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So, you want to be a badass?
Oh my gosh. Why is this so scary? Tough = Vulnerable I love the quote this week. It is so very true that the most rebellious thing we can do in a disconnected and harsh world is to show our hearts. Show your heart to your friends. Show your heart to your family. Show your…
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Growing Your Intuition
This simple intuition practice helped changed my life. Trusting Your Inner Knowing Do you find yourself distracted by the noise of stress, fears, the overwhelming voices and information on social media, concerns about what others think, and ruminating thoughts? At the end of last year I found myself really pulled this way and that with…
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Grief with Gratitude: a gratitude ritual
Honoring our loved ones who are no longer here. Grieving with Gratitude I have seen that grief has been emerging in our community. I feel for you and am so inspired by your vulnerable and honest gratitude sharing. I decided to create this month’s gratitude ritual with grief in mind and I was so very…
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Great Works Started and Sustained
You have so much to offer the world. Tapping Into Your Softness and Strength The rain came thunderous and hard then soft and gentle. Afterward I went outside to enjoy the cool summer air. The light all around was soft and airy. It was the middle of the day but everything seemed so still and…
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Planting in Your Soul
What is planted in each person’s soul will sprout. ~Rumi A Perfect Time to Look Within Today, the day after the eclipse, the day after the new moon, is a great time to look within and get clarity on what you are wanting to plant in your soul. There is a rich tradition of farming…
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What Do You Stand For?
We stood for peace. We stood for equity. Then we had dinner together. Start In This Moment If you want to create a better future. Start in this moment. Take a stand. It was easy for me to say that I am against white supremacy but I struggled to put into words what I was taking…
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The Gift of a Full Moon: a gratitude ritual
Try this centering gratitude ritual. Start With The Moon I love the quote this week but I haven’t shared it before now because I always thought it was a little contradictory. I thought if you are waiting for good things to come to you how is that giving thanks continuously? Then I reflected on the…
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Prettier Than Ordinary
Let your curiosity play. Look deeper. Find something just a little prettier than ordinary. Try This, Instead of Questioning Everything Be curious. Notice sensations in your body without telling a story about them. Go outside. Listen to the song of nature or the city or whatever song is humming. Find something alive and look closer.…
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Cultivate Tenderness
Don’t be afraid of your tender heart. It feels too vulnerable. It feels scary. But it is healing. Healing Ourselves with Gratitude and Tenderness I spent my entire life trying to be tough. I wanted to be seen as cool. I wanted people to think that there is nothing they could do to hurt me…
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Give Your Body This Gift
I almost didn’t share this picture because I was embarrassed about my body. Honor Your Body With Gratitude There our bodies are each and every moment of each and every day. They are carrying us through our lives. We push them when we are busy. We rest them when we can. And we complain when…
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Celebrating Our Lives
One the same day I was having a bunch of friends and family over to celebrate me I sat in a temazcal practicing humility. And this is what I realized. Celebrating Ourselves While Remaining Humble Practicing gratitude shows us how to celebrate our lives and ourselves without getting swept up in ego. Because humility is…
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I Have To Admit I Haven’t Been Feeling It
This isn’t the first time. What has worked for me in the past? It's There in the Moment and Then Poof I usually do my daily gratitude practice right before bed. I have tried other times but before bed is what works best for me. But every once in a while I go through a…
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Blessed with Each Bite
Thank you, fish. Thank you, basil. Thank you, tomato. Food Appreciation The freshly caught fish from the mountain stream tasted so good. I said aloud, “thank you”. How often do we thank our food? Each meal. Each bite. It is giving us a gift. The gift of life. When I thanked that fish I thought…
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Savor That Pleasure
Immersed. Rich and thick. Fragrant and flavorful. Being fully in it. Savoring It Fully You are inspired to seek out pleasure and relaxation. How will you be when you show up for that pleasure? Fully present. Noticing. Listening. Tasting. Smelling. Feeling. Seeing. And with all of these senses, diving deep into that noticing. Noticing the…
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The Gift of Relaxation
But I don’t have time. Micro relaxation. A Moment of Relaxation Continuing our topic of pleasure from last week today we explore relaxation. Relaxation can be one of the simplest pleasures but we make it out to be this huge unattainable thing. We are so damn busy. That is true but no matter how busy…
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Awash in Pleasure
Don’t you miss feeling good? You Deserve To Feel Good For so many of us pleasure is not part of our daily lives. If it happens, great. But we do little to facilitate it, welcome it, create space for it. Then when we want it we expect our bodies to just quickly move from…
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Noticing Is Life
What teacher is life giving you right now? I Almost Stepped On It On My Way to See Something Else I escaped to the forest for three days. A little solitude. A lot of family. The entire time I never took one picture but as I was leaving I was drawn in to the…
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The Wisdom of a Long Life
An elder taught me these words to live by but the irony is that the words taught me that it isn't only elders with wisdom. I Am Grateful For These Words These last two weeks have been pretty challenging. It all stemmed from receiving harsh criticism from someone I consider an elder and mentor;…
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If You Want To See Something Ugly
This Basquiat quote is just so damn true. Seeing It All Do you want to see the ugliness in the world? Do you want to see the beauty in the world? It isn't really a choice. We have the capacity for both. But we just have to remember that if we want to see…
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Heartfelt Gratitude For Your Mom
A recipe for Mother’s Day gratitude. Mom, Grandmother, Mother Earth, Like a Mom to Me This Sunday is Mother’s Day and what a beautiful time to reflect with gratitude on our own mom, grandmother, mother earth or those who are like a mother to us. Even if the person you want to express your…