Tools and Tales for Breaking Up, Waking Up, and Falling In Love
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John Francis stopped speaking for seventeen years so he could expand his listening skills. To begin with he decided to stop speaking for one day. At the end of the day he was aware he’d never really listened before so he decided to continue for another day, and then another, until seventeen years passed. He [...]
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Thanks to my sister, Juno, for sharing this video.
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I am a very lucky girl. Being a very lucky girl is a great responsibility. Not because it means it’s my job to save the world, be a good liberal, feel guilty for my good fortune, but because it means I must radically adore my life. This doesn’t mean I can’t complain or whine or [...]
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About two months ago I shared with all of you how I got asked out on a date within forty-five minutes of beginning the, “I’ll bring you closer to God” practice. I went on to say I’d share part two of this post the following day…. Have I mentioned recently that life doesn’t always go [...]
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This past week I went on retreat.1 But I didn’t actually go anywhere. I stayed home. I had the place to myself and so I made the space for my soul. This retreat was possibly the most open and relaxed I’ve ever given myself. I stored my computer at my friends house and I turned [...]
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Where my tagline says “Tools and Tales for Breaking Up, Waking Up, and Falling in Love” I want to be clear: I don’t just mean breaking up with your boyfriend…I mean heart-break in all its forms, I mean broken open, I mean things not going as planned, I mean grief and renewal, I mean water [...]
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Having very recently (literally) shed my skin I’m awfully tender and introverted. I tried to jump right back into being involved in everything, but the evidence suggests (extreme angst and crabbiness) that I need more time for this new translucent skin to form before I take it out in public (my epidermis needs to grow [...]
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We were born with bare feet kicking, eager for our first two-step without falling down. You danced ballet with a mouth still full of baby teeth, while I was wishing my Converse could click. We learned the quickstep on the desert playground and scraped our knees when we ran out of pavement. Your slippers grew [...]
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Yesterday I got a letter from my bank saying my account was overdrawn. I’d incurred penalties and tomorrow they would notify credit agencies. Last month I got a similar letter after neglecting to pay my car insurance bills. Stacks of not yet filed paperwork, and other stacks of unopened official looking mail are piling up [...]
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In the land of self improvement, personal development, and spiritual realization there is a lot of advice, encouragement, and general hub-bub about being yourself, being your awesome, special, unique self. Even I dish this s**t out here and here. But what does it mean to be oneself? How do we go about this? Does it [...]
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