With this being the last day of the month, I wanted to give you an update on the Intentions I initiated at the beginning of January. Initially, I thought I may be focusing on too much, with intentions in three different areas (mind, body and spirit). However, I find that even if I don’t do Read More
Category: Growth
Hello, Anger, My Old Friend
That old familiar feeling grips my stomach, and my breathing turns shallow. Thoughts fly through my mind and words hurl out of my mouth. I feel my blood pressure rising… And afterwards, the “cool down” when my mind and body refused to leg go, and the thought of a drink to make it disappear appeared Read More
January’s Word of the Month: Less
As a response to the lack of structure in my life at the close of 2021, I started this year with a makeover. I set intentions for my mind, body and spirit. I came up with a meal matrix, no joke, to rid myself of the weekly conundrum of what to make for dinner. And Read More
Freedom is Not a Moment, But a Gift
I lead a life of privilege in the sense that my physical freedom is not in jeopardy. Enslavement, incarceration, domestic abuse, or other forms of captivity are not my experience to share. I do know how it feels to live in mental captivity, a slave to my own thoughts and actions, and the accompanying feeling Read More
Intentions Update: A Pretty Picture
If you follow my blog, you probably know I’ve come up with a blueprint for my intentions this year concerning my mind, body, and spirit. I want to provide you with a brief update on how things are going. By far the biggest struggle is still the healthy eating intention. While the holiday goodies have Read More
Part Two: Who Am I? Typefinder
In my last post, I discussed Enneagrams, my results, and how this can be a useful tool to identify strengths and weakness. In my journey into self-analysis, I also took the Typefinder Personality Assessment, developed by Myers and Briggs. This assessment has been around since 1962, so most people have heard of it and taken Read More
Part One: Who Am I? Enneagrams
With the new year have come thoughts of what I want to do, and not do, with my days. I’ve built intentions for my mind, body and spirit. In this first week of the year, I am doing pretty well implementing them, but I’ve noticed a lack of focus or a sort of half-heartedness in Read More
Intentions Blueprint for 2022
Last week, I shared in my post, Mind, Body, Spirit, that intentions for the new year began stirring and forming in my mind. Today, on the last day of 2021, I made a blueprint of those intentions. As I’ve shared before, I abandoned resolutions because they always abandon me about three weeks into the year. Read More
A Prayer for the New Year
As we move into the third year of uncertainty, fear and anxiety, As I utter countless requests to make it go away, for things to be different, Give me clarity on what I can do. Let me not cast my hands up in resignation, or bury my face in defeat. Fill me with hope and Read More
Mind, Body, Spirit
The month of December always feels like a marathon with the day after Christmas being recovery. Husband watching football, daughter playing contentedly with her new array of toys and crafts. I am feeling the stirrings of not resolutions, but intentions. I’ve spent the last few months coasting and I want to climb back into the Read More