“There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.” ~Buckminster Fuller Over the last few weeks, I have been exploring nurturing practices to deal with crisis and grief in my blogs as a result of my step dad’s hospitalization and subsequent death. With…
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“Death ends a life, not a relationship.” ~Mitch Album I remember finding that quote so comforting when my father died nineteen years ago this month. In those early days of grieving his loss, I regularly reminded myself that death had not ended my relationship with him, even though he…
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“Losing your head in a crisis is a good way to become the crisis.” ~C.J. Redwine Crisis seems to be ever present in our lives these days. Whether caused by violence, health challenges, or natural disasters, many of us live in a constant state of crisis management. Even if…
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“Mindfulness is an act of hospitality. A way of learning to treat ourselves with kindness and care that slowly begins to percolate into the deepest recesses of our being, while gradually offering us the possibility of relating to others in the same manner.” ~ Saki F. Santorelli With so…
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“Great joys make us love the world. Great sadnesses make us understand the world.” ~Kent Nerburn Over the last few months I have been grieving the loss of my youngest daughter Zoey leaving for college. I just returned from visiting her at University of California Santa Cruz over the…
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“Loving yourself…does not mean being self-absorbed or narcissistic, or disregarding others. Rather it means welcoming yourself as the most honored guest in your own heart, a guest worthy of respect, a lovable companion.” ~ Margo Anand Feeling guilty or selfish is a common experience for most of my clients…
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