2025 August 28 When was the last time you said to yourself, “whoa, I didn’t know how much I needed that?” I recently returned home from a weeklong meditation retreat experience and reflected to a close friend. In the moment of sending a quick text, the words that surfaced were, “it was everything […]
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“You are a being so vast, so complex, with amazing capacities for self-regulation and healing. Let me be one of the harbingers that lead you to the mysterious core of your being where insight and wisdom are naturally available when called upon with a sincere heart.” From: A Felt Sense Prayer, author unknown shared by
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3 July 2025 I’ve made an observation over the past few months. Traditional news sources and social media have been broadcasting impending threats and bad to worse news (here in the U.S.) In response to all the doom and gloom, I might expect a parade of overwhelmed and hopeless clients moving listlessly through my
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10 February 2025 Have you ever felt stuck inside a pattern no matter how much thought and effort you put towards correcting it? As a long time meditator, I recognize these patterns as part of my experience as a human. Yay! I’m a human. I am alive. And I struggle with the same
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17 December 2024 I’m almost at the midway point in a self-led gratitude practice. Today is day 20 of a proposed 50-day continuous daily practice. It isn’t difficult. Finding something, or many things, people or privileges to dedicate my gratitude towards comes easily. I have a pretty good life and am surrounded by goodness
8 November 2024 I don’t know about you but I appreciate a little structure in my life. And current technological advances and “apps” sometimes can provide easy and supportive structure to everyday life. Now we even have “apps” that help us organize our “apps” and specifically to manage subscription services and auto payments, and
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October 18, 2024 “Times are difficult globally; awakening is no longer a luxury or an ideal. It’s becoming critical. We don’t need to add more depression, more discouragement, or more anger to what’s already here. It’s becoming essential that we learn how to relate sanely with difficult times. The earth seems to be beseeching
4 October 2024 A few weeks ago marked the fall equinox. I started this post back then. In my world September was lively, sparkling with engagement, and fully enjoyable. And part way through this favorite month of mine I started looking forward to some grounded stability that October seemed to promise. While thinking about
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16 September 2024 You should know that what follows will *not be a technical article about running. On the spectrum of being well-informed about running I’m likely above average. Through my clinical doctorate in physical therapy I have studied biomechanics, and treated people who run, or want to run again in various settings. I’ve
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2 August 2024 In the past four years of living in Maine I have made the observation that summers here have a very distinct pace. Fast. And I feel the sweetness of it. The longer days, the increased light, the beauty of both the water and the forested mountains all have a different taste
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