[I have wanted to write this post for nearly a year. Today is the one-year anniversary of my Dad’s death. It’s finally time.] Last winter, a few months after my Dad’s passing, I left the cocoon that my home had become to attend a meditation class with my friend Anne. Her Dad had passed the […]
Last year I turned the big 4 – 0. It was a little unsettling for me, and at the time I couldn’t quite understand why. I consoled my worried mind by writing 40 Tips for 40 Years. After losing my Dad a few weeks later, I realized that my soul knew exactly what had been
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I just read a post on a Facebook group I follow that made me weep. If you know me well, then you realize that tears are a common occurrence. I am less inclined to cry over sorrow, but gratitude and appreciation for the human spirit – they move me every time. The post was from
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I judge. Some might say I am even an expert in the art of judgement. Sometimes I do it really well. I suspect you might be quite good at it too. Perhaps, however, you are prone to preach – “you must not judge.” If that is true, then pat yourself on the back, because you
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Jon Kabat-Zinn was on Super Soul Sunday this past weekend. As is often the case with the program I have come to see as my in-home church, there were lots of “a ha” moments. Kabat-Zinn is well known as a father of mindfulness teaching. The Center for Mindfulness, which he founded at the University of
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