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We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us. MARCEL PROUST

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Embodied Self-Compassion

The Resources The second guidepost in The Gifts of Imperfection is self-compassion, a concept that requires some unlearning (for most of us). There are some pretty deep rooted weeds in the landscape of my inner self - weeds whose spectacular growth has been aided and supported by a practice of shaming self talk. That was … Continue reading Embodied Self-Compassion →

roxygahegan Uncategorized Leave a comment April 2, 2022April 2, 2022 5 Minutes

Embodied Authenticity

The resources About Authenticity The thing about authenticity is that although I'd say it's really important to me, it's not something that I would have been able to define very well. I think in younger years I would have talked about integrity instead, and meant something like being true to myself - but at the … Continue reading Embodied Authenticity →

roxygahegan Uncategorized Leave a comment March 18, 2022March 18, 2022 5 Minutes

On Creating Community

I know it went dark here for several months, and for much of that I was just in survival mode, doing what needs to be done. But also, I was doing this deep dive of reading, listening, learning, reflecting and being frustrated. Below is the first effort at gathering thoughts and surfacing some...well, they're not … Continue reading On Creating Community →

roxygahegan Uncategorized Leave a comment February 6, 2022 2 Minutes

Imperfect embodiment

Image from Pixabay It's been a while. And the Gifts of Imperfection (guide to a wholehearted life) has been in a box for the last few weeks, but in the meantime, another book arrived - The Wisdom of Your Body - which I'm excited to explore at the same time. I think there will be … Continue reading Imperfect embodiment →

roxygahegan Uncategorized Leave a comment February 3, 2022 1 Minute

A Time to Trust

Photo by Hannah Busing on Unsplash Hello Friends! Well, it's been a long, long lockdown and to help us transition into life with covid - since it looks like we can't banish it from our shores this time - I thought it might be good to start our return to gathering with some stories. Yesterday, … Continue reading A Time to Trust →

roxygahegan Uncategorized Leave a comment December 2, 2021 1 Minute

meditations for the heart

Photo by Courtney Kenady on Unsplash So, life has been on hold for us in Auckland as we race to get vaccinated and live in our separate bubbles to stay safe from the Delta variant of covid. And the BB bookclub is on hold too, because there are some good conversations to be had over … Continue reading meditations for the heart →

roxygahegan Uncategorized Leave a comment October 3, 2021 1 Minute

B-B Bookclub

The Resources I mentioned in our conversation last week that I had been listening to Brene Brown's "sister strong summer series" where Brene and her twin sisters discuss and reflect together on the book The Gifts of Imperfection. We'll join in for a bit and see where it goes. I read this book some time … Continue reading B-B Bookclub →

roxygahegan Uncategorized Leave a comment August 13, 2021January 29, 2022 8 Minutes

Love and Accountability

Photo by Malcolm Garret from Pexels The Resources The Parenting Place offers a set of parenting tool box courses aimed at helping parents recognise the communication tools they learned in their family of origin and then introducing some (probably) new tools to learn and develop. I trained as a tool box facilitator several years ago, and always felt … Continue reading Love and Accountability →

roxygahegan Uncategorized Leave a comment July 30, 2021 6 Minutes

Solstice stories

Image by Brian Garrity from Pixabay The Resources We are nearly at the midpoint of the solar year, and as the evenings deepen and lengthen it seems a perfect opportunity to gather around a fire and tell stories. And eat heartily and drink wine, obviously. Most of us love stories. Most of us heard stories … Continue reading Solstice stories →

roxygahegan Uncategorized Leave a comment June 17, 2021 4 Minutes

On Oneness

The Resources In my literary wanderings this week I picked up Walk Humbly by Samuel Wells, which is a book that is designed for dipping into and savouring rather than reading from start to finish. I then flipped it open at the chapter titled Be One Body The opening sentences gave me pause: Imagine being … Continue reading On Oneness →

roxygahegan Uncategorized Leave a comment May 28, 2021 6 Minutes

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