Articles - MARIA LISA POLEGATTO

Valentine Love

31/1/2017

Valentine. With this month arrives many questions in moments of need of answers and most often from men questioning their love for their special someone and how deep does it go or should they show it. Should I get them anything? I don't want them to think I love them like that. How much do I spend? What do I get? What if they don't like it?

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

February, Dear February, how can it be? Another year gone by and there you are right in front of me :)

With February comes Valentine's Day. For the romantics this day is full of love and fun, messages and notes and special efforts of love. Where love abounds all around and excites those in romance to new heights of blissful love, while at the same time others live in dread of this mushy day coming along again while they feel alone and are glad when it passes by.

When Life Comes Calling

4/1/2017

You can continue to run from it, over and over, but it's going to find you. It's life. It's your life. You don't really want to escape from it, do you? And you can try to keep running, but it will be right there with you, all the days of your life. But when life has something to say to you, to teach you, it will whether you like it or not. For there comes a time when life comes calling. Will you hear it knock upon your door of life? Will you pay attention? Will you heed its warning? Life Coaching.

by Maria Lisa Polegatto
Published in The Edge Magazine

We live life as though it will always be there for us. We wake up, jump up, run through our day, eat, drink, run, run, run, off to bed and it all starts again the next day, over and over. It can be so exhausting. Until one day, one day when life says, "Ok, now it's time. Now it's time to show you what life is all about."

Breathe Love

1/12/2016

Breath Love. We all know how to breathe and how to love but do we know how to have that love heal you? Breathing allows your body to flow air in and circulate that air through your body to keep your cells healthy. Love is so many things. Most of us think of love as being something you give but it's so much more than that.

Published online in the Edge Magazine

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

We all know how to breathe and how to love but do we know how to have that love heal you? Breathing allows your body to flow air in and circulate that air through your body to keep your cells healthy. Love is so many things. Most of us think of love as being something you give but it's so much more than that.

Let The Light Shine In

1/11/2016

Everyone wants their piece of the world to be a happy place. A place that is bright and joyful. A place where they feel at home, safe and secure, relaxed and comfortable. But sometimes we all experience a bit of dark in our world and that is when we must learn to grow above it so it doesn't grow within us. We have to experience our lives and feel the emotions of our days.

Everyone wants their piece of the world to be a happy place. A place that is bright and joyful. A place where they feel at home, safe and secure, relaxed and comfortable. But sometimes we all experience a bit of dark in our world and that is when we must learn to grow above it so it doesn't grow within us. We have to experience our lives and feel the emotions of our days.

Everyone wants their piece of the world to be a happy place. A place that is bright and joyful. A place where they feel at home, safe and secure, relaxed and comfortable. But sometimes we all experience a bit of dark in our world and that is when we must learn to grow above it so it doesn't grow within us. We have to experience our lives and feel the emotions of our days.

Everyone wants their piece of the world to be a happy place. A place that is bright and joyful. A place where they feel at home, safe and secure, relaxed and comfortable. But sometimes we all experience a bit of dark in our world and that is when we must learn to grow above it so it doesn't grow within us. We have to experience our lives and feel the emotions of our days.

Meditation: Cloud Skipping

1/10/2016

Ok, it's time for another exercise :) Come, lets play in our minds :) Close your eyes. Ok, wait, keep them open to read this first :), then you can close them to practice as often as you like.

Published online in the Edge Magazine

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

Ok, it's time for another exercise :) Come, lets play in our minds :) Close your eyes. Ok, wait, keep them open to read this first :), then you can close them to practice as often as you like.

I see too much stress in the world, don't we all, it's everywhere - let's take a moment to relax into our peaceful soul, deep within ourselves to find some tranquility within. For what happens within will mirror what happens outside of us.

Pets & Grief: How Do You Say Goodbye

1/9/2016

Pets and Grief. So how do you say goodbye to your furry love? How do you wake up each morning and not see their precious face, feel their precious fur and hug their precious body again and again? I'm not going to lie to you. You go through life for awhile wandering aimlessly thinking it’s a bad dream, it's not real. You wake up crying, you go to bed crying, you cry until you think you can't cry anymore and then you cry some more. The house feels so empty with their physical presence gone. You feel empty and alone. You want to hug everyone you meet because you have no furry love to hug anymore. You look at all the places they used to lay and they're not there anymore and it makes you sad, really, really sad.

