Cherish You! challenge for Feb 2010
Do you have enough love in your life? Do you feel loved, cherished, valued and appreciated all the time? No? I am so excited to introduce the Cherish You! Challenge: Learning to love yourself one step at a time...
Learning from Loss
Last week we buried one of our own. She was a beautiful and well loved seventeen year old girl who went to school with my children. She and her father were killed in a tragic accident on the highway. Her name was Jaime. In a community as small as ours you can feel the impact wherever you go...
Three simple steps to writing the ultimate love letter
This month, in order to honor the theme “cherish” and Valentine’s Day, I wanted to write the ultimate love letter to myself. I hope it will encourage you to write one for yourself, too!
The supreme act of generosity: Listen!
"To love means to listen. Listening is a very important practice. There is a voice calling to us, and it wants us to listen. It may be that our body is calling us and wants us to listen to our body. It may be our feelings that are calling us and want us to listen to them. It may be our perceptions are calling us and want...
The Space
February: A month to cherish you and yoursI’m not quite sure I’m ready for January to be over! My month of holidays, birthdays and celebrations has drawn to a close, school has returned for another year and I’m firmly back in the world of routine and reality. How did that happen so fast? Lucky for me, I am living a life I enjoy. I get to do what I love, I am able to work from... [Read more of this article]
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Serenity Space
The supreme act of generosity: Listen!As I prepared to write Serenity Space for February, I had no idea what I was going to write. Possibly something...
Which of these will you bring with you into 2010?How luscious – a new year stretching out before us, a clean slate, a brand new note book waiting for us...
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How to Cherish the Memories without Holding onto the StuffAre the cupboards and drawers bulging? Do containers poke out from beneath beds? Are there boxes gathering dust...
‘The Top 5′ Way to New IntentionsDon’t you just love this time of year? The possibilities are infinite. It seems we have the world at our...
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Shaking Off the ShouldsThe notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes — ah, that is where the...
And the Angels SangCradling a coffee to my lips like a prayer in a begging bowl, I sat alone, half hidden behind a pillar and a potted...
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Better Relationships – A Treasure Trove of PossibilityIt’s everywhere! Here at Calm Space. In many similarly inspiring places across the net. Your local bookshop...
Do You Hang on TOO Tight to Ceremony?When you grow up in a Catholic household with strong Irish heritage, there’s never going to be any doubt...
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A Simple Way to Find Understanding, Peace and WisdomLast semester at university I taught the wonderful poem The Thought-Fox by Ted Hughes, and I was struck at how...
Ceremonial NatureThe city of Edinburgh has a riverway which runs through the very heart of the cityscape. The Water of Leith flows...
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The Bathroom RetreatI love January. Something about saying goodbye to an old year, and welcoming a new one filled with possibilities...
A Christmas Dinner to RememberOne of my favorite Christmas Traditions is our midnight Turkey. Yes, I know it sounds crazy. But when Christmas...
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Noticing Beauty in the Ordinary Moments: Luke VassellaAh…. Sweet sweet possibility; even the word itself sounds exciting, fresh and invigorating! If I weren’t so...
Ceremonies, Rituals, Songwriter Quirks and Weirdness…When I hear the word ‘ceremony’ I immediately have the chorus of an 80’s band float through my head; well,...
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Spiritual PossibilityIn order to discuss spiritual possibilities it is first necessary to discuss ‘faith’. To me, spiritual faith...
Add a little bit of magic to your ChristmasWith Christmas coming up faster than I suspect any of us are prepared for, it is fitting to reflect on ceremony. My...
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Your Breathing Space for FebruaryA thing of beauty is a joy forever; Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness, but still...
Your Breathing Space for JanuaryThe moment when you first wake up in the morning is the most wonderful of the twenty-four hours. No matter how...
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Learning from LossLast week we buried one of our own. She was a beautiful and well loved seventeen year old girl who went to school...
Natural MagicDwell in possibility ~Emily Dickinson “I dwell in possibility.” What a wonderful place in which to live. ...
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Five quick ways to give your mood a boostFeeling a bit flat? New Year celebrations long over? Already frustrated by your efforts to keep those resolutions? There...
Foot Bath Bliss for the Festive SeasonAfter a day baking in the kitchen, whipping up all the delights of the festive season; or trudging the shops looking...
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Power and strength – celebrating the men in our livesFathers, brothers, husbands, sons – we all have or have had at least one of them in our lives together with...
The path of knowledge leads to truth…inconvenient and otherwiseThe personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself - Anais Nin - In researching titles...
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