Revising The Resources So, to finish up this year's book, I thought it would be good to revisit the ten guideposts, and their posts, and see which one or ones have stayed with you, have stood out for you, have been change agents for you in one way or another. When we gather next week, … Continue reading A Guidepost Refresher →

Photo by Sincerely Media on Unsplash The Resources The final guidepost to letting go of who you think you're supposed to be and embracing who you are is cultivating laughter, song and dance and letting go of being cool and always in control. What a great one to finish with! Laughter, singing and dancing all … Continue reading Making a song and dance of it →

Photo by krakenimages on Unsplash The Resources The ninth guidepost to embracing imperfection as the gateway to wholehearted living is meaningful work. In the book Brene identifies five core truths about meaningful work and they're really the backbone of the chapter, so I'll just summarise them here for you: We all have gifts and talents. … Continue reading Making meaningful work →

Photo by Jed Adan on Unsplash The Resources Cultivating calm Guidepost 8 is cultivating calm and stillness. I know that for some of us stillness is a trigger word, probably conjuring memories of being scolded for fidgeting or feelings of failure when we can't sit still and pray for hours on end...or even for five … Continue reading Inner Stillness, outer calm →

Photo from Playcore The Resources The next guideline for embracing imperfection is cultivating play and rest: letting go of exhaustion as a status symbol and productivity as self-worth. Now, I don't think I have personally ever bought into the idea that achievements or 'getting stuff done' or being otherwise productive and successful conferred a sense … Continue reading Embodied Playing →

The Resources I was excited to see that the next guidepost is #6 and that means we are over halfway through on this slow and contemplative exploration of the gifts of imperfection. I'm also excited because it's about cultivating creativity, which I really want to focus on and put in bold caps, and not really … Continue reading Embodied Creativity →

Image by James Merrill from Pixabay The Resources The fifth guidepost in the Gifts of Imperfection is cultivating intuition and trusting faith. First up, part of me wants to argue that faith is actually trust and nothing more. We don't trust faith, we trust and that is faith. So, the decision to trust is not … Continue reading Embodied Intuition →

Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash The Resources Brene's fourth guidepost is cultivating gratitude and joy by letting go of scarcity and fear of the dark. She points out that she was surprised to find that people who reported experiencing higher levels of joy actually practiced gratitude not as a response to joy, but as … Continue reading Embodied Gratitude →

The Resources Brene's chapter on the third guidepost - cultivating a resilient spirit - has the emotional aspect implicitly but not explicitly in there, BUT Hilary's chapter in The Wisdom Of Your Body on Feeling Feelings is such a helpful lens to consider resilience through that I have taken the liberty. I'm drawing heavily on … Continue reading Embodied emotional resilience →