Whiskey

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

I've loved and lost many animals in life but this time my love was deeper than I had ever experienced before. Furry loves are all special and loved beyond measure there is no question about that. But this time my love ran deeper than even I realized probably because we battled so many ups and downs together and spent so much time in each other's love.

Pets & Grief: The Love Of A Boy And His Dog Never Ends

3/8/2016

Once up a time there was a Golden Retriever named Whiskey. While she wasn't born in a home made out of gold, her heart certainly was made out of it. Not long after she was born, she made the long journey to Mira with a man named Mark that thought a 10 year old boy needed a dog to grow up with. And Mark was right.

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

Once up a time there was a Golden Retriever named Whiskey. While she wasn't born in a home made out of gold, her heart certainly was made out of it. Not long after she was born, she made the long journey to Mira with a man named Mark that thought a 10 year old boy needed a dog to grow up with. And Mark was right.

Intro-vert

31/7/2016

introvert. Introversion. While I walk in nature, I am introduced to the many marvels of how our world grows in the quiet recesses of time and space as the rest of the world whips by not stopping to notice the healing that awaits us in the simply pleasures of the complexities our world is made up of.

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

I just realized the word "introvert" is part French, just like me. It's an "intro" into "vert". "Vert" being the French word for green. Green as being one of the many colors of nature that grows all around us.The medical definition of "introvert" in the Merriam Webster dictionary is: "one whose attention and interests are directed toward one's own thoughts and feelings". We can all use some time in our lives to focus inward on our emotions.

While I walk in nature, I am introduced to the many marvels of how our world grows in the quiet recesses of time and space as the rest of the world whips by not stopping to notice the healing that awaits us in the simply pleasures of the complexities our world is made up of.

Horses: Moments That Matter for Fearless Relationships

10/7/2016

Horse Massage. Horses, for example, can teach you how to be fearless. Horses don't just feel fear, not just sense it, they can smell fear. And although you can fear horses they can still teach you how not to fear. You see, the more you fear, the more they will fear you. They look at you when you fear and the unpleasant feeling wells up inside of them and they expect danger to come and when they don't see what the danger is, they think that they need to fear you.

Bud

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

The greater the fearlessness, the greater the spirit's ability to grow and connect with that around it.

Fearlessness of course is the lack of fear. So what is fear? The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines fear as "a strong unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger or expecting something bad to happen." Just reading that makes my stomach roll with a strong unpleasant feeling. So instead, let's be fearless in this world.

Nature and Animals: The Circle of Life

8/6/2016

Once upon a time when the world was happy, before man was created, the animals freely roamed the earth in innocence and bliss as the circle of life naturally occurred.

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

Once upon a time when the world was happy, before man was created, the animals freely roamed the earth in innocence and bliss as the circle of life naturally occurred.

Spiritual: Miracles of Nature

11/5/2016

Great Egret. I believe in the miracles of nature. They dance in the leaves of the trees, they swirl in the air like the butterflies, they soar to great heights like the birds up to heaven and return with the love that we need to take flight.

Great Egret. I believe in the miracles of nature. They dance in the leaves of the trees, they swirl in the air like the butterflies, they soar to great heights like the birds up to heaven and return with the love that we need to take flight.

Great Egret. I believe in the miracles of nature. They dance in the leaves of the trees, they swirl in the air like the butterflies, they soar to great heights like the birds up to heaven and return with the love that we need to take flight.

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

I believe in the miracles of nature. They dance in the leaves of the trees, they swirl in the air like the butterflies, they soar to great heights like the birds up to heaven and return with the love that we need to take flight. They are all around us waiting to be seen, to be heard, to be felt by everyone. They love us all. They take no prisoners. They choose not one over the other. They exist within to the deepest parts of your soul.

