Yes, I am that nerdy that I squee for the opportunity to torture myself with another monthly writing challenge. April is National Poetry Month, therefore, is it the perfect opportunity to write a poem a day as a part of National Poetry Writing (#NaPoWriMo) I’ve been chomping at the bit since my own personal #MyPoWriMo…
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The Lazy Person’s Guide to Saving the World
The United Nations is a renowned champion of global sustainability, committed to ensuring a brighter future for all. In this effort, the organization has created a webpage affectionately dubbed “The Lazy Person’s Guide to Saving the World,” offering a one-stop destination for anyone seeking to make a positive impact. The webpage is centered around the…
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Internal Family Systems and Medicine Buddha. I had my first IFS (Internal Family Systems) therapy today with my BFF Tamara Lebak. She’s been at me for a while to try it, and this is the first opportunity she and I have had to sit and do something more than focused, and intentional than just our…
Pause, then pivot
So much can change in an instant. I think many of us recognize of taking a pause to reflect on life’s grand spectacle, or when met with a challenge, or stressor. Stop for a moment (see what I did there?), and think about the value of the breath- Mindfulness, is not just about sitting.It’s about bringing your…
We made it.
Here we are folks. One month to the day; pushing 4k miles; the tally has not yet been rung on the number of hotels; one dumpy air b-n-b in Poughkeepsie; and um-thirteen states? Frankly, it was, exhausting. Exhilarating. Enraging. Enlightening. But ya gotta push those boundaries to grow.
Living out of my car . . .
. . . I’m not. But I am spending a lot of time in it as we look for a place to call home. We will find one, please don’t feel sorry for me, it’s frustrating and difficult, but we are just in between. What I would like you to do, is take that flash…
To Autumn
By John Keats Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run; To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees, And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core; To swell the gourd, and plump the…
Can’t Get No Satisfaction
Maybe it’s pandemic recovery, or maybe it’s an overall dissatisfied malaise with the current social-paradigm we all seem to be mired into — but if you find yourself cruising the want ads, weighing your options, and buffing up your CV — you are not alone. And heads up those doing the hiring, workers have needs….
Pause, then pivot
So much can change in an instant. I think many of us recognize of taking a pause to reflect on life’s grand spectacle , or when met with a challenge, or stressor. But stop for a moment (see what I did there?), and think about the value of the breath-pause in the more minutia moments we encounter. Mindfulness, is…
Rumplestilt-zen
Sometimes while I’m really rocking a meditation, and I am feeling the flow of breath, in and out, and I find that sweet spot. I wonder; just how long could I sit? Forever? What would happen if I went all Rumplestiltskein, bump-on-a-log, and just sat? I imagine the world passing by in a blur, like…