Sally Shepherd

About Sally Shepherd

Sally Shepherd is committed to assisting women awaken to their full potential through healing modalities that allow for personal growth, enabling them to thrive, realize their dreams, and live a fulfilling life. She strongly believes in each individuals potential, and helps her or him see that they matter.

Connecting to the earth and spirit

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Muir Woods…Wow! Have you ever walked into a location in nature and felt like you had walked  into another world. A recent trip to San Francisco gave my husband and I such an experience.Muir Woods located about thirty minutes from downtown San Fran is the First National Monument in an urban setting. Fortunately we got [...]

Weeding, planting and nurturing your garden of life

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This past weekend I was fortunate to attend a conference titled Transforming Together:Awakening to Higher Consciousness. In attendance was a community of individuals sharing insights and techniques to support each other in strengthening their connection to spirit(higher consciousness) for the benefit of our minds, bodies and souls. Using the metaphor of a garden for our [...]

Forgiveness… Creating Space

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Forgiveness The first step to forgiveness is the willingness to forgive If you can state despite your resistance , your willingness to see the spiritual innocence, the light in the soul of one who has harmed you, you have begin the journey to an un shakeable place. by Marianne Williamson Forgiveness..so often neglected or underrated, [...]

Being Aligned with my Spiritual Essence

Being Aligned with my Spiritual Essence

The Impetus for the Journey: Finding myself in a depressive and anxious state four years ago I felt un-empowered , bored, stuck and angry. Not angry with anything in particular, just not happy and irritable with my spouse, my children, myself. Sound familiar? After trying antidepressants and their “wonderful” side effects,  I was willing to try [...]

Is being fearful keeping you playing small? Learn how to shine!

Is being fearful keeping you playing small

Our deepest fear…. “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a [...]

Is empathy preventing you from experiencing happiness? Take the test!

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Being empathic? What’s that? Recently I discovered I am strongly empathic. After feeling depressed and anxious in the past, I believe I have found the key that has allowed me to connect with my emotions and to experience HAPPINESS. (More on the key later!) You have this ability within you too. We are all cognizant [...]

How spirit inspired me to find happiness

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Is this all there is? Have you ever thought to yourself, “is this all there is?” Not that long ago I found myself wondering what was so great about life??? I was on this treadmill where each day was the same – grey,a repetition of the day before and nothing gave me joy. The unhappiness, [...]

Gratitude has changed my attitude!

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Given the Holiday Season and the focus on gifts, I decided to share what I have been grateful to give and receive this past year. My awareness of how even the smallest joys enrich  my life has changed my daily attitude on this journey we call life. The opportunity to awaken each morning with the promise of a day filled with [...]

4 ways to make gratitude a part of your day

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Is it any wonder the word attitude is found in gratitude or thinking and thanking come from the same root of language? The latin word of gratitude is gratia -a given gift-sharing the same root as the word grace or gift freely given that is unearned. Why be grateful? Studies have shown that individuals that [...]

Feeling run down? How to check your thyroid at home

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Your thyroid gland is a beautiful little organ situated in the neck shaped like a butterfly. It functions to control our metabolism and it produces many hormones that transport energy into our cells. Like a syndrome, hypothyroidism, or low thyroid may manifest as a series of symptoms that are vague and frequently go undiagnosed. According to [...]