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Tag: philosophy

Don't get trapped in a prison of your own making. -W Leitzen
Quotes

What you see is what you can free

Don’t get trapped in a prison of your own making. -W Leitzen

July 7, 2024July 7, 2024 · 1 min read

Creativity

Donut Holes & Superpowers:

probing the philosophy of nothingness in daily life How consciousness works, how it lives, dies, and transforms has been a preoccupation of mine since I was a girl…

June 28, 2024July 13, 2025 · 3 min read

Photo by Chris Sabor
Coaching

Idealism, burnout, and collaborative missions

I’ve needed to abruptly quit a few things in my life. And each time, my departures have left people confused. In general, I’m an upbeat worker, definitely a…

June 20, 2024July 11, 2024 · 5 min read

Mommess

the web

As a web-worker myself, I find myself doing this every day; working on the Internet. That’s my ‘web’ and the moniker of my company. Sometimes connectivity feels like…

June 18, 2024June 21, 2024 · 1 min read

Creativity

art, science and a metaphysical bullseye

My friend Alix, developed a metaphysical system* over a dozen years ago, that represents people in a simple, meaningful pattern in color. She spent several years researching, assigning,…

June 2, 2024November 8, 2024 · 4 min read

Body & Health

So, just how do you sleep at night?

One of these Master Class titles floated through my social media feed that says you should talk to yourself like a friend. Since I’ve been awakening to the…

April 5, 2024April 8, 2024 · 4 min read

Culture

Slay the Protégé

In myth and in life, Proteges slaying Mentors is an age-old archetypal pattern, and one that represents an energetic exchange that can be uniquely helpful in a protege’s…

February 28, 2024March 18, 2024 · 8 min read

Body & Health

hitting the speed limit

Tomorrow I turn 55, and I kind of love this age and all it represents. This birthday reminds me of my old restaurant days when I waited tables…

February 27, 2024February 28, 2024 · 5 min read

Mommess

Being Right vs. Judgement

In my Buddhism practice, there is a practice statement that has been gnawing away at me. It’s phrased so benignly, but the implications have been earth-shattering for me.…

February 11, 2024September 3, 2025 · 3 min read

when you come down to it, the only ground you stand on is the ground you stand on
Body & Health

Practice Notes – Jan 19

I’ve been taking Buddhism classes with Jungto Society, and I love them. The classes teach about the history, the philosophy, and the principles of Buddhism, but mostly they…

January 19, 2024January 19, 2024 · 2 min read

Mommess

A wake of awakening

This is how I used to envision a life well lived: that every day, a person could leave behind them ripples of enlightenment, that would wash into realization…

December 26, 2023April 13, 2024 · 9 min read

Family

toney atone: my family goals

There are a few things I’ve been saying to my family,  hoping they’ll see things I see as problems and make “us” feel better. No one has wanted…

October 28, 2023July 13, 2024 · 5 min read

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