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Category Archives: Connection
Knowing it will end
30 June 2015 Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly. … Continue reading
Touchstone — Crafting Good Ordinary Days
26 June 2015 The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson This has been a week of extraordinary moments embedded in ordinary ones for me. Looking … Continue reading
Posted in Connection, Curiosity, Finding Enough, Leaning In, Mindfulness, Touchstones
Tagged Brene Brown, Emerson, ordinary, wisdom
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Crafting Good Ordinary Days
23 June 2015 Forever is composed of nows. ~ Emily Dickinson ‘Ordinary’ sounds mundane, uninteresting, commonplace by definition. Waking up on an ‘ordinary’ morning, it’s easy for me to take the day for granted, to move on into … Continue reading
Posted in Connection, Finding Enough, Mindfulness
Tagged bouquets, life satisfaction, ordinary
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Touchstone — Meaningful Connections
19 June 2015 In order to have meaningful connections with others, we need to have a good connection to ourselves. I need to be willing to support myself, rather than sell myself out at the first hint of disapproval or … Continue reading
Posted in Connection, Facing fear, Leaning In, Touchstones
Tagged Amanda Palmer, Brene Brown, courage, vulnerability
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Meaningful Connection
16 June 2015 …What I loved as much as, possibly even more than, being seen was sharing the gaze. Feeling connected. ~ Amanda Palmer, The Art of Asking I yearn for meaningful connection. To others. To myself. I want to be … Continue reading
Posted in Connection, Curiosity, Facing fear, Leaning In, Trust
Tagged Amanda Palmer, being seen, Brene Brown, connection, courage, vulnerability
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Touchstone – Cultivating Curiosity
12 June 2015 “Wanderer, your footsteps are the path, and nothing more; wanderer, there is no path, the path is made by walking.” ~ Antonio Machado While I’ve been practicing curiosity this week, I’ve come across both … Continue reading
Posted in Connection, Curiosity, Trust
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