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I loved having this conversation about my new book, A More Beautiful Way to Live, with Beth Silvers. What was so fun about this chat is that we had it on our shared birthday, March 4th!

Thank you for hosting me, Beth, and thanks to those of you who attended live.

Much love,

Bethaney

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Thank you to everyone who tuned into my conversation with Kaitlin Curtice about her book, Everything is A Story. You can get your copy here.

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In this conversation, Bethaney Wilkinson and Tracey Gee explore the themes of desire, restlessness, and personal growth. They discuss the importance of recognizing and embracing one’s desires, the role of community in navigating these feelings, and the significance of self-awareness and experimentation in personal development. They also touch on the challenges of dealing with disappointment and grief, and how these experiences can ultimately lead to deeper understanding and fulfillment. The conversation emphasizes the need for permission and agency in pursuing one’s desires while balancing personal aspirations with the realities of the world.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Personal Updates
01:52 Exploring Restlessness and Change
06:01 The Power of Desire
09:55 Navigating Permission and Agency
14:03 Building Safety in Pursuing Desires
17:50 Self-Awareness and Strengths
22:03 Balancing External Demands with Personal Desires
24:55 Finding Control Amidst Overwhelm
28:33 Embracing Experimentation in Life
32:03 Navigating Disappointment and Grief
37:12 Desire-Based Goal Setting
43:17 Practices for a Grounded Life

Keywords

restlessness, desire, agency, community, uncertainty, self-awareness, experimentation, disappointment, grief, goal setting

Takeaways to Contemplate

Restlessness can be a powerful signal for change.
Desire is often seen as selfish, but it can be generative.
Naming our desires can help us reclaim our authenticity.
Community can provide safety in exploring our desires.
Disappointment can teach us about our true desires.
Experimentation allows for growth and learning.
Self-awareness is crucial in understanding our desires.
Navigating uncertainty requires practice and patience.
Grief and disappointment are part of the journey towards fulfillment.

Links Galore

Learn More about Tracey Gee here and access her guide to desire-based goal setting here.

Preorder my book, A More Beautiful Way to Live, here.

www.bethaneywilkinson.com / hello@bethaneywilkinson.com / @bethaney.bree

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In this conversation, Beth and Bethaney explore themes of personal growth, spirituality, and the complexities of navigating identity and political discourse. They discuss the importance of beginning with self-awareness, particularly through the lens of physicality and breath, and how this practice informs their work and interactions with the world. The conversation also delves into the role of grief in political life, the challenges of changing perspectives in public discourse, and the significance of community and connection in fostering energy and momentum for change.

Chapters

Introduction and Background
Beginning with the Body and Breath
Navigating Pain and Fatigue
Spirituality and Faith Journey
Research and Media Consumption
Finding One's Voice in Media
Reflections on Racial Identity
Changing Perspectives in Public Discourse
The Role of Grief in Political Life
Energy and Momentum in Community
Closing Thoughts and Practices

Keywords

conversation, spirituality, media, grief, identity, political discourse, personal growth, self-awareness, community, healing

Takeaways to Contemplate

Beginning with the body and breath is essential for self-awareness.
Pain and fatigue can be seen as companions rather than obstacles.
Flexibility in belief systems can lead to deeper understanding.
Policy cannot solve every issue; some questions remain unanswerable.
Trusting one's own voice is crucial in media consumption.
Grief is a manifestation of love and connection.

Links Galore

Read Beth’s Substack, Thoughts & Prayers. Listen to and follow Pantsuit Politics. Preorder my book, A More Beautiful Way to Live.

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Listening to our soul in all seasons, but especially those of restlessness, is hard, but rewarding work. In today’s episode, you get to hear Matt’s story of listening to the restlessness of his soul and pursuing a richer life through vulnerability.

