Category: Animals
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MAKING MY PEACE … with raising my light quotient – micro-moments of “feel-good” nourishment
MAKING MY PEACE … with raising my light quotient – micro-moments of “feel-good” nourishment Light builds resilience. Light builds energy. Light builds hope. But what is a “Light Quotient” and why do we need to increase it? Sasha from The Pagan Homemaker describes a light quotient as simple ways to make you feel lighter, which increases resilience,…
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MAKING MY PEACE … with mythical creatures for healing
MAKING MY PEACE … with mythical creatures for healing … imagination is the mind’s immune system … Long before psychology and therapy for healing, we had storytelling and imagination. Every culture has their own mythical creatures in legend, myth, and folklore. Through myth, filled with gods, ghosts, monsters, heroes, dragons, werewolves, selkies, jinns, firebirds, and shapeshifters,…
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MAKING MY PEACE … with not carrying the load alone – like ants !
MAKING MY PEACE … with not carrying the load alone – like ants ! On some days, life can feel heavy. Challenges pile up, and we may wonder if we’re carrying too much alone. But nature, as it so often does, has lesson for us. In this case, the lesson is from a small but mighty…
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MAKING MY PEACE … with mindful strolling in nature in Paris
MAKING MY PEACE … with mindful strolling in nature in Paris … a call to walk in nature and let the mind quiet itself … This morning, I slipped away from the hum of the 15th arrondissement and followed a trail not far from home: the Petite Ceinture or PC15, Paris’s hidden railway-turned-walking path. The birds were…
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MAKING MY PEACE … with lessons from solitary animals
MAKING MY PEACE … with lessons from solitary animals … being solitary is not being anti-social, asocial … Not all creatures are meant to live in groups and neither are all people. In the animal world, some species move together in packs, colonies, or herds, while others walk alone. These solitary animals, like the snow…
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MAKING MY PEACE … with missing Louie
Making My Peace … with missing Louie There are many times that I miss my best friend, Louie. Reliable, loyal, intelligent, friendly, funny, playful Louie – a companion who travelled with me on road journeys, ran with me on track and cross country, waited outside stores for me on shopping trips, haggled with…