Taking It In
It was Saturday night. I had been at a Hakomi workshop all day, learning about and experiencing nourishing communication. I had left the house at 8:45 in the morning and arrived home at 5:30… I love coming home on a day like that. Now it was bedtime, and we were all snuggled in. Rom and [...]
Practicing Peace: Self-Connection (continued)
This is the fifth post in my series Practicing Peace, in which I am sharing some of the practices I do throughout my days, including mindfulness, self-connection, and meditation. See the end of this post for links to all the posts in the series. Here is the last self-connection technique I’ll share. I covered three [...]
Practicing Peace: Self-Connection
This is the fourth post in my series Practicing Peace, in which I am sharing some of the practices I do throughout my days, including mindfulness, self-connection, and meditation. See the end of this post for links to all the posts in the series. The mindfulness practices help me get through each moment at a time, but [...]
We Have Different Feelings
Orlando was swinging something around behind me. It was long and whip-like. I turned around and told him, “Orlando, no swinging in the house. That could really hurt some—— is that my headset?” Orlando immediately handed over what he had been swinging. It was, in fact, the fancy, low-radiation headset for my phone. “Oh no!” [...]
The New Year
I’ve been spending some time writing in my journal, to honor the ending of last year and the beginning of this one, and I wanted to share the questions I’ve been using. They come from Andrea over at Superhero Journal. 1. What do you want to acknowledge yourself for in regard to 2009?(What did you [...]
More Grace
This is the second post in a two-part series on mealtime (or other time) rituals. Yesterday, I wrote about saying our blessing, and today I wanted to share something else we do at the dinner table. [Well, to be honest, there are a lot of things we do at the dinner table, but I'll have [...]
So, how are you feeling? And why?
All day yesterday, I did my homework. The homework was for my 30-day intensive nonviolent communication class, and yesterday’s assignment was to keep a “needs-met” trigger journal. I wrote down the trigger (an event or thought), how I felt while it was happening, and the needs of mine that were met. Here are some of [...]
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