by Nancy L Seibel | Jun 4, 2020 | Purpose, Self-Care
I knit, creating something of substance and use from a strand of yarn and two wooden sticks. I knit, settling into a moment when there is just this – the soothing, repetitive motions, the feel of the yarn, and the melody of Chopin’s Mazurka #18. I...
by Nancy L Seibel | May 28, 2020 | Self-Care, Well-being
This morning I sat in my home office, with sandalwood incense burning and soft music playing. Though the open window came a soft, cool breeze carrying the sounds of early morning bird songs, with the steady patter of rainfall in the background. I closed my...
by Nancy L Seibel | May 19, 2020 | Self-Care, Well-being, Writing
It’s a challenge we’re all faced with – how to stay mentally and emotionally well as so much has changed so quickly, and keeps doing so. Here are three gems I found this week to help us do just that! They’ve made me smile, helped me relax and shown...
by Nancy L Seibel | May 14, 2020 | Self-Care, Well-being, Writing
For the first time in the more than 3 decades since my firstborn’s arrival, I began a Mother’s Day in tears. I was making coffee when Carole King’s Child of Mine came over the radio. The tears flowed as I listened to the tender ache in her voice; an ache that...
by Nancy L Seibel | Apr 30, 2020 | Change, Self-Care, Well-being, Writing
Healing involves transcending the suffering that can be caused by traumatic or disruptive life events. Transcendence of suffering takes place through wholeness of self. Wholeness is the alignment, or the re-alignment, of the physical, emotional, intellectual, social,...
