Tag Archives: letting go

2014 The Engaging with a Wholeheart Project: November

Posted on November 23, 2014 by amindfullife

Cultivating Laughter, Song, and Dance: Letting go of ‘being cool’ and ‘always in control’. Eleven months ago I launched into this Wholeheart writing project having been deeply touched by watching the TED talks on vulnerability given by Brené Brown.  Her … Continue reading →

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2014 The Engaging with a Whole heart Project: August

Posted on August 15, 2014 by amindfullife

Cultivating Play and Rest – letting go of exhaustion as a status symbol and productivity as self-worth. For this past month of July I have gifted myself rest and play in a way that I have not felt or even … Continue reading →

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What are we doing?

Posted on December 1, 2013 by amindfullife

Since my house burned down I now have a better view Of the rising moon Haiku by Basho It has been difficult to come to this writing these past months.  To write from the heart as I have committed to … Continue reading →

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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 →

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What’s your edge?

Posted on August 3, 2013 by amindfullife

Edges A common metaphor used in our everyday language. ‘What’s your edge?’ ‘I’m on the edge?’ ‘Jumping off the edge.’  ‘Going over the edge.’ ‘Finding my way back from the edge.’ We have all kinds of edges. Learning edges. Comfort … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Dung beetle love story

Posted on February 21, 2013 by amindfullife

For the past few months there has been much in the news detailing recent scientific observations of my favorite beetle.  The dung beetle, a most amazing creature.  One that has been a totem of mine for quite some time with … Continue reading →

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