Episode 18: A Word to Tame the Season
My new favorite sign, salvaged from the ReBuilding Center this week.
Shift Gears With Me
Welcome to heART❤️SCHOOL, module 4. In today’s podcast episode, we’re going counter-culture, stepping off the treadmill, exploring my new favorite “S” word. 🥳
Together, we will:
brainstorm ways to open up our days;
experience stretches of silence — ✨💫 — yeah, right there in the podcast!
learn the socially unacceptable ways that I work through transitions;
hear eight or nine other really great candidates for Favorite “S” Word;
have The Chosen Word revealed around minute 3. Then I say it enough times in following 52 minutes that I think it will stick with you for at least a few days. (That’s my hope — mwa-ha-ha! 🤓)
pay tribute to the special skills of toddlers and a dog named Angel.
I’m so tempted to just blurt out what the new word is, but I’m going to resist and instead welcome you inside…
Episode Notes
> The “doodle book” I mention, which I wrote, is called Doodle Your Way Out of Stuckness, and you can find it here.
> I refer to a book about grief that I heard someone quote from recently. That book is The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller.
> For a refresher on what the heck heART❤️SCHOOL is, you can look here.
Invitation to Integration
These ungraded homework assignments are meant to invite joy, savoring, and depth into our daily lives. So without mentioning that super awesome “S” word — which, for some reason, I feel like keeping hidden in the audio recording for now — here are a few questions for you to ponder, journal, meditate, sing, or wiggle your way through:
What do you love? Follow-up: Where can you let more of that in?
When do you multi-task? Follow-up: Where can you let some of that drop away?
What might you be avoiding by filling every moment of each day? Follow-up: Where could that all be accumulating in your body?
**Extra credit** 4. Who can you invite to join your exploration of this grand, beautiful “S” word? It’s easier to feel the permission we need to break social norms if we’re not the only ones doing it. (Please email this to them or find another way to share it.)
My Wish For You
I wish for you a holiday season that is full, yet open; rich, yet spare; generous, yet private. Or whichever adjectives you need to feel balanced and whole.
With love and gratitude,
Pam
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Look here for what I’ve got so far, and feel free to request workshops I may not have thought of yet — if you are serious about purchasing it, that is. For ideas, you could scroll through the contents of my shop for things you’d like to learn how to make. (Commissioned workshops? Why not?)
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