Author Archives: Mary Swanson

About Mary Swanson

Mary Swanson is a full-time Medical Intuitive. She received her certification from the Academy of Intuition Medicine in Sausalito, CA in 1994. She teaches her students “how to be happy” by using meditation, conscious awareness, writing, painting and Ritual in her many workshops and classes. Mary is also a writer and visual artist. She lives in Middlebury, VT. Mary writes "GRACE UNDER PRESSURE" on the 3rd Thursday of the Month.

Grace Under Pressure: No Blame

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Mary Swanson

ShareMy guest blogger Mary Swanson Coming back to San Francisco after being gone for seven years, I’m very conscious of who I was then (before I moved). Ghosts of former times show up as I drive around town, or reconnect … Continue reading →

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Grace Under Pressure: Good News & Baud News

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Mary Swanson

ShareI’ve just returned to San Francisco after Seven Years in Vermont. Which sounds like a movie or book. It was definitely an adventure into the wilds, into my past, into a deep internal transformation that I’m not really sure how … Continue reading →

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Grace Under Pressure: Stories

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Mary Swanson

ShareBy guest blogger Mary Swanson “Who knows what parts we play in other people’s dreams?” I’ve always loved stories. Probably most people do. For most of human history, stories got passed down, person-to-person, changing slightly with each telling. Every teller … Continue reading →

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Grace Under Pressure: Change

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Mary Swanson

ShareBy guest blogger Mary Swanson My house is a mess and I love it. Boxes everywhere, half packed. Drawers & closets spilling out their contents. Stacks and piles of books, clothes, dishes, pots & pans. Everything freed from their hiding … Continue reading →

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Grace Under Pressure: Letting Go & Staying Connected

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Mary Swanson

Share By guest blogger Mary Swanson My mother tongue isn’t really English… it’s Energy. I perceive the world as patterns of energy, ebbs & flows, soft or fast or sharp or dull energies that pass through my body & consciousness. … Continue reading →

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Grace Under Pressure: Just Breathe

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Mary Swanson

Share By guest blogger Mary Swanson If you’ve ever studied yoga, meditation or attended a birth or death, you know… It’s all about the breath. Why then, do we pay so little attention to it? In the Hitchhiker’s guide to … Continue reading →

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Grace Under Pressure: Expectations

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Mary Swanson

ShareBy guest blogger Mary Swanson We all walk around with expectations. We expect things of ourselves and of others. We expect ourselves to behave, think, achieve, feel and even be met by others in certain ways. Some of these expectations … Continue reading →

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Grace Under Pressure: Reading the Signs

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Mary Swanson

ShareBy guest blogger Mary Swanson When I get in my car & the radio starts playing songs that talk directly to me, I know something’s up. We’ve all experienced hearing a song that really opens the heart, that feels like … Continue reading →

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Grace Under Pressure: “o and l”

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Mary Swanson

ShareBy guest blogger Mary Swanson I’ve lived in Vermont for 7 years now & ever since I got here,  I’ve been thinking about gender relationships.  Because when I tried to talk to guys, they’d immediately tell me they were married … Continue reading →

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Grace Under Pressure: Things, Things & Things

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Mary Swanson

ShareBy guest blogger Mary Swanson Back in the ’70′s in Iowa City, Iowa, there was a store called “Things, Things & Things.” It was a very up-scale store for Iowa. It was filled with exotic things from all over the … Continue reading →

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