Tag: gratitude
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Fasting and Healing
On this 21st day of Ramadan in 2025, I love that the prompt for today was about food. Food can bring so much joy into our lives, the taste, smells and company of loved ones. An intricate part of cultures. And in this moment, I’m abstaining from it. I remember my first years of fasting;…
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Finding Radical Acceptance and Joy
Rituals. Routine. They have the ability to keep you on your path and aligned, or distract you from where you’re supposed to be. I’ve always loved the feel of a good schedule and routine. It was always how I made sure I didn’t forget to do anything. It meant making absolute sure that I worked…
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Ever Changing Places
There are certain places that pull our souls to them. When I was in college, my parents set the expectation that I would study abroad my junior year. I embraced the opportunity, but my approach was quite different from others. My friends were going in groups to Italy, or Spain, or England. I wanted no…
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Letting Relationships Die Isn’t Always The End
Relationships with those around us are what make our lives so rich. Laughter, love, joy, grief, and pain are intricate and necessary parts of shared lives. Like I explored last week, so much of the pain that can come from relationships stems from fearing their end. But many relationships don’t survive their first ‘death’—a moment…
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Gratitude In Place of Fear
How do we navigate the inevitable—loss, grief, and the fleeting nature of the connections we hold most dear? It’s a question we all face, often in the quiet moments when fear takes hold. Read below as I explore this topic, or listen by clicking on the YouTube video below. Loss. Grief. Those things we know…
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