no more resolutions
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New Year's Eve is nearly upon us, so it's resolution time, right? Not this year. Not ever again.
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i bet you've never thought about gratitude like this before
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I've got a new spin on gratitude for you this year
Read MoreFEEL: sustainable ~ abundant ~ fulfilling
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I have worn this intention bracelet since my friend Sam and I each picked one up at Wanderlust Stratton in 2017. But I’m not sure that I was ready for what happened this weekend …
Read MoreFEEL: Radical kindness
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Nikki Tishler was my first real yoga student. The first one who wasn't a friend or relative, who approached my Jeep--stocked with mats and parked at the Hingham Shipyard near the beachside patch of green we would practice on when the weather was fair--and handed me $5 for the outdoor community class, so I could teach her what I had recently learned. …
Read MoreFinding meditation in (monotonous) motion
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Even the most tiresome tasks give me a sense of quiet peace when I can slip into a meditative mindset
Read MoreFEEL: This bimbo, and The Second Agreement
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Looking into the mirror after my chemotherapy treatments wasn't nearly the most unsettling thing about losing my hair. That award goes to a little encounter I had on the way to the post office ...
Read MoreFEEL: Vacation mode
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It took a new friend, an Internet blackout, and distance from home on our most recent vacation for me to realize that time—and space—has become a basic need in this overly digital world.
Read MoreFEEL: Moments that last
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It's almost officially summer, so you've probably long forgotten about the family photo you stuck in your holiday greeting card. But I haven't. That's because more likely than not it's under my desk blotter.
Read MoreFEEL: The challenges--and blessings--of caregiving
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Being diagnosed with breast cancer--and dealing with the mainstream treatments that followed--wasn't even close to the most challenging time in my life ...
Read MoreFEEL: True vintage
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There's an intimacy that develops when you work on a piece of history, and as my 50th birthday approaches, I'm starting to notice just how similar my antique cupboard and I are.
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FEEL: New moon rituals
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The new moon will occur about 7 hours from now. It's something I always look forward to, because it's like a mini New Year ... It gives us the chance to pause, take stock, and refocus for the coming weeks. As far as new moon rituals go, there are many out there ...
Read MoreFEEL: Three ways to give Christmas "presence"
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When will the holiday pressure to Give Bigger and Better end? It doesn't need to be that way—really.
Read MoreBe the (positive) change, starting right now
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If a ship left one port and headed for another, stopping all along the way to have one of its parts replaced at every stop until each one had been swapped out, at what point would it be considered a brand new ship? Each replacement makes that ship something new ... something better than it was before. And we can do the same for ourselves with every moment--starting now.
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