Matt and I discuss:

playing in community

navigating transitions in our identity

listening for restlessness of our souls

importance for vulnerability

the need for community

Episode Notes:

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Learning how to tell the truth about who we are is among the bravest and most challenging work we do. It is also essential for our growth and flourishing. In today’s podcast, you get to hear Danielle’s story of shedding old identities and stepping more fully into her sacred work and identity.

Danielle and I discuss:

shedding layers of conditioning and expectations

choosing to not become a biological mother

the liberating power of Black storytelling

making space for our healing and evolution

listening to and learning from our inner children

heartache’s ability to water the seeds of our growth

the nuances of intergenerational healing

Episode Notes:

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A More Beautiful Way is an exploration of what it takes to slow down, create sacred space, and bring healing hearts, minds & bodies to the work of social change.

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What does it look like to be connected to our minds and our bodies in today’s society?

This A More Beautiful Way Conversation with Dr. Cherini Ghobrial is a thought provoking reflection on what it looks like to feel your feelings, come home to your body and live embodied.

Cherini and I discuss:

being conditioned to be a high achiever

chronic pain and fatigue

living in the present, moment by moment

coming home to yourself and somatic therapy

feeling your feelings and coming back into your body

countercultural living focused on healing and liberation

the rapture of being alive and aliveness as a human right

Learn more about Dr. Cherini Ghobrial - Cherini’s website

Episode Notes:

For the episode transcript, click here.

A More Beautiful Way is an exploration of what it takes to slow down, create sacred space, and bring healing hearts, minds & bodies to the work of social change.

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What does it look like to hold the nuances of resistance, decolonization, storytelling, and everyday flourishing in today’s world?

This A More Beautiful Way Conversation with Kaitlin Curtice is a thoughtful, shared reflection on what it looks like to slow down, to tend to our wounds, to build connection through storytelling and to continue on the journey of healing and decolonization.

Kaitlin and I discuss:

the daily habits that ground the morning and orient our days
the need for grief and ritual as we move through life’s endings
how the wisdom of children is vital in our creation of a more beautiful future and world
the meaning of decolonization, both personally and collectively
the complexity of indigeneity and the importance of learning from indigenous peoples around the world
rooting in gratitude as a spiritual practice
writing and creativity as a pathway home

This conversation is delightful and my hope is that you find nourishment for your inner and outer journey through listening.

About Kaitlin

Kaitlin Curtice is an award-winning author, poet-storyteller, and public speaker. As an enrolled citizen of the Potawatomi nation, Kaitlin writes on the intersections of spirituality and identity and how that shifts throughout our lives. She also speaks on these topics to diverse audiences who are interested in truth-telling and healing.

As an inter-spiritual advocate, Kaitlin participates in conversations on topics such as colonialism in faith communities, and she has spoken at many conferences on the importance of inter-faith relationships.

Her new book, Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day, examines the journey of resisting the status quo of hate by caring for ourselves, one another, and Mother Earth.

Besides her books, Kaitlin has written online for Sojourners, Religion News Service, Apartment Therapy, On Being, SELF Magazine, Oprah Daily, and more. Her work has been featured on CBS and in USA Today. She also writes at The Liminality Journal. Kaitlin lives in Philadelphia with her family.

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Buy Kaitlin’s Newest Book - Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Everyday

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A More Beautiful Way is an exploration of what it takes to slow down, create sacred space, and bring healing hearts, minds & bodies to the work of social change.

To learn more and read along, go to https://www.amorebeautifulway.co/.

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In this A More Beautiful Way Conversation, Hillarie Maddox and I have a warm, inviting dialogue on what it looks like to rewild our lives and create slower, more connected lives.

Hillarie and I discuss:

identity and self discovery

landscape, culture and sustainability in South Dakota

homesteading

land and healing for black women

race, land ownership, and connection to the land

rewilding and slowing down our lives

Connect with Hillarie:

Apply for Rewilding Coaching w/ Hillarie: https://rewildingcoaching.lpages.co/fall2024/

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Follow Hillarie on Instagram: @blackgirl.countryliving

Episode Notes:

For the episode transcript, click here.

