Category: Mindfulness
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Mindfulness and Disappointment
Most folks share the overtly positive sides of mindfulness without talking much about the internal conversations and work necessary to be in practice. Today, I wanted to share a bit about how I keep things practical; namely the internal reflection and checks I do to ensure I’m allowing space for a negative reaction but not…
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37, The Year of Yes
37 was the year of “enthusiastic yes” (shout out to Pleasure Activism) But – How did we get there? Because to know me is to know that my favorite word and sentence is: “No”.
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From Voracious to Sated: Reading with and in spite of depression.
All relationships change as we grow; we either hold ourselves open to that possibility or we contend against inevitable stagnancy. I was struggling with reading the way I used to; reading every single book in existence wasn’t sustainable. Finishing each book I started, when I started it didn’t always fit. Being hard on myself for…
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On: Evolution
I’ve spent weeks belly aching internally about the look of the website, all the things I want to do – get back to, and delight in again and I’ve decided to take my own advice; perfection is the enemy of now. If I don’t have something to refine, then I’m lost to the worlds in…
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A planner, planning.
I’ve always been the girlie that needs her planner. I need to write it down. I need to feel my pen glide across the page. This is my favorite time of year because I re-up on my planner, stickers and journals. I don’t deviate when it comes to my journals; that is set at a…
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Putting the Personal in Development
There were no words. Until there are a lot of them. There were no words. Until it’s a rant so we can catch up. I’ve been ascribing to the tenant “Do I really need to say this?” for a few years now but there was a moment last year that silence bloomed in me in…
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Day 3.
Unpolished rumination on Saturnians, particularly Capricorn placements. I’m not an astrologer – I just hold up the 2 things that I know up to the light and find myself where personal development intersects. ….. Thinking about what it means to have Saturn placements. Truly. And I’m not a chart reader or super experienced in any…
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On Flowers
I don’t usually pick flowers from the plants I tend. I generally let them fall and even tuck their browning petals into the pot. These flowers fell victim to the rain and wind last night and were still so beautiful so I wanted to give them a place of honor. I made a mini altar…
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Of a certain age…
I’ve officially gotten to that age where I’m looking for meaning in everything in the past; bastardizing Facebook to get back in contact with friends that I casually walked away from and I’m looking forward hoping that life’s lessons and the people I have around me will help me move forward. The people who were…
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On goodness
I have to say that amongst the negativity I’ve met good people, who I wish I could be the pinnacle of good to in return for their kindness and patience…but I don’t do that well. Instead, I will acknowledge that everything isn’t always all bad however I wish I could do more to make them…
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Katrina, Gustav and all the Others.
On the day that Katrina Hit we could say our lives as a country were changed just as it was changed on Sept 11Th. While we can not compare the loss in lives, the outpouring of compassion and outrage was there in full force in the same way for a number of reasons. Here we…
Lux 