This weekend, we march into the uncharted territory of a new year – one whose gifts, challenges, opportunities and blessings are yet unknown. The question is, will you show up for it? It is a choice, you know. Everything is. Every day, you are offered the chance to choose growth, to choose to know yourself …
There’s a lot of talk about “magic” during this season of celebration, and reflection. It’s usually relegated to conversations about children, and rooted in the idea that magic is a construct – a filter we lay over top of reality to enhance their experience during this season of festivity. This quote from Yeats reframes things …
A lovely thought for this Monday…as we all consider the abundance around us, may we also develop the capacity for recognizing it within us. Be the light, and then spread the light… Photo credit: Raphael Schaller
How’s this Friday find you? Are you already checked out for a holiday weekend/week/season, or still grinding away on some last-minute projects? Or, maybe, the season itself is a project for you…if so, you may want to check back on this post from a week or so ago, and make sure you’re taking care of …
Last year around this time, I wrote a post about “acceptance, and the lack thereof.” Acceptance is a Buddhist concept often incorporated into mindfulness (which is not an explicitly Buddhist practice), that basically encourages you to be real about the circumstances around you. Struggling with whether things should or shouldn’t be the way they are …
This quote aligns a bit with last Monday’s quote, and is not a bad bookend for last week overall, with Wednesday’s post about getting it all right, all the time. As we dive into spending time with people important to us this season, it can be tough to separate the love from the judgment. Why …
End of a long week for you? Maybe a few late nights, for a variety of reasons? As we discussed earlier this week, ‘tis the season for draining your tank all the way to empty, only to judge yourself in the morning for how much is still on your plate to do, or maybe more …
This time of year can be full of highs and lows. The season itself is hectic, let alone all the end-of-semester/quarter/year work you need to manage. Some of you are hearing from business schools with decisions that impact your future, while others are still grinding on those essays or exams for January application deadlines. There’s …
Morning! Hope your weekend included a few adventures and opportunities to open your mind. This quote from Carl Jung is a nice reminder that it’s easier to rely on patterns of thought we already have in place for assessing new experiences. But, if you’re present and really paying attention, you might find some new ways …
This week, we definitely took a swim in the deeper end of the mindfulness pool with our conversation on the truth, and its various complexities. If you stuck around for it, I give you credit, as it wasn’t the easiest stuff to digest. But, such is the work of growing into ourselves, right? If you …
