Category Archives: Physical Environment

You are Here — How to Know

By Tiffany A. Dedeaux How you can know your guiding image, animal, or symbol is an excellent question.  The answer, for me, is through time and intention.  To start, you need to know what or who your guide is.  Through my experience, … Continue reading

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The Pack of Priorities

By Tiffany A. Dedeaux Take a moment to sit down that load you’re carrying and unpack it.  Start by listing all the things you are trying to do, what you want to do, and /or what you’ve been doing. Next, divide … Continue reading

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Lost and Found

By Tiffany A. Dedeaux I have been inspired by Deer crossing my path. In consulting Animal Speak I am reminded that the hunt for Deer takes us into the wilderness where we get lost and have new adventures. Deer is … Continue reading

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Plants are Revealing

By Tiffany A. Dedeaux In considering my nature as a mirror for my life I thought it a keen observation that in moving to Bellingham I also made more of a commitment to my coaching practice, Sacred Time.  Changing careers … Continue reading

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The Promise of the Rainbow

By Tiffany A. Dedeaux Inspired by the response of the Rainbow Warrior I thought again about what rainbows mean to me.  When I turned 25 I traveled to Hawaii.  There I was told that without rain there can be no … Continue reading

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Climate Change Mistiming

By Tiffany A. Dedeaux Naomi Klein’s article, The Change Within, published in Cascadia Weekly was a great way to illustrate the issues with timing that climate change is causing. The key illustration is when animals who have not adjusted as … Continue reading

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Whispers Beyond the Boundary

By Tiffany A. Dedeaux Sacred is what is private.  It requires permission to enter, and still, few recognize the significance of what it means to be allowed to enter.  This was what I realized on an intentional walk when I … Continue reading

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Spring Rain

Spring rain is the sudden falling of water softly from the sky. Soft, not like a mist, more like the tapping on the arm by a friend. Soft enough to make the tulips dance but not so hard as to … Continue reading

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Life is Made of Moments

Oooo  oooo ooo, the owl in me says Drawing attention to something that catches my attention   A reminder of whoooo ooo ooo I am

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The Elements

There is earth to ground you To keep you from falling   There is air to guide you As by light you move and dark you stay   There is water to mirror you To show you what you may … Continue reading

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