This eve of the turning of the year is a sacred time. The darkness and the hopes and fears held in these last moments before the bells chime for midnight are precious. What other time of the year do we allow our challenges and our hopes space together in such a deep holding. And the … More The Turning of the Year
It has been a very long time since I wrote a blog post. Life just seemed to take me in other directions, but I never doubted that the need to write would catch up with me again and so here I am. Outside it is raining and a bit grey, but the greyness outside allows … More Self -love
A word on the tip of everyone’s tongue at the moment. Over the last few weeks I have felt as if I was being pulled along on a trolley by some unseen hand. At first it felt acceptable, but as time went on it began to feel as if I really did not have any … More Uncertainty
I have just read that Leonard Cohen has passed away. I followed the words of this passionate and wise poet and artist from teenage years and beyond. He spoke of love, which to me in my early teenage years, was not always something I fully understood, but the words he chose moved me and lit … More Dance Me to the End of Love
Navigating Uncharted Waters Soul Messages from Within Alison Strandberg Recently I have become the author of a book. That sounds very grand and as I reread the sentence it made me feel as if I was writing about someone else. There are moments in one’s life, when it feels just like this,as if the person … More Navigating Uncharted Waters
Soul Messages From Within “Not My Circus, Not My Monkeys” Alison Strandberg I read these words recently and they really resonated with me. I was not aware that they come from a Polish proverb, but even if the translation may not be exact, I liked the feeling they opened up in me. This last few … More Not my circus, not my monkeys
At last my book is available on Amazon in paperback and on Kindle. It has taken a long time to have it finally published and the lessons learned on the way have been many, but now it is at last out there. I hope you will enjoy reading it.
Soul Messages from Within Resilience Alison Strandberg Resilience The dictionary’s definition of the word “resilience” is “elasticity” or “the ability of a substance or object to spring back into its shape”. I am currently learning just how to do this. Another definition is “the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties”. Perhaps somewhere within these words … More Resilience, September article for “Sibyl” magazine
Soul Messages from Within Embracing Maturity Alison Strandberg There are some points in our lives when we feel that we have crossed a significant threshold and that life will never be quite the same again. I write of this in a positive way. I have just crossed such a threshold. Age is a difficult subject … More Embracing Maturity
We all belong to a family, whether that family is the family of our birth or a family into which we have been adopted. The ultimate search in life is to find a sense of belonging, where we are acknowledged and accepted for who we are. This may sound simple, but that sense of … More A Sense of Belonging / Sibyl Magazine article for June
