Empowerment Category
Handing it over. For real.
Posted on September 15, 2021 1 Comment
Surrender, faith, and trust: it’s easy when nothing at stake is staring me in the face, but how about when my whole body is bursting with wanting to orchestrate, manage, and control? Sure, I can give examples of the amazingness that happens when I do practice Divine hand-offs — but how do I actually do […]
My spiritual head-butt
Posted on September 8, 2021 2 Comments
Letting go of struggle, orchestration, and working to create outcomes is not same thing as giving up self-responsibility and expecting the world to take care of me. I know this. And yet, I’m still learning this. I had another opportunity to practice very recently, and my whole darn experience was nothing short of amazing.
Mindfulness at play
Posted on September 1, 2021 1 Comment
When I was a kid, I remember my mom cleaning house furiously and midway through, sitting down in the living room on the cracked naugahyde couch with a cup of hot coffee and a lit cigarette, falling silent, staring into space. This was my introduction to meditation. Geri Wilimek, We Sit Meditation cushions, classes, and […]
This practice agrees with you
Posted on August 25, 2021 Leave a Comment
As I practice periodic mindful sessions of being agreeable, I experienced an AHA about myself so huge that I had to sit down. It helped me make sense of and have greater compassion for myself, leveled-up. (Which of course is then also projected toward others.) And it’s regarding wanting to be understood, and people-pleasing. These […]
On being agreeable
Posted on August 18, 2021 2 Comments
As I practice random daily bouts of being agreeable, I discover more about what being agreeable is, and what it is not. Here is what I am learning: