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Returning from the Holidays
Posted on December 27, 2017 Leave a Comment
Work with the beast rather than against it. –Wendy Snobl After-Christmas carnage. Post-holiday burnout. Re-entry back into normal life. There is no normal life, Wyatt. There’s just Life. Take in each moment, right where you are. Swept away by the uncleaned floors? Drowning in the drooping decorations? Swamped under flooding laundry baskets? Work with […]
Holiday Peace
Posted on December 20, 2017 Leave a Comment
May we all find –even create– a little bit of peace each day. Peace while jockeying for a parking space. Peace as we hustle our bustle amid legions of others doing the same. Peace with the children in their unbridled excitement. Peace with unsolidified plans as specific dates draw near. Peace during extra-busy time […]
GUEST POST — Depression Success Story: “My Daily Recipe for Staying Mostly Depression-Free”
Posted on December 13, 2017 2 Comments
You may not have made a connection between spiritual practices and balancing or warding off depression. Then again, maybe you have. Depression is a human condition continuum that can range from a difficult day to a doctor’s diagnosis. If I tell myself that I’m not afflicted by depression because I don’t have a prescription, yet […]
Courage is My Safe Word
Posted on December 6, 2017 Leave a Comment
It’s not about scaring yourself, or searching for a fear so that you can conquer it. It’s not about waking up every day looking for, or creating, something to overcome. Those are great approaches if you do have something that you’ve been avoiding — by all means, face that fear. Be brave. Do the thing […]
A Great Reply for “So…What’s New with You?”
Posted on November 29, 2017 Leave a Comment
It’s easy to undervalue our interests. We think we have to master a skill, have actual talent, in order to own it. That if we’re dabbling, playing with something — for fun! — our interest is not yet ready to be declared. So here’s another creativity exercise for us to keep the plasticity in our brains […]
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