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Everyday supervillans
Posted on March 11, 2020 Leave a Comment
Okay, here we go: Who are the people in your life who have hurt you the most? Maybe they’re alive, maybe they’re not — for this personal reflection that’s not the point. (The point isn’t about getting all riled up about it, as you will shortly see, so don’t be afraid to really go here.) If […]
How Wayne’s World helped me find a state of grace
Posted on February 12, 2020 Leave a Comment
What is humility? I had always thought it meant realizing that I’m human, imperfect. Now I have a fuller understanding of humility. It’s a state of grace. One in which we not only realize that we are human and imperfect, we allow for that. We love and accept our human selves, in the face of […]
Let go of letting go; try this instead.
Posted on September 11, 2019 Leave a Comment
You know when something bugs us, and we spend so much mental bandwidth trying to not let it bother us that now it’s all we can focus on? And the more we try to not let it bother us the more bothersome it becomes? For example: The ninja-like fly buzzing around your kitchen that keeps […]
Begin Again
Posted on August 28, 2019 Leave a Comment
Each day is a do-over. A re-start. A try again. A new beginning. This awareness is a lovely mini-ritual of self-care. Like a daily shower. Or morning coffee. What in your life could use a…? Nope. Today,
Self-Compassion, Leveled Up
Posted on April 10, 2019 3 Comments
I heard a description of self-compassion the other day that changed my world. My entire body melted in resonance, even as my mind kept moving ahead. This incongruent body response was so profound, I thought I better pay attention. Self-compassion is the ability to be easy with yourself, no matter what is going on in […]
