Lindsay L. O'Connor

Lindsay L. O'Connor

Writer – Speaker – Teacher

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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 38 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…

    Lindsay O’Connor

    March 31, 2023
    Uncategorized
  • 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

    Lindsay O’Connor

    March 13, 2023
    Poetry, Parenting, Motherhood
    Grief, Motherhood, Parenting, Poetry, PPD
  • 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…

    Lindsay O’Connor

    March 3, 2023
    Poetry
    Anxiety, Belovedness, Contemplative Life, Healing, Mindfulness, Poetry, Self Parenting, Self-Compassion, Shame Resilience
  • 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…

    Lindsay O’Connor

    February 8, 2023
    Contemplative Life, Poetry
    Contemplative Life, Divine Feminine, Incarnation, Poetry, Sacred Feminine, Spiritual Life
  • 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…

    Lindsay O’Connor

    February 1, 2023
    Antiracist Kids, Children's Books
    Antiracist Books, Black History, Book Recommendations, Books, Diverse Books, Diverse Children's Books, Justice, Parenting, Picture books
  • 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 O’Connor

    January 25, 2023
    Enneagram
    Contemplative Life, Enneagram, Healing, Identity, Self-Compassion, Transformation
  • words that come from silence

    words that come from silenceby Lindsay L. O’ConnorI want words that come from silence,like when the world began.Words born in noise have their place, to be sure,but there is so much noisefrom reacting without much thought,without checking in firstwith the body, heart, and mind,to see how the message might be refinedin the furnace of our…

    Lindsay O’Connor

    January 23, 2023
    Poetry
    Anxiety, Body, Contemplative Life, Healing, Mindfulness, Poetry, Self Parenting, Self-Compassion, Spiritual Practices
  • favorite reads of 2022

    Happy New Year, friends! 🎉🎉🎉Here are my favorite reads of 2022! As always, it was difficult to narrow it down. I read 10 novels for me, 10 middle grade novels with my 11 year old, 1 graphic novel, 4 poetry books, & 40 nonfiction books. Last night, my daughter glanced at the book stack on…

    Lindsay O’Connor

    January 4, 2023
    Books
    Book Recommendations, Books
  • 9 Invitations for Expansion: Part 2: Heart (Enneagram 2, 3, 4)

    9 Invitations for ExpansionPart 2: Heart(Enneagram 2, 3, 4) 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 O’Connor

    December 14, 2022
    Enneagram, Uncategorized
    Enneagram, Healing, Self-Compassion, Transformation
  • 9 Invitations to Expansion: Part 1: Mind (Enneagram 5, 6, 7)

    9 Invitations for ExpansionPart 1: Head(Enneagram 5, 6, & 7) 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.…

    Lindsay O’Connor

    December 13, 2022
    Enneagram
    Enneagram, Healing, Identity, Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, Transformation
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