Everything changes. The question that leaves us with is, “How do we manage that uncertainty? That deep craving for certainty and control?”
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When I was a kid, Halloween was all about the candy haul. And creating a cool costume. But mostly about the candy. We’d get home with this big bag of it and get started. Literally, I ate ALL my candy within 48 hours. My tongue and mouth hurt from the sugar. I felt yucky from the buzz. But I couldn’t stop. Just one more. Just one more. .. Why do we keep going when something already isn’t making us feel well? Why do we CRAVE what we know isn’t doing us any good? How can we change it?…
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Several years ago, amidst one of the most difficult times of my life--one of my best friends shamed me, hung up on me and for 2 years did not call back. I was devastated. During a time when I needed a caring friend the most, she could not understand, judged and turned her back on me. That day, my soul experienced a rip in its fabric. My belief in the foundational goodness of humanity was shaken… After two years of silence, I recently received a card in the mail from that friend…
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Why do we try to change—try to exercise and wind up quitting? Here’s what went on for me for many years…
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So often, we drift, cruise or speed through life unconsciously… While the right here and now experience is on cruise control. This month, as we focus our habit making attention on breathing, we are going to continually harken back to awareness. To noticing things in our environment, in our body, in our emotions and in our mind…
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What comes up when you hear the word, change? Do you believe “the more things change the more they stay the same?” Do you dread change? Fear it? Fight it? Want it? Try to make it happen only to experience more of the same in your life? Let’s face it, as inevitable as change is, it can come with a lot of baggage. This month as we dive into the theme of BREATHING and AWARENESS, let’s consider how we roll with change…
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