A More Beautiful Way is an exploration of what it takes to slow down, create sacred space, and bring healing hearts, minds & bodies to the work of social change.

To learn more and read along, go to https://www.amorebeautifulway.co/.

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If you're hoping to linger with the bigger questions of personal and collective healing, this conversation is for you.

Host, Bethaney Wilkinson, interviews Nina Simons about the role self-cultivation and personal healing plays in the work of addressing the many crises we're facing as a species.

Nina Simons is co-founder of Bioneers and serves as its Chief Relationship Strategist. She is a social entrepreneur who is passionate about the power of women to transform the world, reaching racial and gender justice, indigeneity and rekindling a sacred relationship to nature, while co-creating a just transition that’s regenerative, loving and peaceful.

She speaks internationally and co-facilitates transformative leadership offerings that integrate Relational Mindfulness, Restoring the Deep Feminine and The Work That Reconnects.

Nina co-edited Moonrise: The Power of Women Leading from the Heart, and recently wrote the award-winning book Nature, Culture & the Sacred: A Woman Listens for Leadership. She was named a recipient of the Goi Peace Award in recognition of her pioneering work through Bioneers to promote nature-inspired innovations for restoring (reciprocal relationships among) the Earth and our human community.

You can access our conversation transcript here.

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What might it look like to find a more beautiful way to navigate the racial harm and disconnection of our time? What might it look like to find the healing pathways within our own family lineages and in the places we come from? What roles do repair and forgiveness play in cultivating a new world?

In today's conversation, we are joined by author, activist and storyteller Lisa Sharon Harper. Through the lens of her most recent book, "Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World and How to Repair It All," Lisa walks through how learning our family histories, and setting those histories within the context of the broader history of one's nation, opens up healing pathways to repair the harms of racial hierarchy in our world.

ABOUT LISA

Lisa Sharon Harper (LSMA, Columbia University; MFA, University of Southern California) is the founder of Freedom Road, a consulting group dedicated to shrinking the narrative gap. A sought-after speaker, trainer, and consultant with more than 100,000 social media followers, Harper has written several books, including the critically acclaimed The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong Can Be Made Right.

Her work has been featured in the New Yorker, Relevant, Essence, HuffPost, The National Civic Review, and CNN, and she has appeared on PBS's Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, TV One, Fox News, NPR, and Al Jazeera America. Harper previously served as chief church engagement officer at Sojourners, where she mobilized the church to engage campaigns on immigration reform and racial justice.

She has researched her family origins for three decades and presented on her ancestors achievements at the African American Civil War Museum. Harper lives in the same Philadelphia neighborhood where three generations of her ancestors lived.

LINKS:

Learn more about Freedom Road.

Learn more about Lisa Sharon Harper.

Purchase the book, Fortune.

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In today’s episode of A More Beautiful Way, you get to hear from an AMBW Community Voice: Jordyn Robinson. Jordyn takes us on a journey into three powerful questions, giving voice to what it’s looking like for her to embody ~a more beautiful way~ in this season of her life.

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In this soul-filling conversation, Leah and I discuss the importance of learning to be one another’s story-keepers. We talk about working with art and floral design to help a community remember and heal from the tragic Greenwood Massacre (also known as the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.) We reflect on how working with plants and created-things sustains us. And Leah shares a gracious invitation for us to partner with her and The Wild Mother to raise awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women.

Leah Palmer (she/her) is an 8th generation Afro-Indigenous artist and anti-racism educator located in Oklahoma City. With her two sisters, she is a founder of The Wild Mother, a floral design studio based in the Arts District of Oklahoma city, on Kickapoo, Osage, Wichita and Comanche lands, which should be returned back to these sovereign nations. In her work as Storyteller at The Wild Mother, Leah spearheads projects that marry art and activism, while engaging with fellow artists to help them discover a unique position in a world that requires art as medicine to educate, reflect truth, and issue healing for broken communities.

