Meta
Tags
- #PsychologyAbuse
- #PsychologySurvivor
- #TraumaAwareAmerica
- Adventure
- Alexander Technique
- BodyIntelligence
- Ceremony
- Childhood Sexual Abuse
- Chronic Stress
- Community
- Complex PTSD
- Covid-19
- CPTSD
- Developmental Trauma
- Fun & Magic
- Giving & Receiving
- Happiness
- Healthcare in America
- Imogen Ragone
- Inner Growth
- Interpersonal Neurobiology
- IPNB
- Kindness
- Leadership
- Learning
- Love
- mental health
- Mental Hospital
- Neurobiology
- Neuroplasticity
- Pandemic
- Personal Calling
- personal growth
- psychology
- PTSD
- Resilience
- Rockford Center for Behavioral Health
- Sailing
- Sea Scouts
- stress
- Trauma
- Trauma Awareness
- Trauma Recovery
- TraumaSymptoms
- Unschooling
Tag Archives: Love
The great give-away
In some Native American cultures, people perform a ceremony called a “give-away” as a public recognition of a new personal status–such as through a wedding, or the naming of a baby–or to express thanks for blessings received. Last year, I … Continue reading
Posted in Kindness
Tagged Ceremony, Community, Giving & Receiving, Happiness, Inner Growth, Kindness, Learning, Love, Personal Calling, personal growth
2 Comments
Picking all the flowers
Picking flowers can be a radical act. My former husband would “forget” my birthday and other occasions, long before the formal divorce process began. About 10 years ago, a friend, who knew this about my then husband, asked me what I was going … Continue reading
Posted in Fun & Magic, Kindness
Tagged Community, Fun & Magic, Giving & Receiving, Happiness, Kindness, Love, personal growth, Resilience
2 Comments
The 4th grade lesson for all
With an increase in hateful behavior in America, apparently inspired by presidential candidate vitriol known as “the Drumpf Effect,” perhaps it is time to change our schools’ curriculum in response, and bring back the exercise that my 4th grade teacher used … Continue reading
Posted in Kindness
Tagged Community, Inner Growth, Kindness, Leadership, Learning, Love, personal growth
Leave a comment
Hands empty, heart full
My mother taught me to never show up empty handed, so I stopped at the Whole Foods in Silver Spring to pick up something to take to a Servas event. Parking was scarce on that Sunday afternoon in late January, which meant that … Continue reading
Posted in Kindness
Tagged Community, Fun & Magic, Giving & Receiving, Kindness, Love
Leave a comment
Soul like an inner activist
“What if the soul is like an inner activist, disrupting your status quo, creating imbalance, finding nourishment in illness, moving you not only into light but also the dark, and leaving you unsure of your most cherished beliefs?” These are … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Thriving
Tagged Adventure, Community, Fun & Magic, Giving & Receiving, Happiness, Inner Growth, Kindness, Learning, Love, Personal Calling, personal growth, Resilience, Sailing
Leave a comment
A simple bowl of soup for Thanksgiving
The intention, rather than the food, can make a meal enjoyable and memorable. So it was this Thanksgiving, when the one course was leftover split pea soup, without even bread as an accompaniment. I had received two warm invitations to dine … Continue reading
Dancing with strangers
Recently I danced with 27 strangers in one night. All at the same time. This was a special Sacred Circle Dance event in the St. Joseph’s Chapel of the Washington National Cathedral, to which I was invited by my dear friend, Jean. To … Continue reading
The magic of asking
I took a chance when a friend on Facebook noted that the upcoming heavy frost would kill the lettuce growing in her garden. Being “temporarily retired” and conscious of budgeting, I noted in my comment that if Carol had an overabundance, … Continue reading
The first Thanksgiving, seven years later
Seven years ago, my daughters and I enjoyed our first Thanksgiving in our new home. Through the day, the kids listened to WETA’s “Classical Countdown” of listeners’ top 90 favorite symphonies. As the numbers went down, they became animated, waiting … Continue reading
A new kind of October
I love the light and colors of October. Today I rode my bike slowly, savoring the amazing colors and textures. This almost made me like fall better than spring. Amazingly, somehow, this October has not brought me sorrow. In the past two decades, … Continue reading