Therapy Dog On A Mission

17/4/2016

Therapy Dog Certification. Have you seen a dog in places dogs are usually not permitted? Chances are the dog could be a therapy dog. Many places you will see a therapy dog is at a nursing home, library, hospital, or rehabilitation center. While they are allowed into the facility, they do not have the right to enter without permission.

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

After just having finished a research project on therapy dogs this month, I was surprised how many people didn't know what a therapy dog is, what they do, how they are certified, how they are different than service dogs to name a few of the questions and comments. While I believe all dogs are special, therapy dogs are pawsitively special.

Healing Love

12/3/2016

Healing Love. Thank you cancer, not for what you robbed me of, but for the moments I have learned how to overcome. For in this life we are a total sum of all of our experiences, both good and bad, that shape us into the here and now of each and every moment of our journey in life.

Published online in The Edge Magazine.

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

Thank you cancer, not for what you robbed me of, but for the moments I have learned how to overcome. For in this life we are a total sum of all of our experiences, both good and bad, that shape us into the here and now of each and every moment of our journey in life.

Love Is.....

13/2/2016

Every day is a day for love. Where the magic swirls around and captures your heart and wraps it with unconditional love. Love is everywhere. Open yourself to the many possibilities all around you. They do exist you simply need to let them naturally unfold.

Published online in the Edge Magazine http://www.edgemagazine.net/2016/06/love-is/

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

Love Is All Around You

Every day is a day for love. Where the magic swirls around and captures your heart and wraps it with unconditional love. Love is everywhere. Open yourself to the many possibilities all around you. They do exist you simply need to let them naturally unfold.

Be Kind To Yourself By Being Kind To Others

7/1/2016

Be Kind To Yourself By Being Kind to Others. In the hustle and bustle of today's busy life, we need to stop and look around ourselves in the many moments of the day. There is a you in this world that interacts with the world. Let's take a look at a way you can be kind to yourself by being kind to others.

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

In the hustle and bustle of today's busy life, we need to stop and look around ourselves in the many moments of the day. There is a you in this world that interacts with the world. Let's take a look at a way you can be kind to yourself by being kind to others.

Christmas Miracles

26/12/2015

Hello Lord,
I know you know my name is Whiskey
And that I now over 13 years of age
I am feeling blessed and grateful
To have my human care for me with love
Especially now that I have breast cancer
My human heard that cancer is over 85% emotional
So she gives me lots of hugs and snuggles all day
And sings to me each day
"You are beautiful" and "I will always love you"
She makes up some words sometimes
To reach the depth of my soul
We are wishing on a Christmas miracle
Not just for me but for one and all
Because we believe in the power of Christ

Blessed Lord God of all creation
God of all power and might
God of all healing energy and goodness
Come and spread your
Healing blessings over everyone
Reading this day and night.

Love,
Whiskey
Your faithful fur child

Maria Lisa Polegatto
December 24, 2015

Grief: Healing Vibrations

20/12/2015

Grief. How in the world can you help someone who is dead? They are dead, died, gone, ashes, dust, no more. They can't hear me, see me, know what I am thinking...........or can they? People who die, break away from the physical body. It is the physical body that dies, the spirit still lives in energy. How did you get here in the first place? Your energy body bonded to your physical body for as long as your physical body can last.

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

How in the world can you help someone who is dead? They are dead, died, gone, ashes, dust, no more. They can't hear me, see me, know what I am thinking...........or can they?

People who die, break away from the physical body. It is the physical body that dies, the spirit still lives in energy. How did you get here in the first place? Your energy body bonded to your physical body for as long as your physical body can last.

When Canine Cancer Strikes

11/11/2015

And there it was one day right out of the blue. It's hard, it's round, it's on my furry child. It's.....it's.....it's.....a lump!!! Alert, Alert!!! Oh my goodness, as I sit next to her and stare at it. No, it couldn't be. I feel it again to double check and triple check. I do a dog once over again and again, all over. Yes, it's still there. It wasn't there yesterday. We check you everyday in our morning ritual to get you ready for your day.

Whiskey

As published online and in print in The Edge Magazine.

