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Offer a Collaborative Story

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:April 1, 2018
  • Post category:Wider Narratives

When we invite people to be on the same side with collaborative stories, we open the door to more connection in our lives.

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Depression: Natural Response to Trauma

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:March 1, 2018
  • Post category:Emotions

You are not broken. Your responses make sense. As you find ways to sit with inner terror and misery and loneliness for as long as they are there, they will gradually shift and make room for new feelings.

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Your Body Is Your Ally

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:February 1, 2018
  • Post category:Boundaries, Full Self

When you tend to your body with generous care, you practice feeling better and receiving kindness right now.

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Embody Hunger, Embody Fullness

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:January 1, 2018
  • Post category:Boundaries, Full Self

To connect more directly with our bodies just as they are right now, we can bring more awareness to eating, hunger, and fullness.

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Add Ease to Anniversaries

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:December 1, 2017
  • Post category:Find Support

When we can be a kind witness for our hurting selves, we can disentangle painful feelings from the time of year that brings them up.

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How to Resist Enough

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:November 1, 2017
  • Post category:Hard Times, Abuse

Resisting oppression can be affirmative, creative, connected, nourishing.

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The Perils of Nice

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:October 1, 2017
  • Post category:Boundaries, Full Self

When we do not constrain ourselves to be nice, we can step into the power of showing up as our authentic selves kindly and creatively.

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Sit with Disappointment

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:September 1, 2017
  • Post category:Emotions

When we can sit with disappointment, we find our own balance between acceptance and efforts toward change.

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Look into the Present

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:August 1, 2017
  • Post category:Body

As we look at the world with more relaxation and clarity, we see more of the beauty and safety available to us.

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Seek Nourishing Feedback

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:July 1, 2017
  • Post category:Relating

We thrive on positive feedback, with the occasional bit of corrective negative feedback thrown in.

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