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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- Nov 9, 2022
- 4 min
It's Amazing How Much...
As humans we seem to be attracted, even addicted at times, to the negative. This gave our ancestors a survival edge. The good news is…
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- Oct 26, 2022
- 3 min
A Twelve Billion Year Legacy
It gives me a sense of how vast I am in some ways, and how a ridiculously tiny at the same time.
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- Oct 19, 2022
- 3 min
Leaves Falling...On Us
Sometimes they fall on us--that's always fun--but they rarely land exactly where we think they will.
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- Sep 21, 2022
- 3 min
The Latitude of Gratitude
I have enjoyed using the somewhat cutesy (but memorable) phrase, "an attitude of gratitude." And what did I realize today?
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- Sep 14, 2022
- 1 min
A Little Lightness
Anti-Anxiety Tool of the Week: Laugh and Smile Way back in the 1980s in his book, Anatomy of an Illness, Saturday Review editor and...
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- Jun 8, 2022
- 4 min
All or Nothing? Listening for Our Common Grief
Can we honor our common grief, our common tendencies to slide into all-or-nothing in the aftermath of these terrible traumatic events?
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- May 4, 2022
- 4 min
It's About Us
Loosen, fingers, loosen your death grip on this very day. Open to the atmosphere of open, drink in large draughts of clear.
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- Feb 9, 2022
- 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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- Nov 24, 2021
- 3 min
A Serving of Criticism? Or Kindness?
A few months ago I had a dream about my dad, who died in 2007. He was talking on the phone with two rather verbally abusive people...
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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 15, 2021
- 4 min
Swiss Cheese and the Pandemic: A Few COVID Resources
Think of COVID protection as if it were Swiss cheese. Each slice has holes somewhere, but if we are strategic about the placement...
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- Sep 1, 2021
- 3 min
To Love What Death Can Touch
A fearful thing to love, to hope, to dream, to be–to be, And oh, to lose. A thing for fools, this, And a holy thing, a holy thing to love.
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- Jul 21, 2021
- 3 min
Here.
The essence of mindfulness. When I am here, I can feel my feet, feel my breath, feel my beating heart--notice in this moment that I am okay.
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- Jun 16, 2021
- 1 min
My Shortest Poem
This is a good sequel for almost all of the tools I've shared over the last year. In fact, it is probably the most important concept of all.
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- Jun 9, 2021
- 2 min
A Sense of Beauty?
People reported an increased sense of well-being & happiness when experiencing beauty. So, here are some photos I think are beautiful.
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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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- 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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- 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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