Mingyur Rinpoche inspires us to become aware of suffering instead of falling into the river of suffering. Internal Family Systems offers a way to do that with our psychological parts. The Becoming Safely Embodied Skills give practical ways to do that.
Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced. – James Baldwin There’s something profound in accepting things as they are, not pushing for them to be different, to be changed. There are things in life that can’t be changed. People encounter this a lot when [...]
I’m learning new things about body expereince as I pass through the interest life phase of menopause. I wake up at night with body sensations that could easily be labeled as anxiety — yet I don’t feel anxious. Or I feel a pressure, an internal beating, a drive …toward what I don’t know. Often [...]
This comment is from Alice Rosen who has the “Conscious Cafe.” It was so powerful I wanted to make sure you all didn’t miss it. ~Deirdre I just want to add a quote from a novel I recently read called ” The Heritic’s Daughter” by Kathleen Kent. It took place during the [...]
I’m loving being with the people on the Embodied Practices whose dedication and commitment to themselves inspires me. I wrote them all the following note and thought I’d share it with you as well. Many of you have been surprised that I still use these very practices. I want to assure you I do! This morning [...]
What a gift to see – to hear – to be a part of life unfolding. That is what I remembered when I stumbled upon this image from so many years ago. Years ago I had been in New York wandering with a friend and came upon the museum showing Gregory Colbert’s extraordinary Ashes and Snow [...]
Belonging. One of my coaching clients mentioned it today. Was it just that I was listening for it? I’d been thinking about it for weeks now. Is that why the topic showed up? Or is it just that much more present in the world than I had thought? My client spoke of needing to find something to belong to. [...]
If you’re in the Boston area I wanted to let you know about this upcoming group for September, 2011. Tom Pedulla and Jerome Bass are in that special league: wonderful people and terrific therapists. Get the Tools You Need in this Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy In this group, you’ll learn a variety of ways to use [...]
The following quote is from the Spirit of Sufi Culture, Akbat Ashram Tract No 12 by AH Jaisinghani. It’s a tuning fork for our soul, urging us to cultivate our longing so that we can find our way home, home to our heart and our soul. May the words open your heart to long for who you are. [...]
I explore this Inside/Outside split with people I work with inviting them to explore something with me instead of staying with it alone inside. I ask them, “Can you tolerate me visiting you in the deepest reaches of your pain?” “Can you tolerate seeing and knowing and feeling how life has shaped you?” “Can you send [...]