Enough? Not enough?
There’s a series of phrases in my book I call softening attitudes. One set in particular is designed to ease the mind’s tight grip on the idea of “having” and “lacking.”
I am enough
I have enough
There is enough
Repeat them quietly or out loud – one phrase at a time. Drop them into your awareness [...]
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“We don’t see things as they are. We see them as we are.” –Anais Nin
In a common place environment at an inappropriate hour, do we perceive beauty?
Do we stop to appreciate it?
Do we recognize talent in an unexpected context?
These three questions were part of a study conducted some years ago.
I learned about it in an [...]
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Seth Godin calls it quieting the lizard brain.
I call it slowing down. Softening resistance. Reduce and Repeat (R & R) . Cultivating ease.
Every time you feel overwhelmed (stressed out, unable to move forward, paralyzed, fearful, buttons getting pressed, resistant, recalcitrant, stuck in a rut…) you can bet that a switch just went off in the ancient [...]
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No matter how hard I try, it seems I’m always racing out the door – squeezing into five minutes about 30 things I need to do before I hit the road. My whirling headspace looks something like this:
“OMG [expletive]…It’s late!…Gotta… put the laundry in the dryer, wash out the coffeepot, put the food away, fill [...]
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“Struggle and joy are not on the same channel.” –Abraham-Hicks
If you could have what you wanted, would you take it? This short video by Abraham-Hicks suggests that you go for what you want with all the imagination and gusto and shameless YES-es you can muster:
“It is through your joy that good things come.”
If you find [...]
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Some time today when you make a mistake (or goof up, or do something embarrassing, or get angry with yourself, or feel guilty about something), use it as an opportunity to do nothing about it.
That is: no fixing, no changing, no improving, no managing… no nothing.
Your task is simply to allow the mistake to exist [...]
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“How we hold the simplest of our tasks
speaks loudly about how we hold life itself.
– Gunilla Norris, Being Home
“I once saw a staggering statistic in Newsweek: ‘It takes the average American fifty-five minutes every day-roughly twelve weeks a year-looking for things they know they own but can’t find’ (Newsweek, June 7, 2004). Though I’ve thought that [...]
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If you look at the little bits of recycled paper I have all over my desk with little scribbled notes like “Call Robin,” ” Order water filter,” “Register for workshop,” “Finish newsletter,” “Pay bills,” you’d probably wonder how I get anything accomplished. Truth is, not well.
My to-do system has been a noisy, distracting, unfocused… mess.
Until [...]
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Clearing Stress and Stuff: A Slow-Drip Approach
Posted on 08. Jan, 2010 by Stephanie Bennett Vogt.
“Change happens slowly, then all at once.” – Unknown
How’s the clearing going (or not going)?
As I see it, clearing the stress and stuff in our lives is not a one shot, or one weekend, deal. It’s a journey that we cultivate – one small step at a time.
Are you tending to (clearing, moving, addressing) [...]
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“Become a powerful visionary.”
“Do not give your precious energy to a dying past.”
“Face the brilliance of your most wonderful creations.”
Gorgeous. Hopeful. Moving. Below is one of the best video messages I’ve seen of what we might expect this year.. and beyond. Enjoy!
“A sneak-preview of life’s coming attractions for the “mighty” year of 2010. Courtesy of [...]
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January 1. 2010. Ten minutes past midnight.
New Year’s Resolutions are not really my thing. My style is more like that of painter: broader brushstrokes, organic and impressionistic. I love to daydream; to imagine and feel down to my bones – in the BIGGEST way possible – what I most hope and desire. Here’s is [...]
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One part O, two parts H = H2O. One part Love, two parts Gratitude = Peace on Earth.
For optimal effect, according to Dr. Masaru Emoto, the ratio is key. In this interview excerpt, the pioneering Japanese scientist and author of the Hidden Messages in Water explains the importance of this balance as the basis of [...]
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Close your eyes and soak in this classic melody sung by the Regensburger Cathedral Sparrows.
Peace.
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A beautiful message sung around the world at the same time. Click here to watch.
Happy – peaceful, easeful, joyful – holidays everyone!
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If ease does not come easily to you (and even if it does), you might appreciate this short piece by Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love. I discovered it in a free e-book compiled by Seth Godin called What Matters Now.
Enjoy.
Ease
“We are the strivingest people who have ever lived. We are ambitious, [...]
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Stephanie Bennett Vogt
WELCOME. I'd like to think of this blog in the same way I do a beautiful, nourishing HOME: an oasis to rest, refresh, reflect, and re-member [as in to gather the scattered parts of our selves]. I hope you will stop by often and share what helps and challenges you to connect with your spacious self!
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