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A Non-verbal Prayer for Taming a Hurricane By Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post In late August and early September 2017, we have seen an unprecedented series of category 4 and 5 hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic. Harvey and Irma created massive damage when they …
A Practice for Perfectionists By Patricia Adams Farmer Blog Post Perfectionism is both a curse and a blessing. Mainly a curse, in my experience. But there is that inescapable reality that perfectionists grace our human landscape for a reason. It is my fervent hop…
Truly Being Present By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post It is not easy offering advice or what we deem as wise counsel to family, friends, clients, spiritual directees, or others who are suffering, baffled, or lost. For an OnBeing.org column, Parker Palm…
Spirit Bathing for the Worried and Beleaguered By Patricia Adams Farmer Blog Post We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure, but not delight. Not enjoyment. We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless furnace of this world. — Jack Gilbert, A…
The Capacity to Care By Frederic Brussat Blog Post Jewish Wisdom Seek opportunities to give gifts to those whom you want to love more -- gifts of money, objects, time, caring attention, and the like. — Alan Morinis in Every Day, Holy Day
Forgiveness Ritual By Darren Polito Blog Post This ritual salon was co-created with one of my friends who approached me about doing something around forgiveness. He was in the process of reconciling with his father whom he had not seen for many…
Cultivating Resilience By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post One of the pivotal goals of holistic health care is cultivating resilience, the ability to absorb change and to bounce back from setbacks, disappointments, and failures. In an article in The Harvard…
"P" is for Play By Patricia Adams Farmer Blog Post "Doing nothing usually leads to the very best of something.” — Winnie the Pooh, from the movie Christopher Robin Once upon a time we knew how to play. We would run outside with the scr…
The Doldrums and a Nap By Frederic Brussat Blog Post In the perspective of the Christian monastic tradition, time is a precious gift of God in which there are places for both activity and pauses. I try to keep that in mind as I rise to greet the new d…
A World of Service By Frederic Brussat Blog Post Jewish Wisdom Yes, this world is really a recycling plant. That is why it is filled with so much garbage. All the trash around us and within us is here for us to recycle into usable products -- …

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