good Enough](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/09/06/realizing-you-are-indeed-good-enough/) - You Are Perfect Just the Way You Are! Part of my job while working front desk at a chiropractic office was entering data into patient ledgers and keeping their accounts up to date. One day I was struggling with one account that I could not get to balance. The truth is it was a minor
- [What If I Told You We Are Living a Life of Our Own Creation?](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/08/31/what-if-i-told-you-we-are-living-a-life-of-our-own-creation/) - If we think we are not good enough, we never will be. If we think we’re amazing beings, we are. We are powerful creators. Universal law states that what we dwell on, we manifest. Our thoughts create our reality. Many of our thoughts run through our heads without our conscious awareness. Tell me, what is
- [Love's Perfect Loyalty](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/07/04/loves-perfect-loyalty/) - We humans are powerful creators - every moment of our lives, whether or not we are aware of it, we are creating the next moment. Universal law states that like attracts like - what we dwell on is manifested in our life. I am grieving. I am mourning the loss of my life as I
- [Inner Safety: A Restful Garden Within](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/08/22/inner-safety-a-restful-garden-within/) - For many of us, the world is simply not safe. Today’s stressful political climate is volatile, the weather is unpredictable and often extreme, and we are still dealing with Covid. As much as global communication is useful, it can also be detrimental by keeping us more disconnected and isolated from each other. Inner peace creates
- [Forgiveness: The Starting Point of Emotional Well Being](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/07/20/forgiveness/) - We are solely responsible for our own emotional health. When difficult events happen, we can be thrown into reactivity. Reactivity is simply a responsiveness to stimulation, often resulting in intense emotions. It is natural, everyone experiences it. Strong emotions can make us feel as if we are powerless, but we are not. We may not
- [Eeek! Take Responsibility for How I Feel?](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/08/14/eek/) - The prerequisite for succeeding at facing fear, self-doubt and lack, is that we must be willing to take responsibility for how we feel. As long as we are caught in the endless trap of blaming other people and situations for our pain, we go nowhere. In fact, blaming enslaves us, keeps us prisoners of the
- [Trust: Leaning Into Knowing](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/06/19/trust/) - A thing happened a few months ago that turned my world inside out and upside down. It seemed at the time to come on suddenly and without warning. But in hindsight I see there were many of those pesky red flags. I got sick. Very sick. I was working at a job that had become
- [Is My Mission on Earth Finished?](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/08/09/is-my-mission-on-earth-finished/) - Late into the night, I was having an anxiety attack. It had been going on for a few hours, and my usual remedies (breathwork, body awareness meditation, essential oils) had helped, but the anxiety was still hanging on. Now it was late. I brushed my teeth, turned the lights out and said my good-nights. I
- [Where is the Grace?](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/02/01/where-is-the-grace/) - Another explainable, alarming act of violence dominating our media. Memphis officials released a video of police officers beating a young man to death. To say it is difficult to watch is an understatement. It is meant to be difficult. It is meant to make us uncomfortable. It is meant to horrify. Where is the Grace?
- [Invite Your Demons to Tea](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/02/08/invite-your-demons-to-tea/) - The only thing more exhausting than being depressed is pretending that you’re not. Anonymous DISCLAIMER: This post is NOT about how to rid yourself of depression or any intense, uncomfortable emotion. Just the opposite! If you truly desire emotional freedom, gather up your courage and keep reading. Overwhelmed I woke today (and yesterday to be
- [Falling Apart](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/04/10/falling-apart/) - The Freakout! It is very early on a Thursday morning. I am awakened by the excruciating pain that suddenly and without notice, rips throughout my body when I try to get out of bed. I manage to prop myself up on my elbows and call out for help. My knees are swollen to the size
- [Consciously Creating the Life of My Dreams](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2023/01/04/consciously-creating-the-life-of-my-dreams/) - Creation is Existence’s response to your vibration, whether that vibration is conscious or unconscious. Your thought processes, your emotional processes are there all the time. Alcazar How Can I Begin to Focus on the Life of My Dreams? There is a rich practice where, at the stroke of midnight on New Years Eve, we leave
- [Create the Life You Want!](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2021/01/07/create-the-life-you-want/) - What if I told you that you possess the unique and magical ability to create the life you want? What would you do? This is not only possible, it is our birthright. We are all Divine Beings, it is our True Nature. To make significant change, to create the life of your dreams, all one
- [How do we help?](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2020/04/16/how-do-we-help/) - By planting seeds of Love! We're here to awaken from the illusion of separateness.Ram Dass Here in the midst of this pandemic crisis we stand witness to many many acts of unconditional love - first responders, nurses, doctors, clerks and janitors, to name a few - all doing their best, often risking their own lives,
- [The Power of Presence](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2020/12/17/the-power-of-presence/) - Presence is the state of awareness of this present moment. We empower ourselves when we move from Presence. Lee Byrd When we take the time to slow down and realize Presence, our world view changes. It is this space allows us to move from the perspective of our higher, authentic self. Clarity arises in Presence.
