Category: Illumination
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Divine Spark of Light
When I was 17 yrs old I had an experience that I will be eternally grateful for. I was selected to be a part of a team of youth in a summer camp environment where we presented ‘talks’ to kids and other youth on a variety of topics. There was an incredible amount of creative…
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What I learned (and relearned) from 2012:
That my body never lies. That food is not scary and enjoying it is my birthright. That ‘big’ ‘round’ ‘curvy’ are just words, descriptions, nothing more. No more menacing that ‘blue’ ‘cold’ or ‘salty’. That all of us deserve to be completely free in our bodies and in our beings. That the present moment is…
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Silencing the Bully Within
Yesterday I received 2 disturbing e-mails about bullying. One was from a sweet and wonderful woman I know who shared a story about standing at a street corner while a passerby hurled a violent insult towards her about the size of her body propelling her from enjoying a normal sunny autumn day into a moment…
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Compassionate Curiosity
If you have been struggling with food and body issues for many years then you have likely spent countless hours trying to understand and change your behaviors. What presence and mindfulness practice offers is a new way to more gently understand these behaviors and view ourselves. Through mindfulness we move from shame based questioning to a very…
Peggy Farah, LMHC, RCC Deeper Cravings 