by Kate | Aug 24, 2022 | joy
“Take a joy break this afternoon,” I advised participants in a morning creative journaling class. I said it without thinking, hoping to lighten the mood after an intense session. “What a great topic for a future class,” someone suggested. I’ve had a lovely time this...
by Kate | Aug 17, 2022 | chronic illness, joy
This month I am contemplating whimsical reinvention. When life gets difficult, one option is making different choices with a light heart. It’s the lightness that’s the challenge. I recently searched the web for “how to add whimsy to your life.” Results were fun to...
by Kate | Mar 24, 2021 | Chronic healing, joy
When you are ill, especially with a serious diagnosis, it’s easy to have the sensations and the emotional fallout of it take over your life. You become the illness or the pain. Dealing with it hijacks all your energy. When it feels like that, you may have no other...
by Kate | Mar 17, 2021 | joy, kind promises
To help each kind promise settle into my bones, I want to make a practice of it. What can I do on a daily basis to keep the promise alive in my life? This month’s promise is “I will live with joy for no apparent reason.” This calls me to find joy in each moment,...
by Kate | Mar 11, 2021 | joy
You cannot force joy into your life. Yoga therapist Amy Wheeler says you can only “enter a receptive, awe-filled state in case joy decides to visit you.” She teaches that happiness is dependent on external factors and com six es and goes as circumstances change. Joy...
by Kate | Aug 12, 2020 | Creativity, joy, kind promises
When we are in difficult times such as this one of pandemic and social turmoil, it’s easy to think that we should take everything very seriously. That’s not always the case. The National Institute for Play believes that play can dramatically transform our personal...
