mindfulness – PhD in Being Me

Reflections

It is easy to not feel good sometimes. It is easy to amass all kinds of evidence about my shortcomings, failures and deficiencies. It is much harder, sometimes, to focus on all that is going well and all the good I bring to the world. A few weeks ago, I was sitting by the creekContinue reading “Reflections”

So Beautiful – a poem

So Beautiful This dance of pain, exhaustion, joy and loveIs so so beautifulHow could I trade the way I am and the ways I experience lifeWhen it leads to such depth of feeling?The love I feel in my heart for humanity this morning is so preciousSo all encompassing, pure and full of tendernessAnd yet theContinue reading “So Beautiful – a poem”

Welcome into my heart

I have a big, caring heart I love sharing my heart with others and inviting them in to sit at my heart’s warm hearth To rejuvenate, restore, be filled up so I can hold space for them This is who I am at my core A big, caring, welcoming heart who wants to share herContinue reading “Welcome into my heart”

Breathing in and actually letting it out

Today feels like the kind of day where I need to remember to breathe in and out. To be with the rhythm of my breath, to breathe in, feel everything that is uncomfortable and actually breathe it out. As I have written before, I am learning to be inspired by nature. Over the past fewContinue reading “Breathing in and actually letting it out”

Life on country roads

Several years ago, I heard a beautiful analogy that really applied to my life: the different types of roads and the speeds allowed on each one to understand the various phases of life. Right now, I am traveling on country roads. I can speed up and get on a two lane highway for a shortContinue reading “Life on country roads”

Phases of life: micro versus macro

I am working towards getting a PhD in Being Me, and that means learning about myself, noticing what I am feeling, and adjusting as necessary. Lately, I have really started to understand that I go through phases where I have a micro or a macro focus. I used some images above to try to illustrateContinue reading “Phases of life: micro versus macro”

Building resilience and what does that even mean?

I used to think that I was broken because I can feel things so deeply in my mind, body, soul and heart. I used to think I was not good enough because I was always working on myself. In writing on this blog, and reading my beautiful friend Carla’s comments, and the comments of someContinue reading “Building resilience and what does that even mean?”

Choosing consciously

May this poem inspire you to be kinder to yourself while making healthy and conscious choices! Big hugs!

Making peace with suffering

A beautiful, tiny, one-day old baby chick named Lillium taught so much about suffering in her time with us. She arrived at 9:15 am on May 31, 2023, and she passed away by 6:30am the next day. We got 7 one-day old baby chicks, and they are all so precious and cute. Baby chicks areContinue reading “Making peace with suffering”

Shattered Innocence

Sometimes life is just so disappointing, so much so that one’s heart breaks and it feels like all the good inside has died. This poem is about those types of day. As I wrote it, it felt very sad and angry. As I kept writing, I felt like my shattered innocence was giving me aContinue reading “Shattered Innocence”