Allowing yourself to be seen and heard
Many people find it challenging to communicate openly and authentically; we might offer superficial responses to questions like 'How...
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Ethan Pollock
Dec 19, 20221 min read
Mindfulness for Challenging Times
Listen to the full talk here This talk focuses on protecting and resourcing ourself in challenging moments. Exploring how to: Recognise...
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Lucy Chan
Dec 13, 20221 min read
Quote by Helen Keller
"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger...
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Lucy Chan
Dec 13, 20221 min read
The Voice Calling You Home by Jane O'Shea
Take off your muddied work coat toiling so hard to make yourself something else Stop shouting for the knocking to finish you need simply...
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Ethan Pollock
Dec 8, 20221 min read
Clearing by Martha Postlethwaite
Do not try to save the whole world or do anything grandiose. Instead, create a clearing in the dense forest of your life and wait there...
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Lucy Chan
Dec 8, 20221 min read
When I Am Among the Trees - Mary Oliver
When I am among the trees, especially the willows and the honey locust, equally the beech, the oaks and the pines, they give off such...
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Ethan Pollock
Dec 8, 20221 min read
A Morning Offering - John O’Donohue
I bless the night that nourished my heart To set the ghosts of longing free Into the flow and figure of dream That went to harvest from...
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Lucy Chan
Nov 11, 20221 min read
To be beautiful means to be yourself by Thich Nhat Hanh
To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. When you are born a lotus...
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Lucy Chan
Nov 4, 20221 min read
Compassion with Equanimity phrases from Mindful Self-Compassion training
Everyone is on their own life journey. I am not the cause of this person’s suffering, nor is it entirely within my power to make it go...
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Lucy Chan
Oct 25, 20221 min read
Blessing by John O'Donohue
On the day when the weight deadens on your shoulders and you stumble, may the clay dance to balance you. And when your eyes freeze behind...
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Lucy Chan
Oct 25, 20221 min read
Birdwings by Rumi
Your grief for what you’ve lost lifts a mirror up to where you are bravely working. Expecting the worst, you look, and instead, here’s...
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Lucy Chan
Oct 18, 20221 min read
Stand Still by David Wagoner
Stand Still by David Wagoner The trees before you and the bushes beside you are not lost. Wherever you are is a place called Here, And...
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Lucy Chan
Oct 18, 20221 min read
Quote by Lao Tzu
Do you have the patience to wait Until your mud settles and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving Until the right action arises by...
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Lucy Chan
Sep 20, 20222 min read
This is a Poem about Perfectionism by Ginelle Testa
This is a poem about perfectionism. Grows in proportion to my reaction to it. Looms in size, threatening to consume my fingers and my...
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Lucy Chan
Sep 20, 20221 min read
Perfectionism by Elizabeth Gilbert
Perfectionism is just fear in high heels and a mink coat trying to be fancy. - Elizabeth Gilbert
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Ethan Pollock
Sep 6, 20221 min read
The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry
When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,...
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Lucy Chan
Aug 23, 20221 min read
Stop and stand by Rachel Holstead
Stop and stand on your own patch of ground – where your feet are. Really stand there, all of you – body and mind. From this place comes...
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Lucy Chan
Aug 22, 20221 min read
nourish by ullie-kaye
i only realized how much i had neglected myself, once i started looking after myself. grief takes a toll. worry takes a toll. loneliness...
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Lucy Chan
Aug 22, 20221 min read
Quote on Compassion by Mary Davis
“We can’t heal the world today. But we can begin with a voice of compassion, a heart of love, and an act of kindness.” - Mary Davis
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Lucy Chan
Jul 11, 20221 min read
I Will Not Die an Unlived Life by Dawna Markova
I will not die an unlived life I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to...
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