I finished reading Acedia and Me by Kathleen Norris last night and I want to shout  (I guess blogging is my shouting), “This book could change your life!” Acedia – what the hell is that? I’d never heard of it before.  Kathleen defines it as: …as the spiritual aspect of sloth. The word literally means [...]

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I took two naps yesterday. I could barely form a thought, let alone write a blog post. I felt little down. And I felt guilty and weird about feeling let down. But then in the afternoon, coaching a writing client, we were talking about how fighting yourself never works and I thought, “That’s what I’ve [...]

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Three Fear Basics Fear Basic Number One: I’ve become hyper-aware of how fear has become, in the last three years my near constant companion. I use the word companion intentionally because it’s about having a relationship with fear. As in how do you regard and behave toward each other? It’s not about being friends–but rather [...]

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I said I would share a story today about the power of moving the body… what was I thinking? Today is how-can-anyone-not-be-voting day? Today is how can anybody-get-any-work-done-day? Today is I-get-why-democracy-is-worth-dying-for-day. Today is history-making. Today is hope-making. Today may be the day in which we collectively begin to turn away from fear-mongering and begin to [...]

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