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Listening to your inner wisdom

Lying on a frozen pond

April 29, 2022 Leave a comment

view of the trail from the middle of the frozen pond

Lying on a frozen pond, trusting the ice will hold me, feels akin to the decision-making that took me away from the solid ground of the familiar. (read more or listen, 7:13 minutes)

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Mary Oliver at the beaver meadow

December 4, 2021 Leave a comment

“Norma,” my inner critic, visited while I lingered at the beaver meadow. Mary Oliver’s poetry helped me reclaim my enoughness. (read more or listen, 6:05 minutes)

Read more stories about Connecting with the land, Listening to your inner wisdom, Quieting your inner critic, Slowing down, Stepping into enoughness

While looking for birch seeds

March 8, 2021 Leave a comment

tiny birch seeds and bracts on the snow

What I found while crunching through the snow searching for birch seeds. (read more or listen, 6:05 minutes)

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Respecting No

November 1, 2020 Leave a comment

Asha stops on the trail

How Asha’s instinctive No led me to begin to acknowledge and respect my own body’s No’s — without layers of Supposed to or Should. (read more or listen, 5:34 minutes)

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Daring to rest

November 17, 2019 Leave a comment

old maple tree

When my inner wisdom sagely invited herself into the conversation I was having with my inner critic, she posed a permission-giving question. (read more or listen, 3:59 minutes)

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Holding on and letting go

October 30, 2019 Leave a comment

Asha chews a snowy stick

How snow, a dog and a stick helped me hear what my heart most needed. (read more or listen, 4:08 minutes)

Read more stories about Listening to your inner wisdom, Navigating change

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