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children’s books for mental health awareness month
May is Mental Health Awareness Month! I keep hearing disturbing stats about the recent decline in mental health for kids, teens, and adults. Of course, there are many ways we must address this individually and collectively, but these are some really beautiful books to support children’s mental health. They cover topics such as anxiety, depression,…
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mothered by God
CW: Mother’s Day Sharing words from a few years ago… In the beginning, God hovered over the Earth like a mother bird preparing her nest. A baby grows within a mother’s body and then emerges with the mother’s DNA, like the mystery of Jesus’ “I in you and you in Me.” When new life arrives,…
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Enneagram Work + Contemplative Practices
The Enneagram describes 9 ways we deny reality.Enneagram work involves naming our patterned ways of denying reality, noticing them (with compassion) in action, & discovering how they keep us from fulfilling our core needs & desires. While Enneagram work helps name and observe the ways we deny reality, contemplative practices give us tools to practice…
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lament
3 shootingsin 6 days,and these are just the ones that have made the news.May God have mercy on our souls-God knows, there’s no mercy to be had from the gun owners.#PaytonWashington#KaylinGillis#RalphYarl
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picture books for women’s history month
We celebrate and read books by and about amazing women all year long, but here are some favorites to close out Women’s History Month! I posted a reel with 39 picture books (most are picture book biographies) on Instagram here Here is a list of titled and authors: 1. Kamala Harris by Nikki Grimes, illustrated…
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parenting is:
Parenting is carrying on with a beautiful daysplashing about in the creekafter a morning of child temper tantrumsand impatient imperfect grown ups simultaneously wondering when this season will endknowing this season will endhoping and grievingthat this season will end.~Lindsay L. O’Connor
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before you go
before you go Stay with yourselfStay with this momentStay with this holy unfoldingStay with this goodness.When your wise body tells you “This is good,”Stay. When your chest is wide open,expanding the width of the whole world,so entwined with creationthat the very breeze feels likethe breath expanding your lungs—Stay.Linger on this holy ground. When you glimpse…
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wind chimes
Wind ChimesThere’s a place where the sidewalkleading up to our houseslopes in a gentle curvedown to the street.On not-too-hot sunny days,I am drawn to sit here and feel the breeze lift the ends of my hairas I get lost in the soundof the wind chimeshanging over the porch.They betray a physical manifestationof the wind—that mysterious…
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36 picture books for Black History Month!
These are some beautiful picture books for Black History Month! Most of them are picture book biographies, and some are historical fiction. This selection celebrates Black leaders from various time periods and areas of interest, including politics, sports, science, the arts, and more. I’d like to especially recommend Kadir Nelson’s “Heart and Soul,” which I’ve…
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9 Invitations for Expansion Part 3: Body (Enneagram 8, 9, 1)
9 Invitations for ExpansionPart 3: Body(Enneagram 8, 9, 1) The Enneagram is a tool that can help us identify the specific ways we have zeroed in on a small portion of reality and provides pathways for expanding our perspective. This helps us to connect more fully and deeply with others, ourselves, and the Divine. Here…
Lindsay L. O'Connor
Writer | Speaker | Spiritual Director-in-Training
Lindsay L. O'Connor 