Silence Is Golden . . . . . .but my eyes still see. Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons had that right. Silence CAN be golden which I learned in a recent silent meditation retreat. Mr. Valli is singing about not being the one to tell a girl her boyfriend has cheated on her, he believes his silence will relieve …
Can Reading Make You Happy?
One of the items on my Top 100 List of Ways to Love Myself is to make time to curl up with a cup of tea and read a good book (fuzzy red socks optional depending on the season). Reading makes me feel happy and according to a recent New York Times article there’s more to it than just feeling …
Find Your Sanctuary
As I lay in Savasana at the end of yoga class today, the song Sanctuary by Donna De Lory played softly in the background. I heard the word sanctuary quietly repeated in the chorus over and over again and I thought to myself, “This is what I get from yoga: sanctuary. My yoga mat is one place I find sanctuary. …
Full Stop aka Rest
This photo from the blogger extraordinaire Sally Schneider’s Improvised Life web site sounded like the perfect advice for how to take time out for self care. It’s extremely difficult to come to a full stop in life and make time to take care of ourselves. But sometimes that is just what is needed. A friend of mine recently made one …
Crones versus Monsters
I have been given permission by Ann Winfred to share her latest post. I refer to these monsters as gremlins – the little voices in my head who remind me of all the mistakes I’ve made. What ever you call them, Ann has some great ideas for quieting them, a must for those of us on the self care journey. …