Author: Janine

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.63″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”] When friendships or relationships don’t end the the way we had hoped, we often call them a waste. And when do so, we then close ourselves off to any learning that might be waiting for us in those failures. All time spent with people we love is an…

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.63″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”] I love poetry and I especially like Rilke. Today I am sharing one is his more well-known poems with you and talk about how it speaks to me. If you’d like to read along, here it is: Evening The sky puts on the darkening blue coat held for…

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.63″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”] I believe we all have a voice that the world needs to hear. This could be our actual voice, as in the case with my podcast, or any other creative side that you have inside of you. Throughput life, we have, however, learned to listen more to the…

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.63″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”] What makes an event or situation good or bad? Isn’t it merely our interpretation that does it? And if so, then what if we changed the way we look at things. Instead of judging them, what if we take them for what they are – neutral events. Judgements…

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.63″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”] Where some see only problems, other see huge opportunities. Where some don’t think it will work out, others take chances to try it out. When many doubt, others see the possibilities. How do you interpret the situations you come across? Do you see only problems or do you…

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.63″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”] All day long we show up for others. We manage our tasks, we handle our responsibilities, and we respond when others need us. When do you take time to show up for yourself? And what does that mean? Is showing up for yourself buying yourself expensive things because…

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.63″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”] When others don’t meet our expectations, we have the tendency to assume that they meant intentional harm. Today I am sharing a concept I came across that reminds us that robust evil intentions are rarely the case. Instead there are most likely a few other, better explanations we…

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.63″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”] When I choose silence as a response to others, its often not planned. Rather, I don’t know anything better to come back with so I remain silent. And I have found that silence makes for a great Plan B. Especially when you feel attacked or confronted in a…

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.63″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”] Silence is so powerful yet so neglected. Especially in this noisy world we live in. Its almost as if we try to escape any moment of stillness by pulling out our phone or switching channels. Yet, its really in the silence that the brain has a chance to…