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About The Spirited Soul

I'm a lover of life: mind, body, spirit & soul. Spirituality, personal growth & healing, nature, culture, creativity...Energy is where it's at.

2012: A Good Thing

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A Puddle Transformed 1/1/12 (Photo by Maggie Begley)

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Proud to be a Christian?! (A Fundamental Question)

The statement in question is bound to evoke a response: the good, the bad, the ugly, the indifferent. In this post I’m attempting to address the ‘elephant in the room’ of my work, and my life. It may, or may … Continue reading

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Totally Tube-You-lar

‘Totally tubular‘. Okay, I’ve like SO outed myself as an 80′s chick. Couldn’t pass up a valley-girl colloquial ‘punny’, a sociolinguistic phenomenon, a title that fits. I used to be a pretty good valley-girl impersonator in my day. ‘Oh my gawd, like nooooo … Continue reading

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Existential Angst: A Love Poem from Maggie

“God is a fraud; Love His facade. God called me by name. He had me at hello. He cast me, into a vat; not of heaven, but of hell. Stuck, a prisoner of my own misery. In solitary confinement, rebellion … Continue reading

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Every Soul Has Its Day (A Slideshow & More)

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Just like this slide show, our life here is over in the blink of an eye: This is a little reminder, that although we go on and on, and on, in this lifetime we are not immortal!  Like it or not, … Continue reading

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Seeking God (and The Devil ?!)

Several months ago, as I often do, I tuned in to my local PBS station to watch their Saturday night double-feature. I came in a little late on the first feature and I wasn’t particularly impressed with the dialogue, but … Continue reading

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Dying Memories (My Dad’s Life – A Slideshow & More)

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Making this slideshow posed a question for me: “Do I have actual memories of actual memories?  Or just photographic memories of photographic memories?”  After all, I’ve poured through family albums for most of my life.  One snapshot I know for … Continue reading

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A Life in the Day (Slideshow-Getaway)

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Every one and every place has an Energy dynamic of its own. And I love this place where the confluence of energies, people with shared interests, art, history, environment (and yummy food), come together in timeless beauty. I have been … Continue reading

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Today’s “Note to Self” (Yield to Love)

“All men and women are connected by an energy which many people call love, but which is, in fact, the raw material from which the universe was built. The energy cannot be manipulated, it leads us gently forward, it contains … Continue reading

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Personal Change: How-To

Energetic Bodywork ~ An Avenue for Lasting Change… On one of Oprah’s final shows, she was reflecting on lessons learned. Oprah was interviewing an anorexic woman who was being given the advice, by a celebrity guest, to “Just change the … Continue reading

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The Nitto-Gritto: Client #1 Case Study (Part Three)

Client #1 is making good progress! I just got a phone update from her and here’s a post-treatment update on our last visit. As I’ve spoken of in Parts One and Two, Client #1 was re-associating with a past unconscious … Continue reading

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The Nitto-Gritto: Client #1 Case-Study (Part Two)

The insomniac is back! In my previous post, I gave you a “fly on the wall” view of what happened during one of my treatment sessions, with an un-named woman known as Client #1. That was last week…Let’s revisit her … Continue reading

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The Nitto-Gritto: Client #1 Case-Study (Part One)

So a client walks into an office….No, this is not the opening line of a joke…Well maybe a Cosmic joke! Sometimes it feels that way, walkin’ around in these mysterious bodies, on this crazy planet Earth! But when clients actually … Continue reading

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Long Live Creativity! Happy 1st Birthday to “The Spirited Soul”!

“I’m not happy if I’m not creating” ~ Michael Jackson (R.I.P. ) Coincidentally, when I saw this quote the other day, I had just been contemplating this notion. I was feeling very sad the night before, then followed the urge … Continue reading

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Maggie’s 1st Love Poem (Circa 1988)

For me, even back then, it was all about the Energy… With You In Spirit Even though I remain I am with you always Across the miles… When the music resounds around you Watch the couples stepping to the beat … Continue reading

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Haiku to You (#1 of More to Come)

Learning of the nearby ukiaHaiku Festival, definitely peaked my interest over something I had long wanted to investigate.  Haiku AND Ukiah — I like it already, just based on the wittiness of it all!  I have yet to actually go … Continue reading

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Today’s “Note to Self” (Week’s End)

In the immortal lyrical words of the band Loverboy: “Everybody’s workin’ for the weekend; Everybody needs a new romance; Everybody’s goin’ off the deep end; Everybody needs a second chance.” Feeling over-worked and under-played? Well now’s the time to re-create! Romance … Continue reading

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Life-Energy: The 3 Magnetic Poles (Atoms Are Us)

In Dr. Metz’ Fundamental Field Theory of Life-Energy, the subtle energy that organizes the body is primarily magnetic energy. It is an expression of Spirit (through the fundamental forces of nature, primarily electromagnetism), in an atom-like configuration. The Fundamental Field … Continue reading

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Life-Energy: Ether & How It Relates To You (#5 of 5)

Energy is what animates us and gives us life. Everything (including every thought, word, and deed) is made up of energy and carries an energy field with it. In nature, there are five primary subtle energetic elements: Ether, Air, Fire, … Continue reading

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Life-Energy: Air & How It Relates To You (#4 of 5)

Our mind affects our body, and our body affects our mind. It’s all interconnected. Here is some information about the mind-body connection via Dr. Metz’ Fundamental Field Theory. I know it’s a different way of viewing things for most of … Continue reading

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