I can't whistle: campfire

09 February 2013

brain yoga

In spite of the weather, I'm having a rather wonderful weekend.
I'm really enjoying the campfire workshop over on Heartwork.
If you're interested, here's a link to the opening campfire post from Friday night. Trying new things (without an obvious downside) feels really good to my brain. Like a brain yoga class.

It's not too late to check it out. And it is free. And really surprisingly fun.
As an added bonus, there's a funny video featuring a cameo of Della.
Hope you'll stop by.
(While you're there, check out the Retreats tab-- something exciting coming soon there too!!!!)

01 February 2013

Free Online Campfire Gathering, February 8-10

Free Online Campfire, February 8-10 over at Heartwork.

This totally free virtual workshop is about quiet bravery: taking small steps, creating small adventures, allowing ourselves to explore new things.

I invite you to join me over on Heartwork for an opening campfire on Friday night, followed by two days of exploring what it is like to try new things. Try saying no if you always say yes. Trying saying yes if you always say no. Order a latte with whipped cream rather than tea. Try those pastels, try that guitar, that recipe, that new language, that new pose, that trail, that knitting, that writing project, that poem. Try. Try, do poorly, try again, be gentle with yourself.

Allow yourself room to be a beginner again.
(Are you in? Please leave a comment and let me know!)

Where: Heartwork!
When: Friday February 8th- Sunday February 10th
What: A totally free freeform online gathering supporting your exploration of what it means to be a beginner.
Requirements: Open mind, self compassion, and something to try, something or things to be new at. Come by for suggestions and support.
Opening campfire is Friday night, and I'll be posting encouragement and ideas 3 times on Saturday and 3 on Sunday.You don't have to be anywhere at any time.
RSVP: It would be great to know who's along for the journey. Comment or shoot me an email to RSVP.
And please pass along the invitation on to anyone you think might be interested! These online gatherings are so great-- there is *such power in shared intention*.

I hope to see you there!

About this blog

I started this blog during struggles with infertility--struggles that resulted in countless IUIs, medications, procedures, 5 attempted IVF cycles, 2 pregnancies, one heartbreaking loss, and one miracle baby.

Parenthood left me feeling like I was not sure what to do here, with this amazing community. To talk about parenting felt boastful for those still and forever struggling. To not talk about it felt disingenuous. So here I am. I want to talk about my real life. Parenting. Midlife reassessment. Flailing. Finding myself. Mucking about.

So yes, I am a midlife parent of an amazing child.
Yes, I battled infertility and will be forever changed by every single moment of that journey.
I am imperfect and life is messy, but it is also so beautiful.

Among many other things, I hope to reconnect to myself through writing here. And I hope to connect with you too. Others out there, parenting maybe later in life. Maybe after struggling. Maybe struggling still. We can all use a safe place and a lot of compassion. That's what I am offering to you. I hope you'll stick around.

inside out

"The key is, starting from the inside out. Often you say, “I don’t know what to do.” True, you don’t know what to do. There are infinite possibilities. And a bunch of them haven’t worked for you. A lot of them have been tried, and they haven’t worked under what you think are the same conditions. And so, you sort of pace around, you don’t know what to do. Sometimes you don’t even know what you want to have. But you always, you always, if you will stop and think about it, you ALWAYS know how you want to feel."

--Abraham