Filling the Cup

In "Filling the Cup: Simple Rituals to Heal the Heart," author and ritualist, Joy Martinello takes 20 challenging emotional states like anger, jealousy and grief, and offers readers 20 simple practices they can do to transform a difficult feeling into a more positive one. In preparation she invites readers to walk into their kitchens and pull out a few basic items. By performing simple actions with these objects like filling a cup with water, knotting and then cutting strings or submerging a stone in water, she demonstrates how a person in distress can communicate with their emotionally wounded, deeper self and invite healing. Performing a physical action with a specific intention is at the heart of changing one's life through ritual.