Inner peace or bust
Meditation: Calm, Daily Calm: Real ConnectionLength: 10 minutes Where: Bedroom, Los Angeles How It Felt: Inspiring! This second to last (of the year) meditation was perfect. Inspiring. Exactly what I needed. It was all about making real connection in life. She talked about social media, how it’s a poor substitute for the deep connection we…
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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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Meditation: Headspace, Transforming Anger #5Length: 11 minutes Where: Bedroom, MichiganHow It Felt: Daydreamy- I floated away… These Transforming Anger sessions are good! This one was about recognizing that feeling anger can be a good thing. For instance, when we feel our anger in a time of injustice, it can motivate us to feel more empathy…
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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: 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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Meditation: Balance, Daily MeditationLength: 10 minutes Where: Our bedroom in my uncles’ house, Huntington, INHow It Felt: Loved it! My family’s Christmas party was a blast this year. We were having so much fun that we stayed up playing cards and laughing until 4:30am- and then went to the kitchen to pick over what was…
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My Year of Meditation 