by Kate | Sep 22, 2018 | kind promises, Transformation
Suppose one day you find yourself in a dark and musky wood thinking your life must be otherwise and you’d change it if only you could resist the urge to scream and run or to jump and thrash around rather sit straight and just gently breathe let your thoughts...
by Kate | Sep 15, 2018 | kind promises, Transformation, Well-being
invited to reinvention and returning from four months in bed, I am tempted to make things complicated. In previous years, faced with this promise, I have looked at what’s working and what’s not working, determined to problem solve to improve my life. Or perhaps I...
by Kate | Jun 20, 2018 | kind promises
I am on medical leave right now and hoping to resume blogging in late July. I am able to send monthly newsletters. You can subscribe to those here. Right now, I am considering the kind promise “I will be tender with weaknesses.”
by Kate | Apr 11, 2018 | kind promises, mindfulness
Drop into this moment feel your breath as it moves past your nostrils in and out Understand that your fear is not the truth Nor are your regrets when they come back make sacred space around them and watch as they ebb and flow you will survive their movement even when...
by Kate | Mar 27, 2018 | kind promises
I am exploring the kind promise “I will spend my days in a way that enhances the well-being of myself and others.” This promise came about because I am afraid of spending my day binge watching TV. I know someone with advanced MS who does that. As I have played with...
by Kate | Mar 21, 2018 | connectedness, kind promises, Transformation, Vulnerability, Well-being
It’s spring and time for gardening metaphors. It’s snowing outside in Minneapolis and yet this feels like winter kissing us goodbye. The temperature and the soil are warming, ready to make a hospitable environment for plants. Gardeners know, though, that enriching the...