Posts Tagged ‘experience’
Mindfully Releasing 2020 and Welcoming the New Year! ll By Michelle LaBorde, MA, LPCC
Grateful and awake, ask what you need to know now. Say what you feel now. Love what you love now. ~ Mark Nepo For years I attended a church that offered an annual end of year ritual, a burning bowl ceremony. The event invited participants to release anything that felt important to let go of…
Read MoreThere’s Magic in the Air ll By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA.
So sings Kermit in “The Muppet Christmas Carol.” On the one hand, we hear the word “magic” and we rational humans relegate it to the trash heap of irrationality. On the other, we’re hoping it’s real and that we can recreate that magic through our traditions. I propose a third option, built around that liminal…
Read MoreBeing Lost is Becoming a Lost Art ll By Stephanie Boulton
We are scared of the unknown… Of not knowing what to do. Our society avoids the bad feelings, and in turn we spend a whole lot of time and energy trying to escape what it is to be human. I am so tired of seeing directives wherever I go. “Be kind”, “Live, Laugh, Love”, “Seize…
Read MoreSee Behind: Training in Compassion ll By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA.
It’s been a tough year for those committed to living compassionately. People refuse to wear masks, thus endangering the lives of our more vulnerable from Covid. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos added $13 billion to his net worth in a single day, while his company paid just a little over 1% in taxes in 2019, despite…
Read MoreWhat Will You Carry with You? Reflecting on the Positive Aspects of Sheltering at Home ll By Michelle LaBorde, MA, LPCC
On March 26th Coloradans were ordered to stay home to prevent the spread of the highly contagious and deadly COVID-19 virus. Today, two months later, as the orders are being lifted, slowly, and in stages, we find ourselves emerging into a new reality where the danger is still real. As Father Richard Rohr writes on…
Read MoreForest Fire: How to Use Nature’s Metaphors for Embracing Change ll Brenda Bomgardner
In a blog post from Creating Your Beyond, my person blog, I talk about Breaking Free From The Comfort Zone: How avoiding the uncomfortable causes even more distress. I discuss “experiential avoidance,” an acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) term that details the human tendency to avoid taking actions that bring up any discomfort, even when…
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