“Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn’t you – all of the expectations, all of the beliefs – and becoming who you are.” ~Rachel Naomi Remen

I love this quote; I think it speaks to what our work here at Holistic Health Practice is all about…. and it reminds me of a story:

Upon observing the finished statue of David, an awed patron asked Michelangelo how he had managed to get that perfect male form out of the marble.  Michelangelo looked confused, but replied, “I just took away everything that WASN’T David.”

I’m pretty clear that most likely, nothing of the kind ever took place – but I love this story anyway.  It drives home that, in striving for personal growth, we’re not looking for an elusive intangible something that will make our lives meaningful; we’re looking for what we already have.  Becoming the wise, beautiful, amazing creatures we are meant to be is simply a case of surrendering all the survival tactics we’ve adopted and all the various personas we’ve pasted on, leaving nothing but what is really, truly, authentically US.

Kinda like stripping the linoleum off the kitchen floor and finding gorgeous hardwood underneath… ; )

As HHP Founder Kurt Hill likes to say, “we’re already there waiting for ourselves to show up.”

For me, it’s a relief… being me is what I was born to do – and while it’s scary at times (and I certainly don’t do it perfectly) – it still takes a whole lot less energy to be me than to try to be anyone else…

It’s not about being better; it’s about being.

“Ever since we crawled out of that primordial slime, that’s been our unifying cry, ‘More light.’  Sunlight.  Torchlight.  Candlelight.  Neon, incandescent lights that banish the darkness from our caves to illuminate our roads, the insides of our refrigerators.  Big floods for the night games at Soldier’s Field.  Little tiny flashlights for those books we read under the covers when we’re supposed to be asleep.  Light is more than watts and footcandles.  Light is metaphor.  Light is knowledge, light is life, light is light.”  ~Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider

Welcome to the Holistic Life, Holistic Health Practice’s Blog!

We enter into cyber space just after the clocks have turned back for fall, a time when already our hours of daylight have shortened and we have finally accepted- however unhappily- that they will grow shorter still.  What better time to launch our blog aimed at bringing a little psycho-spiritual warmth and enlightenment to everyday life?!

We look forward to becoming a part of your daily routine, to being a shot of self care, holistic thinking, and inspirational musings in the midst of the bustle of your busy existence… we hope you’ll find us just right for those moments when you need to step back into the bigger picture!

It has been said before, but it bears repeating yet again.  It is our honor, our privilege, and our purpose to carry a light through the dark nights of the soul that are inevitable in our human existence.  And in doing so we are gifted with greater illumination of our own path.

Thank you for letting us be a part of your life and for setting off on this adventure with us!