Let Your Heart Be Broken.
This business of being human will break our fucking hearts. It’s messy and complicated and oh-so-terribly sad at times.
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Ananda: Count Your Bliss-Ings, Not Your Troubles.
Whether we search the Oxford English Dictionary or the Vedas and the Dictionary for Spoken Sanskrit, Ananda, the Sanskrit word for Bliss, wholly resonates the thought-emotion from the eternal to the local.
Put Yourself First, Don’t Look For Society’s Validation.
I hear young women speak very eloquently and passionately about moving the needle forward (getting back to being a proud feminist too), like Emma Watson’s recent, impactful UN speech. HeForShe is great… but… author and activist Gloria Steinem would be the first one to tell you that things ...
Listen to the Call of Your Heart and Follow Your Passions.
You are a seeker of something, although you’re not sure what yet. You chase love like it’s a drug. Drinking in its sensations and melting into those first kisses, those passionate embraces, but none of them quenching the thirst. Dissatisfaction and boredom follow you like hungry wolves at your heels.
Being Raw & Vulnerable With The Wolf At The Door.
Courage moves through the chaos, one steady step at a time. Your heartache is like a free fall. You can scramble to fill the void, grabbing for whatever fix you can to numb the jagged edges. You can also persevere with quiet dignity. In every moment there are choices, even in survival mode.
The Beauty in Brutal Breakdowns.
As a hospice nurse, I have the rare privilege of sharing in the exquisite and brutal breakdown that is death and the dying process.
I Will Not Fear Failure, And Choose To Achieve Greatness.
I noticed the mental chatter about how fickle I am, and decided rather than to judge so sternly, to inquire, openly, about how my feelings change, what makes those changes happen, how what feels good shifts so often for me. I came to the conclusion that like all sentient beings, I am drawn to ...
15 Things I Wish My Mother Had Told Me.
It’s perfectly okay to defy societal convention. I actually encourage it. But know what you’re up against and be prepared for the difficulty that can sometimes come with it. Our culture only tolerates rebels to a degree. Once you’ve crossed that line, you’re in tricky territory. This isn’t to ...
Finding My Freedom as a Highly Sensitive Person.
“When you stand and share your story in an empowering way, your story will heal you, and your story will heal somebody else.” ~ Iyanla Vanzant From birth to present day, my soul has cataloged every compliment, given to me; every smile. Every slight, every insult, every fight. I’ve been ...
Romancing The Mind — Making Meditation A Part Of Body & Soul.
{source} I recently came to the conclusion that I was approaching meditation the wrong way. I was making it just one more thing to do on my ever-expanding to-do list. Then I decided to take on a new perspective. I decided to treat it as one would a new love interest. You get acquainted. You ...