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What’s Hidden?
It has been decades since I have been laughed at… And when it recently happened at work, I found myself both confused and aware of a sensitive child still residing within me. At the time, I was helping a pair of young women, who I suspect would be considered Gen Z, when one of them…
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What Are You Looking For?
Have you ever watched a baby stare at its own hand with utter fascination? I feel this way most of the time. People fascinate me. Words fascinate me. The way life orchestrates just the right set of circumstances that can lead to personal evolution…FASCINATING! A short time ago, I started a new part time job…
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Across the Bridge of Self Reflection
One of the most profound gifts of insight I have received in this lifetime came through a 26-year career in picture framing. Day after day, each design session revealed the same truth. A single work of art could be seen and experienced differently based entirely on the colors and textures you surrounded it with. And…
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A Bridge Not Too Far
If you have spent any time exploring this site, you likely recognize you were greeted by a rather ambitious social challenge. And I admit, I introduced YOU.logy as a practice we could be offering to each other. But up until this point, I have not provided any actionable steps in how to practice it. But…
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(Un)Certain Experiencer
Have you noticed how a lot of technology is being programed with the assumption that its users need to be protected from what they do not know? I have recently benefited from such safeguards while taking on this hair brained idea to start a blog. It is precisely because of these built in precautions that…
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Mine to Do…?
The Minnesota winter of 2023-24 was one in name only. Persistent grey skies and stubborn tawny shades defined a landscape that would have normally been contoured by nature’s frozen frosting. I am not going to lie; my nervous system enjoyed its seasonal vacation. I had not realized how demanding this season was to my overly…
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Sharpening Our Awareness
YOU.logy is a practice in four basic skills. The first three, PAYING ATTENTION, CURIOSITY, and LISTENING, are ones we naturally possess as children. The final skill, APPRECIATION, is one I believe we foster with age and experience. While the story you are about to embark on may seem made up of irrelevant, disparate parts; each…
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Eyes to See
One of the foundational principles of YOU.logy is fostering a mindful presence throughout our day-to-day activities. As much as my early meditation practice provided a glimpse into this capacity, I seldom felt like the skill was neatly traveling with me as I went into the world. In fact, I remember expressing frustration to an early…
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Rendezvous with the Soul
“Art is a spiritual transaction.” I had owned a gallery and custom frame studio for five years before Julia Cameron’s words tripped into my awareness, but they instantly rang true. Over the years, I had witnessed this wisdom play out repeatedly. Someone would walk into the gallery with no intention to purchase. And rather magically,…
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Some Wiser Part of Me
I wish I could tell you a spiritually profound moment spawned my meditation practice. The truth is a very immature response did. I grew up in an extremely religious family who used Biblical verses like weaponry. The stench of hypocrisy quickly gave rise to my disdain for dogma, ritual, and hell-based fear tactics as the…
