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On Doing the Work

On Doing the Work

As a capitalist society, we talk a lot about work. Productivity. Putting in the time. No one eating without working. As a neurotic society,...

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Giraffe-Like Mindfulness

Giraffe-Like Mindfulness

  • September 21, 2021
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Or How to Be Like Gerald.

The best advice I have found that manages to work for both mindfulness and parenting comes not from a...

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Speaking of Trauma and BMWs

Speaking of Trauma and BMWs

  • September 14, 2021
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“You’re a BMW,” she said. “You’re sexy, but you’re expensive, and you break down a lot.”

I stood frozen to the spot as the words...

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Mindful Travel

Mindful Travel

  • September 07, 2021
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As every parent knows, travel with a child is an exercise in patience and expecting the unexpected.

A few months ago, I took my first...

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Sacred Sundays

Sacred Sundays

Sunday mornings are a trigger for me in a huge way. Being raised in a family where church was the dominating priority meant...

Leaking Trauma

Leaking Trauma

This is a hard one.

Several years ago, my brother bought a home with an unfinished basement. To his disgust, he soon found that...

Muddy Mindfulness

Muddy Mindfulness

Confession 1.

This is a blog on mindfulness, but I’m no expert on the subject. The title of the blog should be interpreted as me...

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Perpetually Present

Perpetually Present

Among the greatest joys of having a child so far is the opportunity to experience life in a different way. All children offer...

Queen’s Gambit

Queen’s Gambit

Nobody wants to be a victim these days. Victims tend to be dead or incapacitated in a fundamental way that does not fit...

Mindful Coparenting

Mindful Coparenting

Parents all know that parenting is complicated. Co-parenting takes it to a whole different level. At its most basic, co-parenting is sharing parenting responsibilities...

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Meet Rachel (she/her)

I’m mommy to LA, coparent with CP, friend, researcher/writer with a PhD, survivor of child abuse and fundamentalist religious trauma, and I finally realized silence was not going to save me.

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