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Practicing Gratitude

May 7, 2010

Often, gratitude helps me reframe my thoughts.  It’s been a difficult week in many respects, but I keep coming back to a profound sense of gratitude.  At times, it simply wells up in me.  Other times I have to intentionally call it to mind.  I call this practicing gratitude. Like any other exercise, it takes [...]

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Needless Suffering

May 5, 2010

“Ultimately, Happiness comes down to choosing between the discomfort of becoming aware of your mental afflictions and the discomfort of being ruled by them.” Yongey Mingyur Rinnphoche I hit a wall yesterday.  Exhausted from our move and the news about my father, I had a mild melt down early in the day.  I was quite [...]

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Caretaking as Lifestyle

April 23, 2010

Yesterday, I spoke about living a simple life.  I’ve been moving towards simplicity for a few years now.  Living simply seems to suit me.  I experience less stress and more freedom when living simply.  I have more time and energy for the things that are really important to me (like this blog, transformative coaching, spending [...]

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Insane Brain

April 19, 2010

This is what my brain looked like at 2am last night.  We are less than 2 weeks away from our move, and believe me, my brain is already moving.  For 2 hours my brain paced like a nervous race horse ready to break loose for the track–thinking of every possible scenario, good and bad, that [...]

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