Compassion
Embodying Kindness & A Question for Your Pocket
A note from Erin: Hello, beautiful you, I’m sitting here on my red couch watching a gentle snowfall out the front window as well as some adorable little finches, sparrows, chickadees and juncos bouncing on the bare rosebush branches. And I’m sending you so much love. How are you faring? We’re still very much tucked in, grateful to be…
Read MoreBegin again. Advice from a heron. An invitation to rest.
Share Tweet Forward A note from Erin: Hello, beautiful human, a shot from the winter solstice at Great Salt Lake Wow. We find ourselves at the end of such an extraordinary year. I’m so grateful to be alive and healthy and able to write to you, and so glad you’re alive and well to receive these…
Read MoreBasic Goodness & Brave Befriending
A note from Erin: Hello, beautiful human! Today I’m thinking about Basic Goodness, a phrase and perspective that fundamentally changed my life when I began to learn about it in my late teens – thanks to Pema Chodron and my many other teachers in the Buddhist tradition. It’s amazing to me, (perhaps tragic is a more accurate word),…
Read MoreDigesting Your Life
A note from Erin: Hello, brilliant human, In a conversation with my friend Sunny Rose Healey for our podcast in which we talked all about the wisdom of Ayurveda (India’s ancient system of holistic healing), I was struck by Sunny’s reminder to put attention not only on how we’re digesting our food but also on how we…
Read MoreHello, Sweetheart
A note from Erin: Hi friends, How’s the strange new world going for you?? Personally, I’ve been feeling rather disoriented – not quite sure how to make plans when everything is so uncertain. Will my son go to school? Stay home for who-knows-how-long? How can I plan my work schedule not knowing what kind (or if…
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