We are born into relationship. Before we ever speak a word, make a choice, or understand ourselves as separate people, we are already connected. We begin in relationship within the womb. We emerge into a family, a history, a body, a world. We breathe air shared by countless others. We inherit something from those who … Continue reading Inhabiting Relationship
There are some things in life we would rather move through quickly. Pain. Struggle. Loss. Grief. We may even imagine that healing means eventually getting to a place where these things no longer touch us. But I’m not sure that is how grief works. Perhaps grief is not something we are meant simply to “get … Continue reading Inhabiting Grief: Loving What We Cannot Keep
Pain has a way of narrowing the world. When it arrives—physical, emotional, spiritual, relational—our instinct is often immediate: get away from it. Distract ourselves. Fix it. Numb it. Move somewhere else. Do almost anything except remain in the place where it hurts. I know that instinct well. As an Enneagram Seven, one of my familiar … Continue reading Inhabiting Pain
There is a difference between simply having a body and actually inhabiting it. Last week, I began what I’m calling the Inhabiting series by reflecting on what it might mean to inhabit your life as a gift — to live from the deep awareness that you are precious, and that your preciousness shapes the way you engage … Continue reading Inhabiting the Body
For the past nine weeks, I have been thinking and talking about ripening—the ways our spiritual lives grow, deepen, mature, and become more fully what they are capable of becoming. But lately another word has been arising for me: Inhabiting. Not simply growing into something. Not striving toward some future version of ourselves. But learning to … Continue reading Inhabiting the Gift You Already Are
A reflection from the Infinitely Precious podcast Hello, beloved. For months now, we've been walking together through what I call the ripening dimensions of life — the ways we're always moving toward greater ripeness, or sometimes away from it, in any given moment. (A little Aramaic trivia for you: the root of the word "good," … Continue reading Ripening Playfulness: Awake to Delight
There is always somewhere else to be. There is always something else to finish, something else to begin, something waiting on the other side of whatever we happen to be doing right now. And sometimes I notice how much of my life I can spend trying to get there. This week on the Infinitely Precious Podcast, … Continue reading Ripening Presence: This Moment Right Now
Awareness often begins in a very small space. It may be no more than a breath, a pause, or a fraction of a second between what rises within us and what we choose to do next. This week, I continue my series on the ripening dimensions of being alive with the seventh dimension: ripening awareness. I … Continue reading Ripening Awareness: The Space Before We React
We live in a world that often praises maximum effort. Push harder.Do more.Prove yourself.Keep going. But what if the most faithful effort is not always the greatest effort we can possibly produce? What if ripe effort is something gentler? Throughout this Ripening Series, I have been reflecting on dimensions of a life well lived—not as … Continue reading Ripening Effort: Gentleness in What We Bring
You are infinitely precious and unconditionally loved for the gift you already are. We have been exploring a series of interrelated practices that I call the Ripening Practices. I use the word ripening because I do not believe we are often in a static state. In any given moment, we are moving toward ripeness or … Continue reading Ripening Enoughness: I Am, and That’s Enough
