Lindsay O’Connor (she/her)

I’m beginning to think that part of the process of maturing happens simply because we run out of energy for all the ways we’ve worked so hard to keep it together.

Thank you!

Nice! Poetry that helps people on their healing journeys, so inspirational or honoring grief and other feelings.

Trans people are worth protecting. Not because we are amazing people (although we are) or because we offer a great deal to society (although we do) or because we are fine as hell (we are). We are worth protecting because we are HUMAN BEINGS, and it’s amazing how often that simple fact is forgotten.

What are some of your favorite poems? I need a little refresh (for myself and for readings to share with the people I work with).

“Periods of struggle move us to new levels of integration, and then we have to translate our relationships to God, ourselves, and other people into this new perspective.”

—Invitation to Love by Thomas Keating

Oh I have that in my kindle library to read! Looking forward to your review.

What’s everyone reading this weekend?

I’m reading:
Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper (Audiobook)

Queering Contemplation by Cassidy Hall

Invitation to Love by Thomas Keating

That’s a vivid image! True for me too — “not all energy is good energy.” Thank you for sharing!

I don’t think I’m autistic but am wondering about ADHD (several family members have ADHD). I think a lot of women my age are getting late diagnoses because it wasn’t recognized in girls.

Thank you for sharing this!

I’m beginning to wonder if what I have always called being an introvert is actually fatigue from masking.

What’s one way you knew/discovered you are neurodivergent?

Sometimes it feels like you ought to be able to tip your therapist.

You don’t have to worship where you’re not wanted.

Currently reading:
Careless People -Sarah Wynn-Williams
•The Untethered Soul -Michael Singer
•A Raisin in the Sun -Lorraine Hansberry

On deck:
•Queering Contemplation -Cassidy Hall
•Hood Wellness -Tamela J.Gordon
•Give Me a Word -Christine Valters Paintner
•Eloquent Rage -Brittney Cooper

The only time immortality seems remotely appealing is when I think of all the books I could read. What’s in your currently reading/just finished/next up stack?

Just finished:
The Tears of Things -Richard Rohr

I think I’m mother duck!

In today’s No-Stress (Low-Stress?) Nature News, a green heron fusses at and startles a duckling while the sibling looks on, and the mother duck is a little flustered. Are you the heron, the duckling, the sibling, or the mother duck today?

“Felt reality is invariably wept reality, and wept reality is soon compassion and kindness.“

—The Tears of Things by Richard Rohr

Is sunrise with the sun peeking through a break in the clouds

Good morning! Currently sustained by books, naps, and beauty. How about you?

What’s everyone reading this weekend?

Just finished:
Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza by Peter Beinart

Currently reading:
-The Tears of Things by Richard Rohr
-Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams
-The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer

I just finished a book that had been on my Goodreads TBR list for 5.5 years🙌🏻🎉

Thank you!!

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If you or your group want a compassionate companion for your inner work, using the Enneagram or otherwise, I have openings in spiritual direction & can facilitate large and small groups. To schedule a free initial Zoom call for more info, message me here or email lindsayloconnor@gmail.com

I’m proud to be a newly Accredited Professional with the International Enneagram Association! I believe with my whole heart that we must tend to our inner work in order to show up in the world as our most compassionate, wise, & discerning selves, & the Enneagram is a powerful tool to help us do so.

Ok not really scary but dark humor and a little spooky, with a ghost… have you read The Sentence by Louise Erdrich? It’s one of my favorites!

Bibliophile confessions: Sometimes I argue with authors in the margins of the (nonfiction) books I read.

There’s nothing quite like a car full of 9 year olds singing, “Working 9 to 5”😂

You don’t have to worship where you’re not wanted.