Sharon Balsamo, Author at Sharon Jo Balsamo, LPC

The Timing is Now

by Sharon Balsamo | Mar 19, 2020 | Journal

Last night I dreamed of a massive river, flowing down a massive mountain. I was riding the tumbles and rapids of the river; in my dream I knew this water well, like an old friend. The water was clear blue, deep, moving swiftly. I came upon a fork in this mighty river....

The story of my name “Waking Journey”

by Sharon Balsamo | Jan 29, 2020 | Journal

In 2007 I began working for a wilderness therapy program called SageWalk, the wilderness school. We took teens with behavioral and emotional issues into the high desert of Central Oregon, taught them survival skills, and allowed the experience of living in nature...

Dream Into Being

by Sharon Balsamo | Dec 23, 2019 | Journal

We are the dreamers We are the visionaries We are the boat rockers The wave makers The justice seekers We are the healers The wise ones The teachers Our medicine comes through our words Our hands Our songs Our love for the Earth and all beings We are remembering our...

Rattling Bones

by Sharon Balsamo | Oct 25, 2019 | Journal

My ancestors are restless. They have been for a while now, but the intensity has been steadily increasing, especially as we enter the darkening time, the time when the veil thins and spirits come forth to share their stories, to be honored and remembered. Some offer...

There is a rift in my heart

by Sharon Balsamo | Oct 15, 2019 | Journal

There is a rift in my heart; it lays between myself and my home. I feel the longing for it, not knowing where it is exactly. Florida, the land where I was born; Swampy and damp, Mosquitoes rising out of sandy hills My mother was raised here; poor and motherless...