First of all, the title of this post comes from one of Pema Chodron's many wonderful books: The Places that Scare you: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times. I recommend all her books (When Things Fall Apart is what got me started in 2009). At any rate, delving into these places is a recent… Continue reading the places that scare me
Month: April 2020
A seed for sea change
I am not doing well, I think as I try to work on my latest writing project. I rewrite a line I liked yesterday but now seems inadequate. It's worse. I delete the whole thing, then go back and put back what I had taken out. A few minutes earlier I was lying on my yoga… Continue reading A seed for sea change
curiosity as a way to befriend fear
Being sequestered at home recently I'm growing reacquainted with all kinds of things. Feelings, to be more specific. Un-fun, uncomfortable, irritatingly potent and yucky emotions. Let's see. There's anger (rage, to be more accurate, deep currents of it), sadness, grief, resentment, jealousy... there are more but at a certain point they start blending into each… Continue reading curiosity as a way to befriend fear
Fear that’s said its prayers*
*The topic of prayer is for another day. Maybe instead of equating prayer with "God" think of praying as having a conversation with a force that's both benevolent and kind, an energy that lives within you and around you (and inside all of us), one that loves you no matter what, will guide you always,… Continue reading Fear that’s said its prayers*
my body speaks 