Welcome, Autumnal Equinox
Fall is both a softening of the heat and a descending of nature—where summer leaves drop to the earth and feed the soil to once again be reborn in the coming spring.
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Category: Empower Me
A Non-Binary Koan
By Henry Blanke Show me your body before you were conceived. Disciple Di Lan sat brow to...
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Navigating this One Wild Life: Needed Core Values as Guardrails
By Tyler Lewke I got to spend some sweet time with my mom this last week. We laughed and...
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Mindfulness and Cognitive Impairment: How Mindfulness Helps Me After a Stroke (or 10)
By David Jones On September 2nd, 2019 I had a migraine, and along with it a small stroke (a...
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How Mindfulness Put the “Fun” in Funeral
Yesterday the family of my friend held a celebration of life in her honor. I knew it was approaching. I ran into her son, also my friend, the day before the celebration and he locked eyes with me when he asked “You ARE coming tomorrow, right? I can count on you?” A million thoughts paralyzed my mouth but I saw the look of importance in his eyes and I shook my head “yes”.
In all honesty I knew I nodded my head in the affirmative but my feet were already moving backwards to decline. I was fully prepared to let that family down. I didn’t like it, but I knew what would happen.
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