Author Archives: amindfullife

About amindfullife

Passionate about living every moment as best I can. Continually emergent and a work in progress

Let’s Begin Again

Posted on January 14, 2022 by amindfullife

” Over the many years that I have cultivated a mindfulness practice, I have noticed a growing, embodied stillness that has aided not only me but also my patients during times of great suffering and challenge. I first noticed the … Continue reading →

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The tulip trees are flowering

Posted on June 8, 2021 by amindfullife

In the back yard of my family home back in Germany stands a large tulip tree. My mother planted it sometime in 1994 after seeing one bloom in the US while attending my sister’s graduation in Iowa. So, this year, … Continue reading →

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VaccineDay#1 and an aquifer of memories

Posted on March 14, 2021 by amindfullife

My father loved to regale us with stories. Often at dinner time when everyone was present. He would tell stories from his childhood in Germany, his family, meeting my mother in Alsace, her family, or early memories from the 60s … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on dying in two chapters

Posted on January 20, 2020 by amindfullife

Take me home He takes my hands in his, and at the same time waves them away in frustration. He brings both his hands up, his arms shaky with effort. He uses them to show us what he means. What … Continue reading →

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FierceRising

Posted on March 9, 2017 by amindfullife

Who am I Who am I now Who is this person I call me Who is she   Is she the baby leaving the shores of her birth and first footsteps Never to return to it again as home Never … Continue reading →

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hibernation and possible migration

Posted on June 3, 2016 by amindfullife

So I haven’t written for awhile.  My writing is taking on a new form and this blog will take a break for some time, perhaps be retired.  Thank you for your faithful readership these past three years. It has been … Continue reading →

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Take a risk, what is there to lose?

Posted on February 14, 2016 by amindfullife

A year for taking risks. For leaping into your own life, into your own unfolding future. When did you last risk everything for a chance to live your life, this life that the soft gentle voice whispering in the depths … Continue reading →

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Look left Watson

Posted on January 8, 2016 by amindfullife

A Google search this morning using the words Sherlock Holmes “look left” came up with a scripted walkthrough of an online Sherlock Holmes game called ‘The Awakened’. A most apt falling into these musings. An awakening of sorts. An attending … Continue reading →

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WORLD AIDS DAY 2015

Posted on December 1, 2015 by amindfullife

She was still a young woman. She told me that she was having pain on her side, that she was not feeling well, that she would struggle to pick up the baby that day. That she thought her side was … Continue reading →

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I stopped writing at fifty

Posted on November 19, 2015 by amindfullife

I stopped writing at fifty. It seemed I had nothing more to say. Me! Who always had an opinion, could give lectures about the state of anything with confidence. Especially to my children. Had no more words. Nothing. Empty. The … Continue reading →

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