We Were Made for These Times: Ten Lessons for Moving Through Change, Loss, and Disruption
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Ponderings on the Path blog posts focus on what I am thinking about and considering as I journey towards self-discovery and my authentic self.
Life on the Path blog posts deal with the day-to-day realities and challenges of living an intentioned life.
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- Oct 12, 2022
Looking for Answers
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- Oct 6, 2022
Recipes for a Sacred Life: True Stories and a Few Miracles by Rivvy Neshama
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- Sep 29, 2022
Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words by David Whyte
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- Sep 28, 2022
Reset, Fast Forward, or Pause?
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- Sep 22, 2022
Walking with Buddha: Pilgrimage on the Shikoku 88-Temple Trail by C. W. Lockhart
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- Sep 21, 2022
A New Name
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- Sep 15, 2022
Threads of Awakening: An American Woman’s Journey into Tibet’s Sacred Textile Art
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- Sep 14, 2022
Pointing My Bow
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- Sep 8, 2022
Eat Sleep Sit: My Year at Japan’s Most Rigorous Zen Temple by Kaoru Nonomura
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- Sep 7, 2022
Learning In Reverse
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- Sep 1, 2022
Twelve by Twelve: A One-Room Cabin Off the Grid and Beyond the American Dream by William Powers
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- Aug 31, 2022
Sometimes the lessons are in the lessons.
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- Aug 24, 2022
Random Wisdom
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- Aug 22, 2022
The Upanishads, Mel Robbins, and Rumi
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- Aug 15, 2022
Life Lessons I Missed
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- Aug 12, 2022
Life Lessons from a Bad Quaker: A Humble Stumble Toward Simplicity and Grace by J. Brent Bill
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- Aug 8, 2022
First, Last, and Love
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- Aug 5, 2022
The Delphic Maxims: 147 Ancient Rules for a Happy Life
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- Aug 3, 2022
Call It What You Like . . .
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- Aug 1, 2022
What Is Old Is New Again
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- Jul 29, 2022
The Barn At The End of The World: The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd
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- Jul 26, 2022
A Community of One?