Stress

Thaw Out!

December 4, 2011
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Our lives are predicated on choice. The freedom to choose just about anything is truly our blessed right, however we are so often enslaved to the process of deciding, and caught up in there being a hierarchy amongst the potential answers—the best, the worst, the mediocre—that the liberation bit gets lost. What adds to the [...]

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How Do You Relate to Fear?

November 13, 2011
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In a blog I wrote last spring, I described fear as sweet and empty. I still believe that if we look into the face of it, fear has essentially these same qualities, like a wispy, conniving puff. Though it feels hulking when in action, it doesn’t actually maintain the stature of a super tough, body [...]

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Slow Down!

November 2, 2011
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We all know how exhausted, burnt out, and depleted we feel when we do too much, too quickly. What would our days look like if were we to slow down, not once in a while, but more consistently and just plain more often? This doesn’t mean making our lives less exciting. It does however mean [...]

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Staying Put

April 1, 2011
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How, when struck by disenchantment, do we keep our spirits up? How can we make room to uncover what the malaise is all about? Call it what you will–demoralization, discomfort, disillusionment, or unease—but the sentiment of disenchantment is essentially one of UGGH. That’s the quality at least, especially when we want to scream it. This [...]

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Spiraling In

June 1, 2010
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Who doesn’t get anxious when they feel out of control? Recently my old email address was infected with a spam virus, where unbeknownst to me an embarrassing advertisement was sent out from my account in the middle of the night. When I realized what had happened I felt incredibly helpless, like I had no control. [...]

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Touching Stillness

December 1, 2009
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Who doesn’t need to calm down? We are all so wound up. We are becoming increasingly engulfed by and washed away in our stress. Because of this, there is also a deep cultural plea for learning to slow down and unwind from the incessant and punishing pace of our lives. Still, most of the time, [...]

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