I just read this quote in a book by @yung_pueblo “don’t trust the way you see yourself when your mind is full of turbulence” and it got me thinking about how when we are dysregulated, our brain produces thoughts that match the state of disharmony that our body is experiencing. In a state of dysregulation, our mind tends to filter it’s perception through a lens of fear, negativity, or catastrophizing. This is why it’s important not to trust the thought processes that take place when the...

This book was gifted to me in January after the fires by a dear friend who knew it was special to me and a part of my daily morning ritual. It felt so comforting to have the book again. Each morning that I see it, it acts as a daily reminder for me that there is light in this world and of the outpouring of kindness and support that was experienced in such a dark time. It represents hope. It helps me hold inside both the despair about the state of the world AND faith in humanity. Never...

I recently came across this quote- “Imagine reading a book with no way to turn back the page, how carefully would you read it? That’s life.” Impermanence never takes a break.There is never a moment when we are not in transition. We are always in between the past and the future, between the memory of what happened before and the approaching state of what soon will be become memory as well. Knowing we can never recreate moments and memories to me feels like an authentic invitation for sincere...