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Mindfulness at play
Posted on September 1, 2021 1 Comment
When I was a kid, I remember my mom cleaning house furiously and midway through, sitting down in the living room on the cracked naugahyde couch with a cup of hot coffee and a lit cigarette, falling silent, staring into space. This was my introduction to meditation. Geri Wilimek, We Sit Meditation cushions, classes, and […]
This practice agrees with you
Posted on August 25, 2021 Leave a Comment
As I practice periodic mindful sessions of being agreeable, I experienced an AHA about myself so huge that I had to sit down. It helped me make sense of and have greater compassion for myself, leveled-up. (Which of course is then also projected toward others.) And it’s regarding wanting to be understood, and people-pleasing. These […]
On being agreeable
Posted on August 18, 2021 2 Comments
As I practice random daily bouts of being agreeable, I discover more about what being agreeable is, and what it is not. Here is what I am learning:
The practice of being agreeable
Posted on August 4, 2021 2 Comments
There’s a practice I’ve heard of, where you are simply agreeable for a day. Okay, okay — maybe that’s better described as a challenge. (I’ll bet someone in your life popped into your head there. Maybe it’s your own self. I see you.) Either way, the idea is that we purposefully, mindfully, and consciously choose […]
Remembering what’s important
Posted on July 28, 2021 Leave a Comment
Are you in a stage of things spinning up in your life? Or, are you in a period of rest in between? Life cycles on. Currently, I am emerging from a time of relative rest (pondering the big-picture, next-chapter desires) and literally moving into a time of uber-busy (we just sold our house). Have you […]