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

And there it was one day right out of the blue. It's hard, it's round, it's on my furry child. It's.....it's.....it's.....a lump!!! Alert, Alert!!! Oh my goodness, as I sit next to her and stare at it. No, it couldn't be. I feel it again to double check and triple check. I do a dog once over again and again, all over. Yes, it's still there. It wasn't there yesterday. We check you everyday in our morning ritual to get you ready for your day.

Horse Massage: Let The Horses Speak To Your Soul

2/10/2015

black percheron horse

Bud

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

When you listen to a horse, I mean really, really listen, the horse can teach you many things about them and yourself. By listen, I mean...... listen with your heart. Not just the beating of your heart, but the connection to your soul with the horse.

Bluefin Tuna: Olympian's Sea Vacation

1/9/2015

bluefin tuna. As the school arrived at the border checkpoint, everyone was in order with passports ready on the tip of their fins as they passed by the coral reefs of the Mediterranean Sea heading into the depths of the deep blue sea.

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

"How wonderful vacation is going to be!" exclaimed the young Olympians. Their parents busy in the background, smiling to themselves as bubbles floated to the surface from the scurrying of packing for their annual journey. They were just as excited to be leading their school on this expedition.

The Littlest Spirit's Healing Drum

11/8/2015

Reiki drum. Healing with a drum can bring you peace, contentment and insight into life. It can reduce stress which causes illness and gives you strength and wisdom. To learn the story of the healing drum we must learn about the spirits God created.

As published in print and online at The Edge Magazine

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

Healing with a drum can bring you peace, contentment and insight into life. It can reduce stress which causes illness and gives you strength and wisdom. To learn the story of the healing drum we must learn about the spirits God created.

Bella: Butterfly Flutters

28/7/2015

Butterfly. Monarch Butterfly. Bella lived deep in the lush green forests cocooned from the rest of the world. Until today she was oblivious to the sounds of the frogs croaking, the birds singing and the smells of the delights of the forest. But today was a special day. Today was Bella's day. She was ready to spread her wings and introduce herself to the world.

Bella lived deep in the lush green forests cocooned from the rest of the world. Until today she was oblivious to the sounds of the frogs croaking, the birds singing and the smells of the delights of the forest. But today was a special day. Today was Bella's day. She was ready to spread her wings and introduce herself to the world.

Cats: Healing Purr-fectly

6/6/2015

Cats give us the impression they are independent and aloof, but they also teach us that it is ok to let others in, even if only sometimes. When you have gained their trust, a loyal friend you have made. It is humbling moment when they let you know. They let us know when you are with people that care about you, it is ok to relax and be yourself.

Look no fur-ther for a warm cuddly friend on those days you need the support of a purr-fect friend. Cats are great teachers and healers to those they sense are in need.

Dan-de-lions are roaring!

5/5/2015

Bees. Once upon a time there was a bee named Dan. He had slept all winter and was still pretty tired and cold but he was getting hungry waiting for the sun to come out and warm up nature. He was all snuggled up with his family of 30,000 bees in their hive keeping warm. Sometimes the sun warms up the hive and it can trick a bee into thinking spring has sprung. Dan had learned from his family that it was dangerous for a bee to venture out of the hive or even out of the comforts of the warmth of their snuggle. His uncle couldn't wait one year and he was sadly missed. In memory of his uncle, the bees all met and decided they would elect a head bee for each hive. Dan was now protector of the lady worker bees and their precious Queen Bee of their hive until Springtime.

As published online and in print in The Edge Magazine.

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

Once upon a time there was a bee named Dan. He had slept all winter and was still pretty tired and cold but he was getting hungry waiting for the sun to come out and warm up nature.

Earth Day

22/4/2015

Earth Day

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

What does Earth Day mean to you? To me Earth Day is a time to say "thank you" to the earth. Not just the earth as we pass it by everyday, but every bit of the earth - the soil (a.k.a. dirt, soil, ashes, dust) we walk over each day; the trees that produce the oxygen for us to breath; the plants that grow food for us to eat; the herbs and flowers that heal us; the air we so naturally breathe; the water we hydrate ourselves with; the ancient rainforests of medicinal wonders.

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