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Reasons to Live Through the Apocalypse

Reasons to Live Through the Apocalypse
This poem inspired me to consider all the things, from my recent and distant past, that buoy me. A kiss on the forehead from my brother. Playtime with our family dog. The feel of the grass underneath bare feet and the tree’s bark against my palm. I hope this poem inspires you to consider all the things that buoy you, that you want to hold onto. Continue reading

13 Springtime Affirmations for a Fresh Start in Work & Life

13 Springtime Affirmations for a Fresh Start in Work & Life

When you release the pressure, let the expectations go, change can be an enjoyable experience. When you strip your image of opinion and labels, you allow the energy of discovery to take up space in your life. Give your schedule and your mind room to breathe as you figure out what that means for you. Dig in. Take your time. In the meantime, may these affirmations inspire you to embrace the unknown and move closer to that which you love.

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10 Ways to Live with Intention After Loss

10 Ways to Live with Intention After Loss

Living with intention is not about what you do, but how you do it. For me, living a meaningful life after loss has been a journey of self-understanding, self-advocacy, and spiritual maturity. I learned that I needed help, and that it's okay to ask for the help you need, especially when your quality of life is at stake. I also discovered this big truth: life is what you make it.

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Quotes on Recovery, Springtime, and Returning to Life

Quotes on Recovery, Springtime, and Returning to Life
This is an eclectic collection of quotes that speaks the essence of recovery, springtime, and your coming back to life. This is for those of us who have been unwell or run down and have tried to push through it. We know better now. This is for all of us who need a break or a miracle or a total change of pace. Continue reading

16 Affirmations to Get You Through Hard Days

16 Affirmations to Get You Through Hard Days

By giving meaning to hardship through words, you can structure a life around your values, your strengths, and your intentions. You get to choose how you show up. I created these affirmations to help us fully inhabit ourselves and our more difficult experiences, so we can tell a story of strength and perseverance.

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Heart Conversations Poem: The Full Version

Heart Conversations Poem: The Full Version

This standalone verse you might've seen circling the internet: I have not heard your voice in years, but my heart has conversations with you every day. I call it Heart Conversations, an ode to the intimate dialogue that carries on after someone we love dies. I thought it time to revisit this poem and that conversation.

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A Letter to My Future Self

A Letter to My Future Self

The newness of another year and another passion inspired me to write a letter to my future self. About all the things I hope for that person: healing, fulfillment, self-companionship. It's an enlightening practice because it sheds light on what matters most this year and right now. May this letter be what you needed to read today.

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18 Poems & Quotes about Grief for the Holidays

18 Poems & Quotes about Grief for the Holidays

Together, it's easier to make space for grief and for the love and joy that it stems from, which is the same love it inevitably returns to, if we allow that spaciousness. May these quotes about grief comfort you, validate what you feel, and bring a little more light to the holidays. You belong in the light, too.

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We Rebuild, Together // Musings on Life After Loss

We Rebuild, Together // Musings on Life After Loss

When we carry the people we've loved in our hearts, in our conversations, and into the work we do and the actions we take, we bring them forward and allow them to not only be an element in our lives still, but to make an impact. In that same way, they bring us forward, toward them. We do this thing, together. We rebuild, together.

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Talking to Grief, a Poem

Talking to Grief, a Poem

My favorite poems about grief do either one of two things: express my own experience in words in a way I never could or call on me to think differently about my experience. It’s a special thing when a poem can do both. Today I’m paying forward a beautiful grief poem written by Denise Levertov. May it call up your compassion the way it does for me.

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