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Tag: self-acceptance

Danielle Pieratti
Poetry

Danielle Pieratti – Rubric for Burying a Hen

May 7, 2023May 7, 2023 Vanessa Able

Danielle Pieratti's 'Rubric for Burying a Hen' is a heartbreaking account of what it is to fail to sustain someone or something in our care.

Tagged Death, loss, love, motherhood, parenthood, self-acceptanceLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Marsha Warren Mittman – No Name

October 17, 2021October 13, 2021 Nicholas Trandahl

With her poem No Name, Marsha Warren Mittman details the transition from urban to rural living, and coming to embrace and become one with new experiences.

Tagged acceptance, connection, emergence, Identity, Interconnectedness, Meditation, nature, oneness, Poem, Poetry, self-acceptance, transformation6 Comments
Tara Brach
Book Bits

Staying With the ‘Ouch’ – Tara Brach

April 20, 2020April 20, 2020 Vanessa Able

Why is self-acceptance so hard and self-criticism so deeply wired in us? Psychologist and teacher of meditation Tara Brach reminds us that self-love is one of the most neglected areas of our psychic landscapes.

Tagged acceptance, Fear, Happiness, love, pain, presence, self-acceptance, Suffering, truthLeave a comment
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