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Enjoy this 15-minute meditation that I found on Youtube. I went searching for this because I have been spending a lot of time on the computer lately, doing various things from the blog, to school work, to my ”employment” work. I’ve been finding that I am multitasking all over the place. One of these days, I [...]

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Don’t worry that they’ve started with out you. . . As Pema Chodron’s title suggests, start where you are. . . http://www.sharonsalzberg.com/realhappiness/blog/sharon-salzberg/meditation-getting-started Join countless others who are doing the Commit to 28 Days of Meditation with Sharon Salzberg. All this month, Tricycle Magazine has great tips in their online and their paper magazine to help you get started. [...]

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“If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting?” ~~Stephen Levine I think it is funny that when I thought of a special phone call, I thought of a pink princess phone.  Yes, we [...]

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Namaste 02/14 by Honoring Your Journey | Blog Talk Radio. Learn what the word Namaste means and how it relates to your journey with illness, with grieving, with caregiving, with the present moment. Join us for our first 15-minute broadcast to learn how Namaste Consulting is where you want to tune into to learn how [...]

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John is one of my favorite authors and teachers on relationships, grief, dying, etc.  This is the first part of two clips.  He makes a good point as he speaks to the moderator…. when we talk about relationships, health, family, etc, we are really talking about dying and grieving.  One day, maybe we will see [...]

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I love working on this blog.  I find that it feeds a part of me that has been missing doing end-of-life care and grief work day in and day out… I love teaching, helping people to see that illness, dying, and grieving are natural parts of human life.  And I feel so honored when people [...]

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“We’re fascinated by the words–but where we meet is in the silence behind them.” ~ Ram Dass Silence can be such a precious commodity.  There seems to be so little of it in today’s world.  Even going to a nearby state park, thinking I can run away and forget the world, and I hear the sounds of the [...]

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Have you started at the beginning?  Have you read any of my other posts on the 5 precepts of being a compassionate companion?  If you haven’t seen the my introduction, take a few minutes to read about the other precepts before moving on. . . . The 5th precept of being a compassionate companion is, Cultivate Don’t [...]

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Here is a great clip of Ram Dass interviewing Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay) in 1995. They explore emotions, interbeing, mindful breathing, impermanence, non-self, and happiness. It’s about a 10 minute clip, jammed packed with teaching.  Settle back in your chair and relax as you listen to two incredible masters. In loving-kindness.

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“With your loss comes  a sense of being out of harmony with your world; the landscape of your life has been permanently altered. The profound distress that accompanies grief has the potential to show us the futility of our pleasures, and the misery of our pain.” ~~  Sameet Kumar, Grieving Mindfully This is why this book is [...]

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