How to Embrace Your Inner Winter: Reflection, Healing, and Journaling Prompts
Life has a way of surprising us. Just when we think a chapter is closed, we’re given one more task — a chance to tie up loose ends and gently clear the path ahead. And once those endings are complete, we often enter an inner winter — a quiet season of lying fallow, where we […]
A Road Trip from Long Ago
I was relaxing my body, drifting in the rhythm of a Yoga Nidra meditation, when suddenly a beautiful memory floated into my mind. I welcomed it warmly, as my negative memories had often outshined the positive ones. This particular memory was from a trip to the charming city of Carmel, sometime between 2012 and 2013. […]
How to Cultivate Present-Moment Awareness: Lessons from Eckhart Tolle
Last year, I was awarded a full scholarship to embark on Eckhart Tolle’s 4-month online program, <Conscious Manifestation>, to manifest from stillness or presence. Since finishing that program, I’ve realized that while manifestation as a topic is not new, the essence of this course takes us deeper. It teaches us to stay rooted in the […]
Finding Gratitude and Spiritual Perspective on a Rainy Day
I’m no doubt a spiritual person, believing in the vastness of a universe that is far greater than myself. Yet, sometimes it only takes the rumble of thunder and the flash of lightning to truly remind me how small I am within this immense cosmos. I’m fortunate to be writing from the comfort of my […]
Cultivating Faith in Uncertain Times: Surrender, Gratitude, and Inner Peace
It is without a doubt that trust in life is essential — in other words, to have faith. To cultivate deep trust requires one to surrender to the unknown and to believe in things that haven’t happened yet. This doesn’t mean we stop taking action in the present; rather, we take action with the full […]
Embracing Impermanence: Finding Lasting Joy Beyond the Outer World
During my morning walk, my mind drifted to thoughts about the last of my freelance writing work that had recently ended. Then, a realization came to me: “Ah, this is what impermanence looks like in the outer world.” The wise sages and spiritual masters have long understood the nature of impermanence in the outer form—the […]
The Power of Gratitude: How Daily Appreciation Boosts Your Wellbeing
Hello beautiful souls! Today’s focus will be on gratitude. It’s interesting—I’ve only been cultivating gratitude since mid-2022, when a friend introduced it to me as part of her spiritual practice. Since then, I’ve diligently written down both the small and big things I’m grateful for each day using an app (which I highly recommend: it’s […]
How My Morning Routine Helps Me Beat the Monday Blues
I wake up with a glum,Unexcited by the humdrum.But how do I switch to staying keen?It’s all thanks to my morning routine! *** Good morning and Happy Monday! I hope Monday blues haven’t gotten to you just yet. But if they have, know that you’re not alone. Many of us (myself included) often dread Mondays—not […]
From Chore to Portal: Discovering Joy in the Simple Act of Folding Clothes
I found joy again in my life, Though things had taken a sudden nosedive, In folding clothes, I came to see, How presence can set the spirit free. *** No one can truly count how many times in their life they’ve folded clothes—or how many total hours have been spent doing so. For most people, […]
Let Go and Live Fully: Embracing Surrender and Simple Joys
Do you know what it means to surrender? To let go, and live life with a bit of wonder, Heaven, thou knowest best, So no need to impress the rest. *** July, so far, has been all about living. But what does living really mean? To savour life’s simplest pleasures. To move unhurriedly. To not […]