Entries by Cassie Mendez

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A Personal Story of Learning to Walk with Fear

This month, I have found myself reminiscing about life and contemplating my evolution from my early twenties to where I am now. At times, it feels like I’ve become a completely different person, yet I know that we are truly one and the same. Because the truth is, the version of me that exists today […]

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How to Move Through Change

In both our healing path and in life, endings always carry the seeds of new beginnings. This month has me reflecting on change and transition. I’m moving through this myself, as I feel my first career as an oncology nurse coming to a close and step more fully into this next chapter as a Shamanic […]

Answering the Call to Heal

How do we know when we’re being called to something deeper? What prompts someone to step onto a path of healing? This call doesn’t always come gently. Often, it arrives through a crisis, or a moment when life as we’ve known it begins to unravel. Like waking from a dream that once felt real, there […]

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The Wisdom of Fly Spirit

Many times, I find myself as a “get stuff done” kind of person. My natural urge to get things done now, not later, combined with my years as a nurse, often causes me to slip into impatient habits.  I have found myself reflecting lately: How do we know when to flow with the universe and […]

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Weeds: The Sacred Messenger

Yes, this is my very own garden and I’m ashamed to say that I let it get overgrown this past year!  As I am preparing for spring planting, the garden has been overrun by weeds, stifling out any fruit bearing plants that volunteered themselves from last year’s seeds. I am really wanting to plant garden […]