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Letter to the Editor: Stigma Into Service, Awareness Into Action
By Barbara Mayer, Sedona Resident(May 5, 2014) With more stress prevalent in these challenging times, greater compassion as “People Who Hear The Cries Of The World” must also address those whose cries...
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Sedona Scene/Sedona Soul: Elderly Or Elder?
“Words Mean What I Want Them To Mean” By Barbara Mayer As a writer who has made a career of dancing with words, the line “Words mean what I want them to mean” carries one of the most telling realities...
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Sedona Scene/Sedona Soul: Engage. Embrace. Hold Within The One.
A New Mantra For Our Time By Barbara Mayer(July 11, 2014) If we are to make a personal testament about ourselves, our beliefs, and how we want our lives to matter, one of our most basic thoughts would...
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Sedona Scene/Sedona Soul: Our Ancestors Were Right
Meditation Can Help Restore The Wonder By Barbara Mayer(August 3, 2014) Since religion is such a key concept in today’s world, perhaps it will serve to look at its sources from as far back in ancient...
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Sedona Scene/Sedona Soul: The Tears of a Clown
There Is A Way Beyond Darkness By Barbara Mayer Sedona AZ (August 14, 2014) – Many of us will never have to worry about becoming celebrities, yet for some people who live in that world, the pressures...
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Sedona Scene/Sedona Soul: Woman’s True Heart Revealed
A Birth Day For Women And Men By Barbara Mayer Sedona AZ (September 10, 2014) – Recently I was honored to be present at separate birthday celebrations of two fantastic women. In each case these...
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Sedona Scene/Sedona Soul: Realizing Your Own Holy Night
‘And The Soul Felt Its Worth’ By Barbara Mayer Sedona AZ (December 3, 2014) – If there is any time of the calendar year when miracles can happen, we are in it right now. With Thanksgiving hopefully...
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Sedona Scene/Sedona Soul: To Hear the Cries of the World
Remembering Kayla Mueller By Barbara Mayer(February 11, 2015) There is a saying in Zen that we keep becoming what we always were. Some of us take a long lifetime to reach any potential we may have, and...
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Sedona Scene/Sedona Soul: From Stigma To Solutions
By Barbara Mayer(April 7, 2015) A huge jet airliner screams downward, exploding against a mountain side as 150 souls are lost in a moment of horror and the quick release of death. One soul, however,...
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Sedona Scene/Sedona Soul: Stronger Than Stigma
Mental Health Awareness Week Reaches Into Local Communities By Barbara Mayer(May 10, 2015) How does one navigate the mystery of a troubled mind? Where can one find some magic key to free a tortured...
View ArticleSedona Scene/Sedona Soul: When Will We Ever Learn?
The Sight Still Burns In My Soul By Barbara Mayer Today please allow a very personal sharing. I was just looking forward to eighth grade graduation when a friend came to my home in Cicero, Illinois...
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By Barbara Mayer You’re invited to a Woman VotePower happy hour event in West Sedona on Tuesday, Aug. 18 at Vino di Sedona from 4 to 6 pm. There will be entertainment from Sedona women Elizabeth Oakes,...
View ArticleCelebrating Uniqueness: On the Path with Barbara Mayer
Sedona AZ (October 1, 2015) – Barbara Mayer has a genius for listening deeply to everyone and for deeply celebrating multiple perspectives. Barbara can speak on a wide range of topics. She has been a...
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By Barbara Mayer As we approach Thanksgiving and the holidays, greater emphasis is put on the concept of family – whether celebrating with our blood family, or the more prevalent family of friends who...
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By Barbara Mayer(December 1, 2015) Please allow a rather personal column this time around, as I share what the loss of an animal pet can do, and might do when it is time for that special cat, dog, bird...
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