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Nancy Willbern, PhD

Jun 12, 20204 min read

Collective Shadow: Part 2

Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in Musical...

Nancy Willbern, PhD

Jun 7, 20203 min read

Collective Shadow: Part 1

A Black man's final words as he is suffocating from the force of a White man are a cry for his dead mother. That scene and that cry are...

Nancy Willbern, PhD

May 16, 20202 min read

There are doors

In the universe, there are things that are known, and there are things that are not known, and in between them, there are doors. William...

Nancy Willbern, PhD

May 2, 20202 min read

Beautiful Creature

A Poem by Hafiz* There is a Beautiful Creature Living in a hole you have dug. So, at night I set fruit and grains And little pots of milk...

Nancy Willbern, PhD

Apr 19, 20204 min read

Taking Note

I noticed something new this morning. Well, new on a visceral level, that is. Conceptually, I have known for a long time that I am not...

Nancy Willbern, PhD

Apr 4, 20203 min read

The Gift of Despair

If we are lucky, life will take us to the end of ourselves. For most of us, this moment feels anything but lucky. No, it feels really...

Nancy Willbern, PhD

Dec 2, 20192 min read

A Worldview

Love this reminder by Danielle LaPorte. Let it sink in as a gift to yourself. Right now there are Tibetan Buddhist monks in a temple in...

Nancy Willbern, PhD

Oct 7, 20191 min read

Identity Crisis

There are moments in our lives when we are confused about who we really are – when we feel pulled in two directions at once. One way -...

Nancy Willbern, PhD

Aug 25, 20193 min read

Chicken Whisperer

Earlier this week, I posted a blog (see Blog Post, Heart to Heart) about how moving into a state of Coherency (which means a state of...

Nancy Willbern, PhD

Aug 3, 20195 min read

Big Girl Panties

Confession: Last night I posted a blog, entitled Your Light. When I went to bed, I thought the post was OK, but I had some doubts about...

Nancy Willbern, PhD

Aug 2, 20193 min read

Your Light

There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of...

Nancy Willbern, PhD

May 27, 20192 min read

Unlikely Surprise

I've been spending time in Nature, trusting that It has something to teach me. On Saturday, I went out to sit on my back porch, scanned...

Nancy Willbern, PhD

Dec 11, 20182 min read

A Sign

I don’t know if you saw it or not, but a gorgeous, golden crescent moon hung low in the sky last night. She was huge and glowing and...

Nancy Willbern, PhD

Nov 25, 20182 min read

Last to Know

A friend posted this video on her facebook page today - cracked me up! (For full effect go to: www.facebook.com/VT/videos/31228446950142...

Nancy Willbern, PhD

Sep 11, 20181 min read

The Truth Teller

(This post was originally published on July 1, 2018) Do you ever have those moments when you think you know something and then you...

Nancy Willbern, PhD

Sep 11, 20184 min read

The Classroom

We spend most of our lives focused on what’s immediately in front of us. If we have a problem at work, in our relationship or with our...

Nancy Willbern, PhD

Sep 11, 20181 min read

A new home

Just wanted to let everybody know that I have a new home for my website. Same old address - nancywillbern.com - just new location and...

Nancy Willbern, PhD

Sep 10, 20185 min read

My Teacher

(This post was originally published on June 1, 2018) I have recently been re-listening to the audible version of Soul Craft by Dr. Bill...

Nancy Willbern, PhD

Sep 10, 20183 min read

The Rainmaker

(This post was originally posted on July 22, 2017) I have lived through some turbulent times since my birth in the 50‘s -- the Cuban...

Nancy Willbern, PhD

Sep 10, 20183 min read

Spirit and Soul

(This post was originally published on January 21, 2018) I have recently begun to appreciate the difference between spirit and soul in...