Do you ever wish for a life do-over? I recently started playing a game called Dots on my iPhone. It’s the best kind of game app, in the worst kind of way: When each game ends you are generally left feeling grossly unsatisfied with your score, and immediately click “new game” in order to try [...]
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recalibrating
Also posted in Alexander Technique, blessings, body care, contemplation, home, mindfulness, minimalism, prayer, rest, rituals, wellness
Tagged blossoms, crabapple, field, green, pink, Ross Park, trees
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breathing space
I read a lot of blogs (I use Google Reader to keep track of them all), and every now and then I’ve noticed that most of the bloggers I read seem to go through periods when they don’t post much. Sometimes they offer an explanation, sometimes they don’t. (Usually the explanation has to do with [...]
Also posted in body care, bodywork, contemplation, creativity, dreams, mindfulness, rest, soul, wellness
Tagged breathing space, digital sabbatical, minimalism, online addiction, rest
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sick
Last weekend I started feeling nauseous after I ate my supper on Saturday night. I often feel sick to my stomach because of my migraine headaches, so I didn’t think much about it… except that it didn’t get any better, and after a couple of hours I realized that I was probably going to throw [...]
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Tagged food poisoning, illness, sick, vomiting
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control
I took swimming lessons all through my childhood, and by the time I was 12 I realized I was on my way to becoming a lifeguard. I spent endless hours in lifesaving classes, swimming lap after lap with dozens of other students. The choppy water made it harder to breathe, because when you turned your [...]
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Tagged control, personal development, personal growth
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bless pets
When I got home from work last night, I was lost in thought and a little distracted and random-feeling. I was so thankful for my cats, who brought me back to the present with their insistent nudges and soft bellies, and low, rumbly purrs. Sometimes I don’t know what I’d do without my companion animals [...]
Also posted in animals, blessings, contemplation, mindfulness, prayer, soul, wellness
Tagged pets, tabby cat
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how to “whisper” something
In my last post I wrote about how I wanted to “whisper” my soul, and you may have been left thinking, “That’s all very well and good, Michelle, but how exactly does one go about ‘whispering’ anything – whether it be a horse, a dog, or a human soul?” I wish I knew the definite [...]
Also posted in animals, bodywork, contemplation, mindfulness, soul, wellness
Tagged behavior, Buck Brannaman, Cesar Millan, Dog Whisperer, horse whisperer
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soul whispering
Still from the 2011 documentary Buck, about the life and work of horse trainer Buck Brannaman. I ended up taking all of last week off blogging. It was restful and necessary and a smart thing to do, but it was also one of the hardest things I’ve done lately, because it triggered a lot of [...]
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Tagged 2011, abuse, animals, Buck, Buck Brannaman, documentary, horse whisperer, horses, personal development, personal growth, soul, Sundance
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recalculating
I remember when my dad first got a GPS for his car. I would laugh whenever he took a wrong turn, and the machine would intone: “Recalculating. Recalculating…” Now I’m the one who’s recalculating. As I mentioned in my last blog post, I keep getting hunches that I should cut back on the time that [...]
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Tagged personal development, personal growth
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learning to trust the inner voice
I have a horrific headache as I’m writing this, so it may be very short. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about trust – and about trusting my inner voice most of all. It’s part of why I’m writing my book about ritual – I believe so strongly that it’s our connection to our inner [...]
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Tagged inner voice, intuition, personal development, personal growth, Source
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scar tissue
As I’m writing this on Thursday night, it’s much cooler than it has been lately, and a soft rain is falling. I love how much it reminds me of fall. (And these introductory sentences don’t have much to do with the rest of the post, but I just felt like sharing.) I’ve been thinking a [...]
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Tagged Byron Katie, childhood, inquiry, personal development, personal growth, sexual abuse, survivor, The Work
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