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mindfulness

8 Ways To Embrace Your Shadow

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While I love celebrating Christmas as a season of light and time of spiritual renewal, sometimes the days before and after this sacred holiday can be a bit dark for me. Between the cold, grey weather, honoring my deceased mother's Dec. 20th…
self-care

(Video) How Connected Are You?

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Researcher and journalist Johann Hari, describes in his best-selling book, Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solution nine types of connection that we all need to thrive. He believes connection…
mindfulness

(Video) Can I Honor My Shadow AND My Light?

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“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.” Mary Oliver This week is typically my heaviest of the year emotionally. Between the arrival of the Winter Solstice Dec. 21…
women’s retreat

5 solo dates to enjoy this weekend

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Three hours of free time have just "fallen" into your lap. What would you do? This happened to me last weekend and my first thought was, "A movie sounds good, but that's not happening."  After sitting on the couch for a while reflecting…
mindfulness

9 Ways To Embrace Your Shadow

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While I love celebrating Christmas as a season of light and time of spiritual renewal, sometimes the days before and after this sacred holiday can be a bit dark for me. Between the cold, grey weather, honoring my deceased mother's…
mindfulness

We gotta feel it if we’re gonna heal it!

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I just returned from Ireland and am excited to dive into a creative project I'll be working on this summer in the Blue Ridge Mountains. I am also exhausted from the intense emotional roller-coaster I've been on for the last six months and know I need time for deep relaxation. So this week I'm sitting with how I want to feel on Labor Day and where to direct my energy over the next 90 days. What's your intention for this summer?

Don’t be afraid of the dark

While I love celebrating Christmas as a season of light and time of spiritual renewal, often the days before and after this sacred holiday can be a bit dark for me. Between the cold, grey weather, honoring my deceased mother's birthday,…

How Depression Helped Me Nurture My Soul

I came out of the womb an optimist. I have what many sociologists call a high “happiness set point.”  Although I have anxious moments, I usually see the glass half full and tend to cycle quickly through negative emotions (so much so that…

Dancing with the Devil

The “devil” –if he lives—is our own negative thought patterns dragging us through the dirt into a self-created hell. Whether we choose or refuse this dance is fortunately up to us. Anonymous Have you ever had something really “bad”…

Don’t Be Afraid of Your Shadow

Traditionally the days before my Jan. 7th birthday are often the darkest days of the year for me. I often get sick—which is rare—and any anxieties, worries or fears that might have been buried over the past year, surface like long forgotten…

Mothering

I attended a really wonderful "active art" event last night in Austin in honor of Mother's Day, called Mothering: The Act Of. The evening was the brainchild of my creative friends Lynn and Aimee. We were asked to reflect on Mothering as an act…
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