The goal is not to repress what the heart is stirred to express (hopes, losses, despairs, longings) but rather to hold it all in love....and then release.
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Category: inner-work
I hereby surrender
I hereby surrender and accept my current reality as it stands--in its messy glory, its ecstatic uncertainty.
The Heroine’s Journey
The Heroine’s Journey is about reclaiming our vitality, our joy, and escaping the Wasteland.
The Other Question
Are you asking yourself this question?
How about them (meditation) apples!
According to my meditation app, in 2017 I meditated an average of 16 minutes a day with a total of 37 hours of meditation! That doesn't include my walking meditations, which I try to take every day. 2017 was the first year where meditation became a habit. I noticed if I didn't meditate. (Or to… Continue reading How about them (meditation) apples!
‘Quit trying to hide who you are. You’re the only thing you have.’
Life advice from an acting coach.
Finish what you started
That seems to be my lesson this week. FINISH THE DARN PROJECTS YOU STARTED THREE MONTHS AGO.
“Trust the process”
The process is not linear. The process will not be understood by your monkey mind (which undoubtedly will want to dictate the process and will fail miserably).
Follow the Joy
Where it takes me is likely beyond what my small mind could ever have dreamed. When I look back at 2016 to 2017 that is most certainly true. The ego had plans and the universe laughed.
Shonda Rhimes can keep her Year of YES. 2017 was my year of NO!
Such joy and freedom in saying NO. For calling bullshit on the inner dialog that said "this is how it is, I work full-time and have a child and blah blah blah here are all my excuses for why I should be permanently frazzled and fatigued." Facing the truth--that my time is precious indeed, so how can I use it to fuel joy?--was LIBERATING and EMPOWERING.
