We are uplifted this week by stories about how humans nourish, grow, and nurture beautiful, interconnected lives from the ground up. In Rhode Island, The Compass School Farm, which Inspirited Living’s Lynne Bryan Phipps founded, is a place where K-8 students grow up connected to nature, to their own senses, and to an ecologically creative community. What are you growing and nourishing? Join Inspirited Living’s Community and let us know!
We are uplifted this week by stories about how humans build and re-build beautiful interconnected lives from the ground up. In Florida and Rhode Island, the connection between horses and humans is changing lives, and Beachwood Integrative Equine Therapy’s horses are in the news for helping Veterans and Caregivers heal from PTSD, anxiety, and stress. How do you build a connected life? Let us know!
Here’s a great description of why fear and worry are not productive. Notice how even a small shift in perspective can change things! Many Blessings, Worry Worry is an extension of fear, and can also set you up for attracting that which you don't want in your life. We have all had the experience of worrying about something at some point in our lives. Some of us have a habitual tendency to worry, and all of us have known someone who is a chronic worrier. Worry is an extension of fear and can be a very draining experience. In order for worry to exist, we have to imagine that something bad might happen. What we are worrying about has not happened yet, however, so this bad thing is by definition a fantasy. Understood this way, worry is a self-created state of needless fear. Still, most of us worry. One reason [...]
In our culture, Athletes are considered the epitome of success. We think they are invincible. Like superheroes with exclusive power that is elusive to the rest of us. But even the greatest athletes struggle. All of us are mind body and spirit beings. We are designed to move toward what we feel passionate about. Whether you’re a high-performance athlete, an artist, or a high school student, we all experience stress. Performance-related stress has a double-edged sword. It can be the energy that drives us toward a goal, and the energy that takes us down. Recognizing the impact of stress on the mind and body, and providing help at competitions and other workplaces helps us all see that everyone needs a little help sometimes. Full Story: US Open to offer mental health services to participating athletes in The Optimist Daily Image Source: Renith R, Unsplash
Losing a parent is difficult for us at any age. Even as adults, we feel uneasy and alone, often becoming suddenly aware of a connection we may not have appreciated. It was so constant, we were barely aware. “When we loose a parent as a child, the severing of that connection is profound.” Our awareness that we cannot survive without them is instinctive … and the overwhelm is enormous - even when there is another parent and other family around us. The body stores the trauma. We experience belly aches, feel vigilantly aware of the remaining parents’ every move, we struggle with separation. That is because neural pathways are built from the fight or flight part of our brain and our bodies store the trauma so we will never forget. The younger we are when it happens, the more generalized our sense of insecurity. A particular place is not safe… [...]