by Jessie | May 18, 2023 | Modified mindfulness
Learning to be mindful is nothing like learning to ride a bike. We don’t learn it and are done. We learn core concepts over and over again. We practice the skills we learn over and over again. I have many ‘mindful journals’ where I jot down my teachers’ wise words... 
by Jessie | Jul 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
I don’t know about you, but after my car accident I tended to hyper-focus on physical pain in unhelpful ways. I’ve learned over time that it’s important to distinguish between pain that needs my attention i.e. I must attend to, and pain that I must befriend i.e. pain... 
by Jessie | Apr 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
Written January, 2022 People around the world feel the passing of our beloved teacher Thich Nhat Hanh. He taught me so much but perhaps most of all I am grateful that he taught me to love everyone. I have been an activist all my life and so often this has meant... 
by Jessie | Feb 21, 2022 | Modified mindfulness
From the get-go I modified mindfulness practice to meet my needs. I didn’t have the language for it at the time, but now I see that I was/am focused on nervous system regulation. Simply put, this is a fancy way of saying ‘calming myself down’ if I am anxious or... 
by Jessie | Feb 8, 2022 | Mindful Self-Compassion
Photo of a heart-shaped leaf for you as St. Valentine’s approaches…. In just a few days it will be my birthday. It’s always a time for reflection, isn’t it? Here is a poem I wrote on my birthday in 2016. This was a time when I was feeling the pain of... 