The Shared Heart- Heartfulness

By Joyce & Barry Vissell After 46 years of spiritual study and practice, and Joyce and I immersing ourselves in many forms of spirituality, I am realizing for myself that there are ultimately only two spiritual paths. Both are equally important!   I love the saying, “We are human beings on …

Remembering to Say Thank You by Joyce and Barry Vissell Column: The Shared Heart New Dimensions of Relationship When our children were little, I read stories over and over that I hoped would instill positive qualities in them. One story always stood out. It was a little book, and the title was, …

By Joyce & Barry Vissell Someone once gave Barry and me a small yellow button to wear that says, “You never need to defend or justify your feelings.” I love the message on this button and, though I don’t wear it, I keep it in my desk so it is the …

By Joyce & Barry Vissell These two core issues (or negative messages from childhood) often meet and interact with one another, sometimes in disastrous ways. Usually the carriers of these issues are more or less unaware of them.   “I’m not good enough” (often, but not always, a man) thinks, …

Column: The Shared Heart New Dimensions of Relationship by Joyce and Barry Vissell Cell Phones play a very important part in our lives right now. Who knows what 10 years will bring, right now they are almost like an attachment to the person who owns them. Recently I was going to our local …

Poggio Bustone: Knowing We are Forgiven by Joyce and Barry Vissell Column: The Shared Heart New Dimensions of Relationship Joyce and I are trudging up a very steep, rocky trail near the top of a mountain high above the Rieti Valley in central Italy. We left our friend Evelyn down at the …

Against All Odds…Hope by Joyce and Barry Vissell Column: The Shared Heart New Dimensions of Relationship In the 2000 movie, Where the Heart Is, 17-year-old Novalee Nation (played by Natalie Portman), while crossing the country in search of a new life, is abandoned by her loser boyfriend at a small town …