Author Archives: catherine grytting

About catherine grytting

healer, teacher, spiritual counselor, artist, writer, musician

Melting Frozen Emotions: Tapping Acupuncture Points to Access Emotional Freedom

Posted on March 24, 2018 by catherine grytting

Tapping is a procedure that loosens stuck energy by stimulating acupuncture points while focusing on specific memories, beliefs or emotions. Continue reading →

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Expanded Awareness: Perceiving Other Realms

Posted on February 22, 2018 by catherine grytting

The French philosopher, Teilhard de Chardin, reminds us that “we are not human beings having a spiritual experience.  We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” [i]  How might your life be different if you lived from the expanded perspective … Continue reading →

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Being a Creator: Emotions, Serendipity and Shifting Energy

Posted on January 22, 2018 by catherine grytting

What does it mean to be a creator?  It means being one who brings something into being.  We think of creators as people who work with a medium such as images, sound or ideas.  What if our own lives are … Continue reading →

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Light Shining in the Darkness

Posted on December 20, 2017 by catherine grytting

  People throughout the world are turning their attention to family, friends, sharing, peace love and joy.  When millions of people around the planet maintain a similar focus at this time of year, it creates an electromagnetic field that can activate positive emotions in others.  Continue reading →

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Counter Chaos with Coherence

Posted on November 20, 2017 by catherine grytting

Last month I wrote about how world events affect us even when we are far removed from them.  Today I will explore the concept of coherence as a way to respond to global turmoil.  This post defines coherence, describes a … Continue reading →

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Current Events Call for Balance and Stability

Posted on October 26, 2017 by catherine grytting

The events of the last several months have caused chaos, fear, anxiety and suffering. Emotional energy affects us. It requires resilience and stamina to maintain balance and stability. Continue reading →

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Autumn Equinox: Finding Balance in the Changing Seasons

Posted on September 22, 2017 by catherine grytting

Today is the Autumn Equinox. This annual event offers an opportunity to think about balance, growing darkness and Earthly influences. On the Equinox, balance occurs between daylight and darkness.  During the following six months, growing darkness expands to the shortest … Continue reading →

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The Creative Process: An Example with Watercolor

Posted on August 30, 2017 by catherine grytting

Continuing the exploration of creativity that has been the focus of these posts since January 2017, today I describe how I applied the creative process while painting a recently completed landscape of a friend’s front yard and entryway (see Figure … Continue reading →

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The Creative Process: Letting Go

Posted on July 29, 2017 by catherine grytting

Pablo Picasso said, “Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.”[i]  Creating something new requires letting go of something old.  The May 26, 2017 blog, “The Creative Process: Receiving What the Universe Brings” focuses, in part, on the idea of letting go … Continue reading →

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The Creative Process: Giving Thanks

Posted on June 30, 2017 by catherine grytting

After months of writing about creativity from a conceptual perspective, today I offer a practical example of how I live these concepts.  During the month of June, I consciously applied the steps of the creative process as I planned, prepared … Continue reading →

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