Why I love befriending & embracing all of our emotions.
The real promise of somatic psychology is not that we will become endlessly calm. It is that we will become awake enough to refuse anything that asks us to abandon ourselves or the earth we all share. -Ailey Jolie
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Time to label some data...
….senses that they all are as part of our brilliance and cognition. Her framing of what healthy vs unhealthy shame feels like is particularly brilliant:
There is a lot going on right now! Intense times can be a good time to revisit our guidance from within. Panxiety, anyone (panic + anxiety)? Karla McLaren’s work on befriending emotions makes the feels actionable as our sixth, seventh…twelfth
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Very interesting!
Finding Herbie Hancock’s memoir #Possibilities incredibly inspiring as an analogue for creating anything in collaboration. More impressive is his even perspective on the events of his life that made up his path. It’s comforting to learn so much about one person’s life w/all the uncertain moments.
Sites from Bainbridge. A 100 year wood defending against WWI foes then and invasive ivy now. A troll made from reclaimed materials on another part of the island welcomes visitors graciously in perpetuity thanks to its community of care takers. In another 100 years, will it have changed? #dambotroll
