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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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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 15, 2022
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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 13, 2022
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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...
Jul 11, 2022
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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 8, 2022
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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 6, 2022
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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...
Jul 4, 2022
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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...
Jul 1, 2022
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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 29, 2022
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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...
Jun 27, 2022
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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 24, 2022
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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 22, 2022
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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 20, 2022
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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 17, 2022
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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 15, 2022
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Signs
I totally believe in signs. Signs in all forms, shapes, and sizes; numbers, animals, dreams, odd coincidences, reoccurring experiences,...
Jun 13, 2022
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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 10, 2022
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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 8, 2022
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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 6, 2022
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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...
Jun 2, 2022
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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 31, 2022
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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 26, 2022
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Conundrums and Contradictions
Lately, my life has been filled with contradictions, situations in which inconsistent elements are present. Unfortunately, this is...
May 24, 2022
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The Wisdom of Strangers
On Sundays, Hadley, my terrier, and I try to make time to get outside and just be. Sometimes we hike, sometimes we walk, sometimes we...
May 19, 2022
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Perspective
Last week, I had an encounter with someone I love and care about that did not go well, despite my truest intentions. I replayed the...
May 17, 2022
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