She draws inspiration from Black and Brown women and femme voices, such as bell hooks, Toni Morrison, Zora Neal Hurston, Phillis Wheatley, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Louise Erdrich, Leslie Marmon Silko, and others whose wisdom and life experiences act both as guidance and a mirror. She is grateful to stand on and continue the work of her ancestors, E.W. Perry, Peter and Martha Holloway, Gladys Perry, Flordia Palmer, C.L. Stove, Sonny Hawkeye, Marthann, James and Elnora Boykin, and so many others whose lives taught her the ways of healing forwards and backwards through storytelling, truth telling, singing, advocacy, home cooking, and communal love.

Leah’s recent work includes a floral installation called SendFlowersToGreenwood, which paid homage to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre; she is the production manager of Juneteenth on the East (2021-present); she is a founder and educator of Lay of the Land, an antiracism workshop for creative small businesses; she is a founder and facilitator of The Conversation Workshops, an antiracism workshop that teaches how to navigate interpersonal racism; she created the main logo for the Justice for Julius campaign and remains an advocate for abolition movements. Leah received a Bachelors of Arts in English from Oklahoma Baptist University (2013) and a Master of Arts in English from Oklahoma State University (2015).

About the Wild Mother Creative Studio:

The Wild Mother Creative Studio is a studio florist owned by Afro-Indigenous sisters, Lauren Palmer and Leah Palmer, in the heart of Arts district, Downtown, OKC. Their love and honor of culture, storytelling, and their affinity for natural elements and color theory lend themselves to “Floral Stories” produced by the sisters. It’s an added bonus that they get to work alongside their younger sister, Callie, around the studio. TWM offerings include full service wedding and event floral, curbside carryout floral for large-scale events, and holiday floral offering.

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Time Stamps:

0:00 Introduction

6:52 Who is Leah Palmer?

9:23 The Wild Mother Origin

16:59 Sending Flowers to Greenwood

34:16 Send Flowers To Project

Episode Notes:

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In today’s episode, Bethaney Wilkinson continues her interview with Margaret Reynolds as they discuss Bethaney’s transitions within her work including how The Diversity Gap has moved into A More Beautiful Way.

Time Stamps:

0:00 Introduction

10:09 The Diversity Gap is Born

19:52 Summer 2020 and The Diversity Gap Transitions

43:06 What is A More Beautiful Way?

59:44 How to Get Involved with A More Beautiful Way

Episode Notes:

For more information and to register for the Contemplative Writing Circle and/or Seasonal Examen, click here.

For the episode transcript, click here.

A More Beautiful Way is an exploration of what it takes to slow down, create sacred space, and bring healing hearts, minds & bodies to the work of social change.

To learn more and read along, go to https://www.amorebeautifulway.co/.

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In today’s episode, Bethaney Wilkinson is interviewed by her dear friend, Margaret Reynolds. They discuss Bethaney’s story from childhood through college years and how these seasons impact her work.

Time stamps:

0:00 Welcome and Introduction

13:05 Family of Origin

28:04: Faith Origin

39:45 Bethaney’s College Journey and First Flight

55:35 Episode Summary

Episode Notes:

For more information and to register for the Contemplative Writing Circle and/or Seasonal Examen, click here.

For the episode transcript, click here.

A More Beautiful Way is an exploration of what it takes to slow down, create sacred space, and bring healing hearts, minds & bodies to the work of social change.

To learn more and read along, go to https://www.amorebeautifulway.co/.

To keep up with us, you can follow us on Instagram: @amorebeautifulway

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What does it look like to hold the nuances of resistance, decolonization, storytelling, and everyday flourishing in today’s world?

