by Rosemary Lokhorst | Mar 10, 2021 | Inspiration, Mental Health
When I was in my twenties, I went to a yoga class with my mother. Apart from wanting to do something for our fitness, we also thought it would be a good way to practice mindfulness — something to center our thoughts. I had tried meditation before and while...
by Jennifer Degen | Feb 17, 2021 | Inspiration, Mental Health
Resistance is a concept in ancient traditions like Buddhism and Yoga Philosophy. Simply being aware of how resistance shows up in the body, when we hear ourselves say no automatically to something we cant or don’t want to do, could be great soil for growth. I have...
by Garth Sundem | Feb 10, 2021 | Inspiration, Mental Health, Social-Emotional Learning
Download Bruce Smith’s free Positive Psychology workbook HERE. In 2005, Bruce Smith, Ph.D. began teaching a course on Positive Psychology at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. At the time, most psychologists were focused on treating disorders – on...
by Kristi Pikiewicz | Feb 3, 2021 | Education/Parenting, Inspiration
Kestrel doing what she loves. Me? I’m trying to recenter. Last weekend my daughter, Kestrel, and I went to a rock climbing gym together for the first time since COVID began. How did it go? Read on… Where’s my daughter Kestrel? … Did that woman just...
by Guest Blogger | Jan 13, 2021 | Inspiration, Mental Health
Renske The Digging Deep Project is honored to work with a range of guest authors. Here, Renske, describes her struggle with anorexia as a constant and ongoing conversation with a “little voice” that fights for control of her psyche. Five years ago, at age...
by Jennifer Degen | Dec 30, 2020 | Inspiration, Self Expression
Usually when I start to acknowledge the days are getting colder, we are well into winter and the days so short that it gets dark here in Vermont as early as 3:30 p.m. I feel resistance turning towards the darkness, the cold of winter, and a reluctance to let go...
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