Akashic Mystic
Here are all the articles on my website about me, Cheryl Marlene!
I Began the Process of Divorce is part of the introduction to Sacred Hot Beginnings. This is a book I wrote about my exploration into sacred relationship and sacred sexuality through the experience of online dating after 25 years of marriage ending in divorce.
Twelve Pressure Points of Modern Life describe the points at which our personal work needs to be focused to find Power-Within and step away from Power-Over. This is an excerpt from my book, To Do Your Work.
Oppression of Coercive Hate is defined: When all else fails, hatred and violence are justified to eradicate the individual’s capacity …
Calculation of Reactive Blame is defined: To maintain all positions of domination, Power-Over blames the weak and the outsider, the …
Two months ago, I had a three-hour conversation with my daughter which significantly changed both of our lives. Move. We …
My Mom and the Significance of Leap Day: looks into how simple associations between a daughter and her mother push …
I wrote this article, Bubbles of Ecstasy: My Mother’s Passing, to help me process and with the hope that my …
Dear Moma! I love you! It’s been twenty years since you passed, but I have missed you every day that …
Recently I have been on a mission to catalog all of my writing. The goal is moving toward more flexibility …
Dirty, Dusty, and Drained describes a the challenges of a hike. In fact, it is the challenge of the trail …
Defiance to Failure: All but Defiance is one of a series I wrote about training to climb a 5000 foot …
Saved by Determination is about the time that I literally slid down a mountain and almost fell off a cliff. …
I am Cheryl Marlene! Sometimes the simple shifts in life bring the most profound change. This was the case for …
Defiance at the Crossroads describes the roadblock I met in wanting to climb a mountain. One word: Construction. After four …
Hiking is Heaven! The beginning, somewhat at odds with the rest of the day, is a concrete parking structure, third …
Here are seven things you might not know about Cheryl! I love reading urban fantasy! Why? Well, it’s a great …
It would be easy to say that what happened today was coincidence. Meaning that there was simply chance or happenstance involved. A fluke. Instead I believe today was one of synchronicity. For me this means that why it appears that there are no causal links, connections across multiple levels stared me in the face. I couldn?t ignore any of it. For the me the difference between coincidence and synchronicity is that a catalyst is present in the second and not so much in the first. Coincidence happens without intention or pre-planning. Synchronicity is an alignment ignited or sparked by the flow of energy within a situation, often between the folks involved.
Several weeks ago, I participated in the second of 10 training hikes designed to prepare for the highest climb in …
Into the Mystic: hiking reveals truths about our need to be capable and in control, and how it takes strength …
There are some things you figure out early about yourself and others take a while to work out. I know, …