June 2, 2013 Add one something, anything, that you think might benefit you. Pick a thing that you think you need to do in a big way but you don’t do it because it’s too hard. And instead of biting off the whole thing, take one small bite. And do it for only 3 minutes, …
Seedlings
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Default
May 26, 2013 My default setting is blame. Or more precisely, when I’m triggered or on emotional overload, my go to response is: ‘Let’s find someone to blame for how bad I feel’. It feels so familiar it probably started in the womb—not blaming anyone for that !:) When I’m on default I’m hard pressed …
Soft Belly
May 17, 2013 Given that we’re all raised to hold in that belly, my title sounds like an oxymoron, doesn’t it!? I’ve spent a few blogs talking about your breath. I guess my redundancy indicates how important I think it is. Judith Lief calls the breath “our simplest and possibly most profound connection with life…”. …
It’s Not What You Think It Is
May 4, 2013 Meditation is not about stopping your thoughts, achieving perfection or even becoming ‘better’ (a euphemism for pretending to be someone you’re not!). And it’s most definitely not about adding one more burdensome chore to your already way too short day! It’s about becoming familiar with who you are. It’s about, for a …
LOVE
April 25, 2013 What on earth is it? We throw the word around like we sprinkle salt on our eggs. Here’s a stab at what it’s not. It’s not self-sacrifice. It’s not saccharin words—you know what I mean—”I’ll love you forever”, “Love means never having to say you’re sorry”, and my favorite, “You complete me”. …
Vulnerability
April 16, 2013 On my website you’ll see this quote: “We are never more powerful than when we are completely vulnerable and know that we have nothing to defend”. I think it’s an original quote from me, but anyone who knows me knows that for most of my life I’ve had a powerful addiction to …
Desire
April 11, 2013 Desire is tricky. It fools us into believing that the object of our desire is literally the only thing that matters. Our world narrows down to the vision of having that car, or dress, or miracle face cream, the boy across the street, the piece of cake or the new job, the …
Turn All Mishaps Into The Path
April 12, 2013 I finally bit the bullet and made the decision to get the newest Iphone. On the way to the store I was hugely excited! And confident that it would be an easy transition from one phone to another. But by the time I left the store after my third return visit in …
Help! I Need Your Advice
March 23, 2013 As you may have noticed, I’ve been having some trouble posting comments that people have sent in response to Seedlings. So me and my website genius friend, Kim LeClair, have been trying to figure out the best way to take care of the problem. There are lots of ways to facilitate conversation …
Resistance
March 17, 2013 Our lives are made up of the stuff we think shouldn’t be happening… I was with a client the other day and she was telling me about a very difficult history that she’s experienced over the last twenty years or so. She said when she was younger she was carefree and that …