- [Emotions](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2022/12/10/emotions/) - Emotions, like our breath, come and go. Certain circumstances trigger cellular memories and our emotional body goes into reactivity, which is normal. This response happens to absolutely everyone. All the great spiritual teachers throughout millennia have spoken this truth: reactivity naturally arises, freedom comes when we don't attached. And that is the secret in a
- [How Do I Know My True Divine Nature](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2022/12/05/how-d/) - How do I know my True Divine Nature ? An interesting question. We don't ask the lungs to breathe nor the heart to beat. Since our first breath we trust, without questioning, the body to continue taking in the needed air. Without being told to do so, the heart pumps the needed blood and oxygen
- [Making lasting change](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2018/01/04/making-lasting-change/) - Cultivate silence and begin to listen to the voice within. Lee Byrd What do we really want? How do we get to that place of clarity where creating the right intentions and setting meaningful goals happens with ease? It's very simple, actually, when we take the time to be with ourselves and allow what is here
- [Learning to Prioritize Freedom](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2018/04/08/prioritizing-freedom/) - What if I told you that there’s help? What if I told you that a life independent of suffering, a life of peace, true peace and spaciousness, was your birthright? Would you be willing to roll up your sleeves and do what is necessary?
- [Cultivating Presence](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2019/06/03/cultivating-presence-releasing-trauma/) - Presence is the innate ability to simply be here with what is arising. We have the innate ability to free ourselves from emotional patterns no matter how traumatic. This will take vigilance and determination and an undying desire for Freedom. Some will dissolve almost immediately and others, those that are deeper, will take time. And
- [Palpitations: A Dress Rehearsal for Death?](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/2019/06/18/palpitations-a-dress-rehearsal-for-death/) - The wind whispered in my ear, be afraid, be very afraid. And do it anyhow. Lee Byrd Last night when I returned home from work, we had no power. A big thunderstorm blew through and took down a power line. It took till around 9pm to reset things. So, what to do? Go for a

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- [Teachings](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/about/teachings/) - Subscribe to my YouTube Channel You are a Divine creature, a Being of Light who showed up here as a human being at the exact moment you were suppose to. You are the Beloved, a miracle, a part of the eternal perfection. Wayne Dyer Most of us grew up with some image of God (Goddess,
- [The Figure of Eight Visualization](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/about/meditation/the-figure-of-eight-visualization/) - Based on writings by Ingrid CollinsThis is a Zen method of healing old arguments or tidying up unfinished business with someone. The name comes from the shape of the number eight, two touching circles. Begin with 3 intentional breaths and body awareness practice. Guided meditation: Let your imagination take you on a journey through a
- [Using Essential Oils to Help Move Through Grief](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/about/teachings/essential-oils-2/grief/) - Coming to Rest Within the Pain Grief is our emotional response to loss. This can be any loss - that of a loved one, loss of a job or home, etc. Loss is loss and grief is a natural response. It is emotionally and spiritually healthy for us to recognize what we are feeling. In
- [Reduce Anxiety & Stress with Essential Oils](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/about/teachings/essential-oils-2/reduce-anxiety-stress/) - Increase the capacity for self-love and compassion Because the natural frequency of plants most closely matches that of us humans, we use them to increase our vibrational frequency allowing us to find balance and inner peace and reduce stress and anxiety. Lee Byrd On any given day us humans are subjected to an increasing amount
- [My Essential Oil Emotional Clearing Ritual](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/about/teachings/essential-oils-2/my-essential-oil-emotional-clearing-ritual/) - Universal law states that everything vibrates and that everything has its own unique frequency including the human body’s organs, glands, and various systems. Research shows that pure essential oils have the highest known frequencies of any known natural substance. The chemical structure of essential oils most closely matches the human cells and tissues making them
- [Books to  Inspire](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/about/teachings/books-to-titillate-inspire/) - Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home. Anna Quindlen Here are some of my favorites: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho - This is story about an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago who travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert
- [Glossary](https://www.leebyrdmystic.com/about/teachings/glossary/) - Life is a school, where you learn how to remember what your soul already knows. Unknown It is important that we do this deeper work with tenderness and patience. Throughout my website I use various terms and want you to know what I mean - so here you go: Acceptance - The practice of coming
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