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Eating Mindfully

September 1, 2011

I’ve been thinking about food a lot lately.  I’ve decided it’s time to clean up my act.  My diet has gone to pot in the past month with my move, Daddy’s diagnosis, and the death of Buttercup.  I’ve been eating crap and I feel like crap as a result.  Eating poorly also impacts me in [...]

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Thoughts on Love

August 24, 2011

I’m visiting my Dad this week.  I can hear him snoring in his bedroom as I write and sip coffee.  Last night as I put medicated ointment on his rashed back and massaged his neck, he said, “Carla, I’m glad you’re here.  You got here just in time.  I was really getting down.”  Bless his [...]

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A Little Lost

August 17, 2011

Do you ever feel lost?  I do.  Before we moved to Atlanta, I came to the city to look for a house.  On one of those trips, my GPS stopped working and I got lost.  I wasn’t the least bit concerned because I knew two things:  1.  If I would take the time to pull [...]

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All Else is Madness

July 1, 2011

“See if you can catch yourself complaining in either speech or thought, about a situation you find yourself in, what other people do or say, your surroundings, your life situation, even the weather. To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself a [...]

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How to Relax and Let Go of the Melodrama

June 20, 2011

I’m reading Paths to God: Living the Bhagavad Gita, by Ram Dass.  I read spiritual and inspirational literature from many different genres.  I find this practice not only expands my heart, but centers it as well. In his book, Ram Dass talks about how we get caught in the divided territories inside ourselves:  “There’s the [...]

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The Good, The True, The Beautiful

June 13, 2011

The good, the true, the beautiful.  Do you notice?  Always, everyday, they are there–surrounding you.  Regardless of your situation, they are there.  All that is required is that you notice. Our brains are wired to notice and take in the negative in an old effort to protect us from lions and such.  But we are [...]

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How to Be Happy

June 6, 2011
Compassion Creates Happiness

“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” Dalai Lama Such a simple instruction, isn’t it?  And yet, and yet…how often do we fail?  How often do I fail? Compassion is a practice.  We can’t expect to be compassionate if we don’t intentionally, with full attention, [...]

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Creature of Habit

May 10, 2011

“The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he’s in prison.”  Fyodor Dostoevsky I didn’t bring in the horses from pasture this morning, someone else did.  When I went to check on them later in the morning, I saw that Gee’s stall door was wide open.  I [...]

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3-2-1 Shadow Process

April 28, 2011

I mentioned, yesterday, that I want to be more intentional and consistent in doing my shadow work.  I told you I’d share with you a technique I use to do the work.  It’s simple and can be done in a few minutes.  I often find resistance as I’m doing it but almost always feel an [...]

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Shadow Work

April 27, 2011

I want to do shadow work more intentionally and regularly.  It’s such important work. Certain people really bug me:  those who are arrogant, judgmental, angry, needy, and in denial.  Certain people really intrigue me:  those who are intelligent, passionate, empowered, creative, and confident. Dark shadow and golden shadow. When I have a huge reaction to [...]

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