Inner peace or bust
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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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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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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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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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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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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Meditation: Balance, Breathe: Relax DeeplyLength: 5 minutes Where: Bedroom, Los AngelesHow It Felt: So calming I don’t want to write this blog! I got so much done today and cleaned and cleaned and got my life organized and retrieved my husband from LAX and now I just want to curl up in bed with him….…
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Meditation: Calm, Timed MeditationLength: 5 minutes Where: Bedroom, Los AngelesHow It Felt: Soothing Deep into my alone time. Totally relaxed. I managed to go so deep I looped all the way back around- I’m energized again, and already back to getting stuff done! Last night I was just getting started, though, and I was a…
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Meditation: Calm, 7 Days of Managing Stress: Mind-Body ConnectionLength: 12 minutes Where: Bedroom, Los Angeles How It Felt: Long Made it to the end of my immediate and pressing work stuff, and turned my brain off promptly. I am finally decompressing. In no world do I have the mental energy for a self-assessment this month.…
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Meditation: Balance, Foundations: Day 10Length: 6 minutesWhere: In my car, LA Convention Center Parking LotHow It Felt: Complete! I did it! I finished another course. Yay! So satisfying. Still, it’s a sad day. Stephen Sondheim died. His death is a huge loss for the theatre community, as well as the world. He changed theatre forever.…
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My Year of Meditation 