Dec 29- Approaching Destination

Meditation: Calm, Calm LightLength: 3 minutes Where: Bedroom, Michigan How It Felt: Like a visit with a comfortable friend I’m on a plane now. We miraculously managed to get out of the Midwest on a flight only slightly delayed, a real feat lately with Covid and weather and employee shortages and all that. Not to…

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Dec 26- Joy to the World!

Meditation: Headspace, Utter StillnessLength: 6 minutes Where: Bedroom, Michigan How It Felt: Refreshing Who Joined Me: Steve Six posts to go, including this one! My brain is already working on next year’s experiment: Pure Joy. I want to live a year saying “yes!” to the things that bring me joy and “no” to the things…

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Dec 25- Christmas!

Meditation: Calm, Calm LightLength: 3 minutesWhere: Bedroom, MichiganHow It Felt: My shoulders relaxed an inchWho Joined Me: Steve We survived Christmas! We were up at 7:30am, since we have one kid left who is still young enough to be too excited to sleep in. (We all collectively agreed to remember how sleepy we felt next…

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Dec 24- Christmas Eve

Meditation: Headspace, Transforming Anger #4Length: 11 minutes Where: Sitting room, MichiganHow It Felt: Soooo calming Who Joined Me: Steve Downstairs at the moment, making a midnight snack to take to the reading chair in our bedroom where I have serious plans to finish my book. The kids are in bed, excited to wake up early…

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Dec 23- Christmas Adam

Meditation: Headspace, Transforming Anger #3Length: 11 minutes Where: Couch in the sitting room, MichiganHow It Felt: WonderfulWho Joined Me: Steve Writing this on Xmas Eve! Got the house ready, Christmas dinner picked up for tomorrow (catered, because I do not love cooking enough to cook all day only to eat in twenty minutes, nor does…

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Dec 21- Pure Joy

Meditation: Headspace, Transforming Anger #2Length: 11 minutes Where: Comfy chair, bedroom, MichiganHow It Felt: Soothing Took a “me” day today since Steve was busy with his last day of work, plus he kindly ran some errands for us and had a two hour meeting with his men’s group. I thought I should take advantage of…

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Dec 20- Streak Society

Meditation: Headspace, Wind Down: NotingLength: 3 minutesWhere: Bedroom, Michigan How It Felt: Sweet Here we are, getting to the dead end of 2021, and I’m finally starting to really celebrate the most consistent year I’ve ever had. Yesterday I got my little badge from Duolingo for practicing 365 days in a row. I love learning…

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Dec 17- To the Gunkels’ House We Go!

Meditation: Calm, Body ScanLength: 3 minutes Where: Bedroom, Michigan How It Felt: Short but Relaxing Quick post! We are on our way to Indiana for my family Christmas party, and I want to get back to our audiobook! Did a quick mediation with a great reminder at the end- see image below. Too excited about…

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Dec 11- Interpreter

Meditation: Calm, 7 Days of Managing Stress: Interpreting Events Length: 12 minutes Where: Living Room, Los Angeles How It Felt: Inspiring! Who Joined Me: Tigre A lot to celebrate today! First of all, things have finally slowed down to the point that I was able to prioritize meditating earlier in the day, instead of close…

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Dec 9- Night Shift

Meditation: Headspace, Everyday Headspace: Being and BecomingLength: 6 minutes Where: Bedroom, Los Angeles How It Felt: Inspiring I need to write a super short post. My eyes are closing. I can barely stay awake. Ran around today. Relaxing introvert night. Have the weekend free to get some stuff done around here. Finally! So much good…

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