Tag Archives: courage

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 →

Posted in life, Life, stories & more, Love & loss, grief & joy | Tagged courage, leap year, love, Mary Oliver, no regrets, talk a risk, Valentins's Day | 1 Comment

2014 The Engaging with a Wholeheart Project: December

Posted on December 22, 2014 by amindfullife

The longest night of the year in the northern hemisphere has come and gone and even though winter still deepens into the end of the year, the light is slowly creeping in. For this wholeheart writing project- engaging life with … Continue reading →

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2014 The Engaging with a Whole heart Project: September

Posted on September 14, 2014 by amindfullife

Cultivating Calm and Stillness – Letting go of anxiety as a lifestyle In 1962 my mother embarked on a one thousand kilometer journey on her own in a little VW beetle with a ten month old child through the heart … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 Engaging with Wholeheart Project | Tagged anxiety, being home, courage, engaging with the heart, journey, kindness, Lake Victoria, mother, Mountains of the Moon, Mwanza, Ruwenzori, stillness and calm, vulnerability | 2 Comments

2014 The Engaging with a Wholeheart Project: May

Posted on June 1, 2014 by amindfullife

Cultivating Gratitude and Joy – Letting go of Scarcity and Fear of the Dark “Wanting a soul life without the dark, ………is like expecting an egg without the brooding heat of the mother hen.” © David Whyte from The Heart … Continue reading →

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2014 The Engaging with a Wholeheart Project: February

Posted on February 14, 2014 by amindfullife

Love After Love The time will come When, with elation You will greet yourself arriving At your own door, in your own mirror, And each will smile at the other’s welcome And say, sit here. Eat. You will love again … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 Engaging with Wholeheart Project | Tagged authenticity, Brene Brown, conviction, courage, curiosity, Derek Walcott, image, life, love, mirror, Valentins's Day, vulnerability, wholeheart | Leave a comment

Being Present

Posted on February 12, 2014 by amindfullife

Edition: International Edition: InternationalEducationMindfulness –… Mindfulness – our sixth sense: being present Author: Dr Patricia (Trish) Lück 12 February 2014 Share on linkedin Share on print Feature | Education This week, week four, of our ten week mindfulness series by … Continue reading →

Posted in ehospice: Mindfulness - our sixth sense | Tagged being with breathing, bodyscan, compassion, courage, curiosity, kindness, pleasant and unpleasant, presence | Leave a comment

The many blessings of longing and joy

Posted on January 25, 2014 by amindfullife

Thirteen years ago I came across a book in a local bookstore by Rachel Naomi Remen called My Grandfather’s Blessings. A book of stories of strength, refuge and belonging. For me it became a book of change, a call to … Continue reading →

Posted in ehospice: Mindfulness - our sixth sense, Life, stories & more | Tagged being seen, courage, full catastrophe, journey, joy, life, longing, presence, showing up, unconditional | Leave a comment

Watershed year!

Posted on December 31, 2013 by amindfullife

What a year it has been. A year of much water flowing, cascading, sometimes even bucketing down. Perhaps even a watershed year. Many tears shed, much pain experienced. Lots of laughter, joy, and love too. Many bridges built and crossed, … Continue reading →

Posted in Courage, difficult emotions & death in every moment | Tagged authenticity, Brene Brown, challenge, compassion, courage, creativity, curiosity, gratitude, intuition, kindness, laughter, life, love, meaningful work, mindful musings, resilience, Rilke, self-compassion, stillness, vulnerability, watershed, wholehearted | 1 Comment

A fool’s journey

Posted on September 5, 2013 by amindfullife

By David Whyte In that first hardly noticed moment in which you wake, coming back to this life from the other more secret, moveable and frighteningly honest world where everything began, there is a small opening into the new day … Continue reading →

Posted in Love & loss, grief & joy | Tagged attention, community, control, courage, heart, journey, joy, letting go, life, loss, love, presence, transitions | 4 Comments

Silence, the answer

Posted on July 1, 2013 by amindfullife

We fear the silence The letting go The being alone The death that comes But only in the silence When all is quiet When the breath can be heard When the sound of this moment arrives Do … Continue reading →

Posted in Love & loss, grief & joy | Tagged being alone, courage, death, fear, letting go, presence, silence, trust, waiting | Leave a comment

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