If you want light, there has to be dark. My journey has been to learn how to handle myself when that darkness takes over like an eclipse, and to embrace it. photo taken at the …
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Gonna be singin’ about the dark times
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Shakespeare Quote on patience
After living a life of over-indulgence and being stuck inside myself, once I started to make changes for the better and saw how life could be I wanted there faster! However, if you rush through …
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Soul Searching Poem
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Stephen Sondheim on singing
Sing. It doesn’t matter if you have a good voice or know the words, just sing. It’s free, it’s cathartic, and it heals both body and soul. Benedictine monks said that chanting was good for …
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Montesquieu quote about happiness
When I quit drinking, it became clear that the problem was not fixed- in fact I had only just begun. Without my self-medication it became clear that I was battling some serious anxiety and depression …
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panic attack poem
One of the first things I was taught to calm down was to breathe out longer than I was breathing in. This slows you down and gets you breathing again. So simple in theory.
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John Steinbeck Quote
When I was first starting on my self discovery journey, a very important thing was pointed out to me – I was focused on perfection, and it was holding me back. I’ve always thought of …
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Origen Quote
Growing up Catholic, I always took the image of God very literally (old man sitting on a cloud in a big robe) and had a hard time truly believing. I’ve always been fascinated with religion, …
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How Yoga helped me fly to Australia Solo
Five years ago I would worry about traveling so much that it would take me weeks to pack for a short trip; I was always terrified of forgetting something important. Once I got packed, I’d …
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Douglas Hofstadter
When I read Douglas Hofstadter‘s book Godel, Escher, Bach recently, my world exploded with new understanding and terms for my favorite hobby- thinking about thinking. Using cognitive science skills and self-referencing to step outside myself …