Kaitlin and I discuss:

the daily habits that ground the morning and orient our days
the need for grief and ritual as we move through life’s endings
how the wisdom of children is vital in our creation of a more beautiful future and world
the meaning of decolonization, both personally and collectively
the complexity of indigeneity and the importance of learning from indigenous peoples around the world
rooting in gratitude as a spiritual practice
writing and creativity as a pathway home

This conversation is delightful and my hope is that you find nourishment for you inner and outer journey through listening.

About Kaitlin

Her new book, Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day, examines the journey of resisting the status quo of hate by caring for ourselves, one another, and Mother Earth.

Subscribe to Kaitlin’s Substack - The Liminality Journal

Learn more about Kaitlin’s Work - Kaitlin’s Website

Buy Kaitlin’s Newest Book - Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Everyday

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I used to think, to be Black, meant to be one note, monotone.

And I felt it my job to tune my life to the one glorious and resonant sound.

Like an orchestra’s oboe singing out before all others, gathering in every wind and horn to align with it’s C.

But I have learned Blackness is not one note but many.

It is many notes not only across time and space and place in the world, but within, within one life.

To Be Black is to be many sounds all at once, yes, even across one lifetime.

This is the first Black History Month in my entire adult life when I feel truly and fully that it is not my job to work or plan or educate or seek to convince people of the significance of my ancestors’ legacies or contributions.

It is the first Black history month where I have felt fully and truly in my bones that my Blackness is enough.

It is statement enough.

It is celebration enough.

I have nothing to prove.

I have grown to live by mother Morrison's wisdom as she says,

“The real function of racism is distraction. As it keeps you proving over and over again your reason for existing.”

Free People have nothing to prove.

We live and we garden. We have sex and we plant trees. We play and we laugh.

We work and we grieve.

Free people simply exist.

Boundaried, yes. But without defenses.

Free people have nothing to prove.

And this Black history month, I'm reveling in all the joy and goodness I have found in embracing the symphonic nature of what it means to live life in this skin.

Without defense or explanation.

Sweet liberation.

Happy Black History Month.

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Do you know how to listen to your body? Like, really? What if I told you that your body’s innate wisdom is one of the greatest sources of guidance and support available to you in any given moment?

In today’s Breadcrumbs, I unpack what it could look like to learn from your body’s wisdom centers. I share my own story of coming to know what these centers are, why they matter, as well as a practice you can try to see if and how your body’s wisdom is speaking to you right here and right now.

In many ways, this is the beginning of a much larger conversation and practice, but I hope this short episode meets you where you are with connection, support, and grace.

If you’d rather read this episode than listen to it, you can access the transcript here.

Be well, friends!

Bethaney

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This is my first week back from a month-long sabbatical, and this episode of Breadcrumbs features the top three lessons I learned about what it takes to make rest a priority.

If you’re hoping to claim a day, a weekend, or an entire month for intentional rest this year, tune in to hear a few practical insights to help you shape a time that will nourish the wells of your life.

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If you’ve heard talk about seasonal living, you’ve read about it here on A More Beautiful Way, and you’re wondering what this could practically look like in your everyday life, then this episode is for you.

While there are no magic bullets or quick fixes, in today’s episode of Breadcrumbs I walk through a high level overview of my seasonal living practice. Why? To spark your thinking about what seasonal living can mean for you. Stories are powerful, and they help us get a better sense of what a more beautiful way can look like in our own context.

If you’d prefer to read this episode instead of listening to it, you can do so here.

Also, I’m taking a poll on whether or not to host a workshop on seasonal living this spring, and I’d love to know what you think. You can vote here at the bottom of the post.

Be well, beloveds!

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New calendar years often bring new energy, new vision, and hopeful direction for all that is to come. But such creative energy is also paired with a good bit of resistance, those internal stories or external forces that keep us from taking risks, committing to our craft, or from dedicating ourselves to bringing new visions to life.

In this episode of Breadcrumbs, I share a perspective on how to hold that resistance with grace and encouragement, empowering you to keep going even when you feel doubtful or afraid.

Happy 2023 folks. So glad you are here!

