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The Happiness Hypothesis: Ten Ways to Find Happiness and Meaning in Life by Jonathan Haidt

This book was filled with such potential. How could you go wrong with the promise of ten ways to find happiness and meaning in life? And...

Jul 13, 2022

Stories

Have you ever had one of those periods in your life where something, some idea, thought, word, or concept, just keeps showing up? No...

Jul 11, 2022

Longing to Belong

I was afraid. Fear crept in, silently, before I even realized it, feeling like the fog in the famous Carl Sandburg poem: The fog comes on...

Into The Stillness: Dialogues on Awakening Beyond Thoughts by Gary Weber PhD and Richard Doyle PhD

Jul 8, 2022

Into The Stillness: Dialogues on Awakening Beyond Thoughts by Gary Weber PhD and Richard Doyle PhD

After reading My Grandfather's Blessings: Stories of Strength, Refuge, and Belonging by Rachel Naomi Remen last week, I was at a loss for...

Jul 6, 2022

Helpful Hint #6: When All Else Fails …

Breathe. I recently read an article about Dr. Andrew Weil. I remembered Dr. Weil from his popularity and visibility in the 1980s and 90s....

Jul 4, 2022

Stories and Compassion

Weariness is palpable. The divisions and mistrust in the world today seem to be growing, taking sides, with polarizing options, this or...

My Grandfather's Blessings: Stories of Strength, Refuge, and Belonging by Rachel Naomi Remen

Jul 1, 2022

My Grandfather's Blessings: Stories of Strength, Refuge, and Belonging by Rachel Naomi Remen

This was not the book I had planned to read this week. But after reading Almost Amish, and Living More With Less last week, it seemed...

Jun 29, 2022

Shared Moments

I did it again. I listened to the voice in my head and not with the unity of my heart. I recently spent a week in Florida visiting my...

Jun 27, 2022

I Needed a Thinky

“Thinky.” a word used when you need to pause and think something through before you respond, was created by my nephew when he was about 6...

Almost Amish: One Woman’s Quest for a Slower, Simpler, More Sustainable Life

Jun 24, 2022

Almost Amish: One Woman’s Quest for a Slower, Simpler, More Sustainable Life

Almost Amish: One Woman's Quest for a Slower, Simpler, More Sustainable Life by Nancy Sleeth Have you ever stopped to think, Maybe the...

Jun 22, 2022

Rising To the Challenge

I was beginning to think it was time for a new challenge. At several points in my life, when feeling I was in a slump, like I needed some...

Jun 20, 2022

Flying

I found myself standing perfectly still at the edge of my life. At the proverbial precipice, I was wondering what would happen next. The...

Jun 17, 2022

To Speak for the Trees

To Speak for the Trees: My Life's Journey from Ancient Celtic Wisdom to a Healing Vision of the Forest by Diana Beresford-Kroeger As...

Jun 15, 2022

When? Anticipating Life

I spend more time anticipating my life than living it. There it is. I spend an inordinate amount of time living vicariously, though...

Jun 13, 2022

Signs

I totally believe in signs. Signs in all forms, shapes, and sizes; numbers, animals, dreams, odd coincidences, reoccurring experiences,...

Jun 10, 2022

The Seeker and the Monk

Welcome to The Company I Keep, the newest blog, and soon to be vlog on YouTube, from Pathways to Possibilities. The idea for this...

Jun 8, 2022

The View From The Edge

I was pushed to the brink, at the edge of the precipice wondering what would happen next. I know that in this very question, I am seeking...

Jun 6, 2022

A Unifying Principle

It was all I could think about. I had been very deeply hurt by someone I love and care about. I was angry, and having a hard time...

Jun 2, 2022

Compassion Includes Seeing Myself

Life takes practice. Although I try to keep track of the lessons I learn, as I endeavor to apply them in the present moment and in the...

May 31, 2022

TRYING

Too Much of A Good Thing?

Molly Katzen’s cookbook The Enchanted Broccoli Forrest started it all. As a newly minted vegan, I bought the cookbook to learn how to...

May 26, 2022

The Company We Keep

In preparation for the release of a new Pathways to Possibilities book, the Well-Being Planner: Practices for Self-Reflection &...

May 24, 2022

FINDING

Conundrums and Contradictions

Lately, my life has been filled with contradictions, situations in which inconsistent elements are present. Unfortunately, this is...

May 19, 2022