Category: Exhaustive Mind
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Small Steps, Big Results: The Power of Action
In my last post I mentioned the importance of self-awareness which can be guided by a manifesto. While I dive deeper into his in my manuscript, here I wanted to also share an abridged version which I think of in my ancestral Choctaw language to give you this: Aloshumo hosh tahli ahni – “With great…
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Self-Awareness and the Evolving Manifesto for Life
As we navigate the labyrinth of life, our minds are constantly bombarded with thoughts, ideas, and emotions. One of the biggest contributors to this mental maelstrom is the multitude of roles we play. As we grow, we don’t simply replace old roles with new ones; we accumulate them. We form new relationships, existing ones evolve,…
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Gardening Your Thoughts: Sunlight
When I find myself distracted during the day, I will often take some steps outside the house, and combine meditation with my next gardening tool, exercise. A walking meditation can be a rejuvenating experience as you burn some calories and think actively on a given topic or thought. There are a number of walking meditation…
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Gardening Your Thoughts: Space
It is tricky to take the context of a long-form manuscript and make it make sense through the medium of a bog, but here we go. Previously I shared how I give my thoughts a location to flourish through journals and a structured(ish) practice. Now I want to share how I give my thoughts space…
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Gardening Your Thoughts: Location
Spoiler alert, I am big on analogies. When thinking about ways to give your thoughts space to explore, I kept coming back to a garden. So here we go, we’re going to garden our thoughts as we give them space, plant seeds, fertilize them, cultivate them, and hopefully harvest them into something fruitful. Plus my…
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It Started Here
My first remembrance of overthinking was when I was 15. My grandfather had just taken his life, and my teenage brain could not comprehend the situation. So it started to play out all the how’s and why’s it could dream up. I became obsessed with the scenarios and searching for answers no one could provide.…
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