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Yes, there have been wins. Yes, there have been wounds.

But what about wonder? Where in the landscape of your year have you been caught off guard by goodness and delight?

If you’re looking for a simple and meaningful exercise to help you reflect on the highs, lows, and delights of your year, this episode is for you. Grab a pen and paper, or start a new note on your phone, as I walk you through a simple practice for reflecting on the moments that have made your year.

“There is wonder woven all throughout the year if we make space to look for it.”

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Taking your first few steps outside of the boxes of what’s familiar can be terrifying. In today’s episode of Breadcrumbs, I share reflections on a few of the practices and perspectives that might be supportive as you move from the familiar to the unfamiliar, from the safety of conformity to the uncertainty of expansion, especially as it relates to religious and spiritual convention.

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Journaling is one of those practices that slows down your mind, engages the soul, and supports us as we discern what it means to lead meaningful lives. In this Breadcrumbs episode, I share a few tips to consider if you want to create or deepen your journaling practice. If you’re already a journaling pro, share your favorite tips and tools in the comment section. We’d love to hear from you!

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What does it look like to make room for grief and joy as we reflect on the past year?

One of the casualties of leading fast-paced, disconnected lives is that we lose sight of what’s really going on beneath the surface of things. To tend to past and present grief, and to create space for present and future joy, we have to slow down enough to listen to what’s truly going on in our inner worlds. In today’s Breadcrumbs, we unpack a couple of metaphors and reflections to support those who are not only healing from past hurts/harms/losses, but to also celebrate the spaces we feel true joy.

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We are a few weeks from the end of the calendar year, and the air is already filled with the urgency of holiday activity. This Breadcrumbs episode is a gentle invitation to pause, reflect, and tune-in to what presence might look like for you in this moment. Featuring the monastic contemplative practice of lectio divina (which means ‘sacred’ or ‘divine’ reading) listen to this episode to rest in a moment of stillness. The reading for this Breadcrumbs is from To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings by John O’Donahue. May this episode meets you with connection and grace.

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What does it look like to cultivate a sense of rootedness and depth when dealing with the anxiousness and uncertainty of life?

Today on Breadcrumbs, we’re gathering the pieces from this week’s Conversation with Melody Bray, and I share three specific practices that have changed my relationship with myself, with others, and with the world around me. As a person prone to worrying about everything, these three practices have become anchors in my spiritual and creative life. I hope they meet you with connection and grace.

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On today’s Breadcrumbs, we are gathering the pieces from this week’s post called November is for paying attention. We’ve talked about paying attention to what’s happening in the world outside of us, but what does it look like to cultivate awareness of what’s swirling in our internal worlds? How might we slow down enough to notice what’s been life-giving and what’s been life-draining over the past year? What does it look like to lean into the season of fall, and to take our time with this exploration? This week’s Breadcrumbs considers all the above. Listen in.

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We’re gathering the breadcrumbs from my most recent post, Choosing to wait with what’s broken. What does it look like to cultivate self-acceptance of the parts of ourselves we wish we could change or dispose of? What role does self-compassion play in teaching us how to love? What if you are already worthy of the connection you’re longing for? Consider this and more as you listen to this ten minute reflection.

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We’re gathering the breadcrumbs from my most recent post, Saying goodbye to our former selves. How do we awaken to the present moment when the past holds what we miss and long for? How do we learn from our longings for the past in an effort to ask for what we need in the present moment? What does this mean for us personally and collectively? We touch on all of these pieces in a short eleven minutes. Enjoy!

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Introducing Breadcrumbs: nourishing bits of wisdom as we discover a more beautiful way.

Hosted by Bethaney Wilkinson, Breadcrumbs is a space to expound upon all of the little bits of wisdom and learning I don't get to unpack in the main publication. If you're looking for tidbits of insight, nuance, and depth to support your own journey towards slowing down, simplifying, and finding the Sacred in your everyday life, then this mini-podcast is for you.

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