Your Psyche is Made of Velcro
In her memoir Why Religion? Elaine Pagels described noticing that she’s attracted to a female friend. A little background on her: Raised by atheist parents, she chose Christianity as … Read More
When Old and New Trauma are Shaken AND Stirred
August 24, 2020
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Sarah B
Since making my first entry in September of 2016, my five-year journal has paid dividends, both each evening as it cues me to ask myself, “What do I most … Read More
Unlearning My Way Forward
August 17, 2020
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Sarah B
A handful of years ago, I asked my mom to recount for me a bit of family lore. It was the kind of story that infuses most families, so … Read More
Seven Years and I’m More a Fool than Ever
August 10, 2020
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Sarah B
…only the fool thinks he is wise; the wise man knows himself to be a fool. Perhaps to be educated is to be a fool. The wise man knows … Read More
My Formula for Joy
August 3, 2020
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Sarah B
I share Shinzen Young’s equation for suffering – Pain x Resistance = Suffering – several times each week. That’s how powerful I find it: its presupposition of pain; its … Read More
The (Optional) Snap of the Band
June 22, 2020
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Sarah B
You might imagine a rubber band. You might imagine a rubber band with two lines on opposite points of it circumference. You might imagine one line represents a feeling … Read More
When the Doing Follows the Being
June 8, 2020
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Sarah B
I’ve been in the midst of a very slow-rolling project of scanning and organizing all of my photographs for some time now. During a recent dive into a folder, I … Read More
Raising the Dialogue, Part 2: Listening for the Big Lessons
May 18, 2020
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Sarah B
Last week, I wrote about listening past others’ challenging words as though it’s easy, a switch to flip. “Ah, yes, now I hear the humanness beneath the reactivity. Jolly good!” … Read More
Sharpening our Tools on the Whetstones of Little Stuff
May 4, 2020
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Sarah B
Picture it: Last Friday, May 1, my yoga mat laid out on the Matisse-reminiscent print of our bedroom rug. Unlike the previous however-many months, my mat had consistently made an … Read More
The Awful/Good, Awfully Good Practice
April 27, 2020
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Sarah B
People occasionally compliment me for being patient. It makes me giggle. When I tell Theresa or my mom about those compliments, they giggle, too. Patience is most certainly not one … Read More