#ParentingFamily #PersonalEssays #Caregiver A Different Kind of Father’s Day: Nurturing Mindfulness and Care in the Garden: Father’s Day offers an opportunity to consider how we understand, represent, and talk about dads as caregivers. This Father’s Day, Liza Ruggiero considers how gardening can reinforce the essential role dads play as nurturers, while cultivating patience, attention, and connection.

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Latest Developments in Chess

i cornered him again today the slippery little wretch stood there in the corner surrounded by my rook my king and the full weight of my emotional investment “stalemate” said dr wolf as though this was not clearly a victory as though I had not spent thirty minutes herding this man across the board like an emotionally unavailable lover apparently the black king must still feel “threatened” which feels like an unnecessary technicality i have threatened him with […]

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#PersonalEssays #Addiction #MentalHealth Addiction, Recovery, and How Mindfulness Can Support Emotional Sobriety: When people hear the term “sobriety,” they often assume it’s just about stopping an addictive behavior. But as recovery coach Stephanie Hazard observes, sobriety is a practice that extends to every area of our lives, including our emotions—and can hold the key to long-term healing.

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#PersonalEssays #StressAnxiety #DifficultEmotions Are Shame and Guilt Bad—Or Do We Just Need a Different Relationship With Them?: Guilt and shame are two of the most painful emotions—and yet, as much as we might like them to, they don’t seem to be going away. Mindful founding editor Barry Boyce looks at these troublesome companions, and what it might mean to live more peacefully with them.

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#EatingBodyImage #PersonalEssays #Acceptance 5 Lessons on Vanity: An Invitation to Awareness and Letting Go: Aging and death are inevitable. And while we know this intellectually, it is difficult to accept this particularly in a youth adoring culture. Teacher Patricia Rockman explores vanity and this tender, confusing, frustrating journey with our bodies, our attachment to the delusion of youth, and our halting interior growth towards acceptance.

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Q&A With Sonja Livingston, Winner of the 6th Annual WD Personal Essay Awards

In this Q&A with Sonja Livingston, winner of the 6th annual WD Personal Essay Awards, she shares the inspiration for the essay and her drafting process.

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How to Read Your Work Aloud: Writer’s Digest 6th Annual Personal Essay Awards Winner

Congratulations to Sonja Livingston, Grand Prize winner of the 6th Annual Writer’s Digest Personal Essay Awards. Here’s her winning essay, “How to Read Your Work Aloud: A Ten Point List.”
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#BeInspired #FromtheMagazine #FromtheWinners #PersonalEssay #PersonalEssays

How to Read Your Work Aloud: Writer's Digest 6th Annual Personal Essay Awards Winner

Congratulations to Sonja Livingston, Grand Prize winner of the 6th Annual Writer’s Digest Personal Essay Awards. Here’s her winning essay, “How to Read Your Work Aloud: A Ten Point List.”

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How to Read Your Work Aloud: Writer's Digest 6th Annual Personal Essay Awards Winner

Congratulations to Sonja Livingston, Grand Prize winner of the 6th Annual Writer’s Digest Personal Essay Awards. Here’s her winning essay, “How to Read Your Work Aloud: A Ten Point List.”

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#82: Moving Abroad Messes You Up

Takeaways on living in the moment (as a result of living abroad).

Secrets of the World

#Magazine #PersonalEssays #Awe How Present-Moment Awareness Can Make Life More Meaningful: When we practice present-moment awareness, we can savor each moment, make time feel like it’s passing slower, and get in touch with the fundamental wonder of being alive.

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