Keri Mangis

Minneapolis

Columnist at The Edge Magazine

Writer at The Power Source with Keri Mangis

Award-winning author of Embodying Soul, now available in audio!

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Articles

3 Ram Dass-Inspired Tips for Anxiety

3 weeks ago | spiritualityhealth.com | Keri Mangis

I’ve nearly lost count of the number of things that make me anxious. I feel anxiety about my daughters living on opposite coasts, too far for me to help in a crisis. I have had more than the occasional panic attack thinking about how little we are doing to mitigate climate change. Then comes dread—a cousin of anxiety—when I witness the increasing frequency and intensity of “once in a lifetime” storms.
A Visualization Exercise for Anxiety

1 month ago | spiritualityhealth.com | Keri Mangis

Growing up, the best advice I ever heard for managing fear and anxiety was from The Brady Bunch. Jan is nervous about a presentation she has to give at school. Her dad suggests that when she’s standing in front of the class to give her speech that she picture the audience in their underwear.
Why You Should Honor Menopause with ‘Pause Day’

2 months ago | spiritualityhealth.com | Keri Mangis

The best definition for perimenopause I have heard to date is “reverse puberty.” What a perfect way to describe what it is like to live in a body that is no longer comfortable or known! And it is a good reminder that this transition is not a series of rapid changes, but a gradual movement to a new normal. Plus, the more you look, the more you see how much puberty and menopause truly do have in common.
I Must be Going Mad

Nov 20, 2024 | medium.com | Keri Mangis

Keri Mangis·FollowPublished inThe Dissident·8 min read·--And honestly, all the best people are. Photo by Ksenia Yakovleva on Unsplash“Sometimes madness seems like the only possible response to the insanity of the civilized world. Sometimes holding ourselves together is not an option, and the only way forward is to allow ourselves to fall apart. Sometimes anger and grief is a necessary precursor to transformation.”~Sharon Blackie, If Women Rose RootedWe do see the writing on the wall, do we not?
It’s a Dark Night of the Soul for the Democrats

Nov 19, 2024 | medium.com | Keri Mangis

And that means we don’t just “get back up again” — not quite yet. Keri Mangis·FollowPublished inThe Dissident·4 min read·--Photo by Chris Buckwald on UnsplashThe 16th-century mystic St. John of the Cross coined the term “dark night of the soul” while undergoing immense spiritual confusion and pain. In modern times, the term is often used in spiritual circles to describe the emptiness one feels after losing a sense of purpose, place, or identity.
The Art of Being a Hermit

Aug 19, 2024 | spiritualityhealth.com | Keri Mangis

About once a year, I steal away from the constant noise of my everyday life and spend a few days, maybe even a week, in my sacred space. My sacred space is a tiny cottage in the woods in the middle of Minnesota. Here, the only sounds besides those of my own footsteps are the singing of the birds and the scampering of the squirrels. For my stay, most of my needs are readily taken care of.
8 Productive Things to Do During a Hot Flash

Aug 1, 2024 | medium.com | Keri Mangis

And holy blazing fires of hell is the emphasis on hot!If you have reached this critical milestone in life, congratulations! You know well the sudden washes of heat, the flushed face, the soaked sheets. "Is it warm in here?" you asked, fanning yourself with a pocketbook. "Uh, not really," someone answered, looking at you cross-eyed. "Must be you."It all started with a simple observation. Ah yes, indeed. It is me.
Standing Your Ground in the Shifting Middle

Jul 18, 2024 | medium.com | Keri Mangis

How best efforts at compromise shift the Overton WindowAn old friend reached out to me recently after nearly two decades of no communication. He wrote to comment on one of my articles, specifically, this one, an in-depth article about our addiction to duality consciousness and the need for unity consciousness. "No one is preaching the middle even though that is where the majority stand (I hope!).
The Seduction of the Scam

Jul 12, 2024 | medium.com | Keri Mangis

When the adage "Always see the good in people" fails usA curious fact about human beings: We really hate it when someone pulls something over us. From an uncle's "got your nose" jokes when we were kids, to a bank's hidden fees, to phishing scams, to an overseas prince's promise of a big payout, few of us like to talk or think about the times when we found ourselves the victim of a scam. But we've all fallen for them, on some scale or another. It's not just older people.
6 Self-Care Tips for the Dark Night of the Soul

Jul 12, 2024 | spiritualityhealth.com | Keri Mangis

Who am I? Why am I here? What is the purpose of human life? Throughout our lifetime, we humans experience all kinds of varying crises. With these difficult times come impossible-to-answer questions. There is the identity crisis, where we lose a title, role, or job that gave us credibility in the world. The midlife crisis, where we face restricted possibilities, limitations, and the inevitability of death.