Quote of the week:“Language is our portal to meaning-making, connection, healing, learning, and self-awareness. Having access to the right words can open up entire universes. When we don’t have the language to talk about what we’re experiencing, our ability to make sense of what’s happening and share it with others is severely limited. Without accurate — Read More
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Weekly Roundup: January 14, 2022
Quote of the week:“I think a lot of us are taught to get to the destination of our ‘true self.’ The problem with landing on a true self is that everything you’ve been before then isn’t ‘true.’ I don’t buy that. It sets up a dichotomy: Who you are now is somehow superior and better — Read More
Weekly Roundup: January 7, 2022
Hope you are staying as healthy as possible in the midst of this Omicron craziness… It’s been another doozy of a week. Quote of the week:“The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself.” –William Faulkner What I’m reading:Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Commitment and the Language of Human — Read More
Weekly Roundup: December 24, 2021
Quote of the week: “In every moment, there are ten thousand joys and ten thousand sorrows.” I can’t remember where I heard this… it was either in a podcast or a book I was listening to. I believe the person said it’s a Chinese proverb, but google says it’s a Buddhist saying. What I’m reading:Apples — Read More
Weekly Roundup: December 17, 2021
Quote of the week:“Wisdom is knowing I am nothing, love is knowing I am everything, and between the two my life moves.” –Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj What I’m reading:Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty How to Prepare for Climate Change: A Practical Guide to Surviving the Chaos by David Pogue (this book is both depressing and extremely helpful… I — Read More
Weekly Roundup: December 10, 2021
Quote of the week:“Everything is broken and messed up and completely fine. That is what life is. It’s only the ratios that change. Usually on their own. As soon as you think that’s it, it’s going to be like this forever, they change again.” –Meg Mason, Sorrow and Bliss What I’m reading:Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason — Read More
Weekly Roundup: December 3, 2021
Quote of the week:I have two, both from Brené Brown, who appeared on Glennon Doyle’s podcast this week. “Language gives us a neurobiological handle on what feels too amorphous and gauzy to grab.” “Change always includes a series of small deaths and if we don’t understand that grief is going to be a part of — Read More
Weekly Roundup: November 26, 2021
First of all, I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. And now for the roundup… Quote of the week:Here’s a good one for Thanksgiving week: “Sometimes I need only to stand wherever I am to be blessed.” –Mary Oliver What I’m reading:Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children — Read More
Weekly Roundup: November 12, 2021
Quote of the week:“I thought I was alone who suffered. I went on top of the house and found every house on fire.” -Baba Farid What I’m reading:Moms Don’t Have Time to Have Kids: A Timeless Anthology by Zibby Owens What I’m listening to: We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride and Jo Piazzato What I’m — Read More
Weekly Roundup: November 5, 2021
Quote of the week:“Write the tale that scares you. That makes you feel uncertain. That isn’t comfortable. I dare you. In a world that entices us to browse through the lives of others to help us better determine how we feel about ourselves, and to in turn feel the need to be constantly visible — — Read More