S. Kelley Harrell > Quotes

“We don't heal in isolation, but in community.”
― S. Kelley Harrell, Gift of the Dreamtime - Reader's Companion

“Often it isn’t the initiating trauma that creates seemingly insurmountable pain, but the lack of support after.”
― S. Kelley Harrell, Gift of the Dreamtime - Reader's Companion

“Miraculously recover or die. That's the extent of our cultural bandwidth for chronic illness.”
― S. Kelley Harrell

“I'm ADD and psychic. I know things ahead of time but lose track of which is which.”
― S. Kelley Harrell

“You don't find light by avoiding the darkness.”
― S. Kelley Harrell

“A good editor doesn't rewrite words, she rewires synapses.”
― S. Kelley Harrell

“Too many irons, not enough fire.”
― S. Kelley Harrell

“We can’t turn our true selves off and on situationally and expect them to carry and sustain us. Rationing creativity results in bipolarism of the spirit. Our creativity is also our life force. When we turn it off and on like a spigot, we start to become less and less able to control the valve.”
― S. Kelley Harrell

“I don't argue things being spiritual vs scientific, because I've never met anyone who knows enough about either to be convincing--including myself.”
― S. Kelley Harrell

“Loving someone but not trusting them is a spiritual emergency.”
― S. Kelley Harrell

“Being a medium who can communicate with souls isn't the same as one who can interact with them. It's the difference between listening in on a conversation and changing the subject.”
― S. Kelley Harrell, Teen Spirit Guide to Modern Shamanism

“Being present is being connected to All Things.”
― S. Kelley Harrell

“If I can only write my memoir once, how do I edit it?”
― S. Kelley Harrell

“Phrases such as "I'm beside myself," "I was frightened to pieces," "I feel lost," "I feel like part of me is missing," originated from a sense of soul loss.”
― S. Kelley Harrell, Teen Spirit Guide to Modern Shamanism

“Editing is the very edge of your knowledge forced to grow--a test you can't cheat on.”
― S. Kelley Harrell

“Symbols are miracles we have recorded into language.”
― S. Kelley Harrell

“a quick turn around a corner
and my planet becomes sand
on the shore of a dying Universe”
― S. Kelley Harrell, The Journey of Healing: Wisdom From Survivors of Sexual Abuse, A Literary Anthology

“The way other people practiced a sport, learned a dance, I sat with feelings to learn who I am.”
― S. Kelley Harrell, Gift Of The Dreamtime: Awakening To The Divinity Of Trauma

“The more I work with Nature and totemism, the more church is everywhere.”
― S. Kelley Harrell

“Learning shamanism solely from a book is like running with a razor sharp Ouija board.”
― S. Kelley Harrell

“Being healed means committing to use your resources and knowledge.”
― S. Kelley Harrell

“By bringing a soulful consciousness to gardening sacred space can be created outdoors.”
― S. Kelley Harrell, Nature's Gifts Anthology

“The soul is infinite, made up of aspects that come and go all the time. It’s our nature for parts of the soul to travel while we meditate or dream. Through this process we grow, we learn new thoughts, thus desires, and our consciousness evolves.”
― S. Kelley Harrell

“What people resist the most about spiritual healing is changing their minds.”
― S. Kelley Harrell

“When we accomplish one thing, our ego wants to bask in the glory, though our soul is ready to move on to the next.”
― S. Kelley Harrell, Gift of the Dreamtime - Reader's Companion

“Occasionally I ponder all the things I'd have time to notice if I had more free time.”
― S. Kelley Harrell

“Sacred space” is another way of saying “with intention.”
― S. Kelley Harrell, Teen Spirit Guide to Modern Shamanism

“In Spirit, there is no such thing as indifference.”
― S. Kelley Harrell, Gift Of The Dreamtime: Awakening To The Divinity Of Trauma

“In the end, bless the darkness, hold the light, because the two aren't divisible.”
― S. Kelley Harrell, Real Wyrd : A Modern Shaman's Roots in the Middle World

“I think that being a soul in flesh is really challenging and we should all give ourselves more credit.”
― S. Kelley Harrell