In a time filled with division, fear and illness, let's focus our New Year on what we wish to see in the world as opposed to focusing on what we don't want. It is easy to get into a head space listing ones grievances, what is wrong with the world and in our lives. It …
Author: Kim Hiles
Kim Hiles is a teacher and author offering soulful tools and intuitive guidance for healing and growth. Through words, reflection, and lived experience, she creates space for others to reconnect with themselves and live authentically.
Teens and Young Adults still need our Guidance
For some reason, whether I've read it somewhere or watched it on a show, I've noticed a trend. The parent says something to the effect of now that they are 18, their child is an adult and free to make their own decisions. While it is true that this is the time in their lives …
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Decisions: Second Guessing
We follow our heart...or so it seems. One day we realize we made a mistake . . . Or did we? I have always struggled with decisions. I have always struggled with fear. Over a lifetime, I've learned when I need to push through something and when I need to walk away. Very imperfectly I …
Our body is Listening
I was lying on the sofa, feeling yucky, depressed, anxious. In an hour I was to drive to the airport. My mom was paying for a luxurious vacation at Canyon Ranch in Massachusetts, a place of healing. I never knew when it would hit. Stomach ailments, pain, general malaise. I had gone to one doctor …
Poetry: Of Summers Past
A beautiful worldTrees go bySky bright redJourneys ahead Easy to forgetWhen some want you deadDivision . . . angerIt keeps some alive Turn back the timeOf summers pastHammock with a bookNewfoundland on my lap Bring it hereNotice the skyDance in the bathroomDog's first walk Life is beautiful
Poetry: Friday night moment
A poem on a Friday night . . . . I ask for guidanceThe words fallNobody buys itWhat am I doing? I get up at 4:50 a.m.Every day is the sameOr not15 years gone . . . How? I writeI prayA master at creatingNot at this I say I keep showing upI stumbleI bounce backWho …
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