Author: Lia Russ

Connections

 None of us likes to feel alone, and yet where we are taught to seek connection, very rarely satisfies that deep need. That is why so many love relationships fail. We are looking for something from them that we are supposed to get from other sources. We are hardwired for connection, but we are not […]

Help Them Soar

If you look at the cover of my book, you will see a Scarlet Macaw just like this one! Did you know that parrots have evolved beyond other birds in the same way that humans have other primates according to many recent studies? Let’s help keep them able to live by their cellular mandates in […]

Bear Medicine

We fear what we don’t know. Especially if it is powerful. The bear is a perfect example.  Would it surprise you to know that the bear is considered a sacred animal in many cultures around the world?  But more than just sacred, the bear almost universally was thought to have great healing powers. Healing powers […]

Healing… are there truly other ways?

When I was nine years old I healed a horse that was being abused and about to become dog food because of his resulting lameness. I accomplished this feat by following inner promptings that I did not understand (including climbing out a bathroom window to sneak down to the stables one night). The thing is, […]

Sunday Series : These Shores, Part Three

Memoirs Of A Spiritual Catalyst I had to learn everything myself, by trial and error.  And aside from being very lonely, exploring the world we cannot see without any community guidance, can be scary if not dangerous, (however please note that I did survive!). Although I did not understand it at the time, everything that […]

The World is Flat

Long ago there was no field called science, there were just people trying to connect the dots. It was our philosophers through curiosity and observation who discovered so much about our natural world. People like Plato, Aristotle, Socrates and Galileo. They were thinkers, who were not afraid to look at accepted beliefs and question them. They were intrigued by things that happened and asked questions, of themselves, of others, and of the universe. That was in Europe, in other cultures people like these have been called Shamans, Wise Women or Men, Medicine people, etc.