Ease-ment of the Week
These practices can offer a little sense of relief from the stress of living in this crazy world. Most of them are conveniently portable.
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Easing the Journey Through Shadow & Light
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- Feb 9
- 3 min
It's Amazing How Much How Little Will Do: The Return of the Mini-Toolkit
A reprise of the mini anti-anxiety toolkit (plus one) with the quickest, simplest anti-anxiety tools.
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- Jan 12
- 5 min
Strike a Balance: COVID Info Plus Some Fun
Three parts to this post: COVID Info & Resources, Good News about COVID, and Fun Ways to Distract Yourself from Bad News. Read any or all!
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- Sep 29, 2021
- 5 min
Screen Time: Why I (Finally) Got Rid of My Television
Some part of me had known I was in denial when I sat on that cold kitchen floor. But I denied my denial.
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- Sep 22, 2021
- 4 min
27 Varieties of Gratitude
When others are grateful toward you for what you have done, it makes you want to do more for them. This has the same effect on...
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- Sep 8, 2021
- 3 min
Behind Your Back?
A little odd perhaps, but with the conference approaching I was getting more and more nervous, so I gave it a try.
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- Jun 30, 2021
- 3 min
Up the Ladder and Down the Wall
Over the past week I stumbled across three short pieces of writing in different places. And noticed a few things that made me ponder...
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- Jun 2, 2021
- 4 min
She Was There All Along
The power, the sweat, the struggle, the elemental, primordial nature of birth. The incredible joy of new life when it is complete.
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- May 26, 2021
- 4 min
The Joy of Reading Aloud
It was like taking a journey together, like discovering a new planet just for us, yet feeling safe and cozy, as if we were in a nest.
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- May 19, 2021
- 4 min
Words, Glorious Words!
I love words so much sometimes I just want to eat them! Plus sitting on a dictionary...
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- May 12, 2021
- 5 min
Beating the Bully at His Own Game: A Waking Dream
I know what it's like to be bullied--there's fear, humiliation and frustration as someone bigger & stronger taunts & threatens you.
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- May 5, 2021
- 3 min
Stories in Miniature: Tiny Toolkit of Quotations #2
I like quotations--they can be a bit like tiny stories, complete with a conflict or problem and some sort of resolution. And they're short!
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- Apr 21, 2021
- 3 min
Healing into the New Normal: Gentle Re-Entry as the Pandemic Begins (we hope) to Ease
When astronauts go through re-entry, they may be coming back home to some semblance of "normal" but no one expects re-entry to be simple.
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- Apr 14, 2021
- 4 min
You Listen and You Tell and You Become
"If stories come to you, care for them....learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food."
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- Mar 31, 2021
- 4 min
How We've Stayed Married, Part 3: Accepting Otherness
Otherness is an odd--and cosmic--corollary to oneness. Otherness in a relationship can take many forms. There are big differences like...
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- Mar 17, 2021
- 3 min
We're Gonna Have Fun, I Know We Will: The Arbor Hill ABCs
A lighthearted song...I hope it brightens up your day, bringing back some good memories--your own or maybe your kids' or grandkids'.
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- Mar 10, 2021
- 4 min
A Strange Mirror
This strange mirror, this odd form of grace, though uncomfortable, has on occasion helped me see myself a lot more clearly.
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- Mar 3, 2021
- 5 min
A Few (More) Ideas from an Inveterate Journaler
My first discovery of the use of dialog in journaling was back in the mid-1980s, not long after I moved to Charlottesville.
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- Feb 24, 2021
- 4 min
Gently Unfolding Your Heart: A Few Suggestions from an Inveterate Journaler
I let the pictures whisper, or call out, so they become like dream images, leaving more room for revelation, for mythic or mystical meaning.
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- Feb 17, 2021
- 3 min
Mindfulness and the Prodigal Yo-yo
I focus on my breath. I get distracted. Oops. Okay. And again. So many times that I feel like one of those toys on a string...
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