In Embracing Uncertainty, Susan gives us three variations on an exercise to learn how to cultivate a Wondering Life. Here is one of them. Give this exercise a try to see how much wonder there is in your life already. This variation of The “I Wonder” Exercise asks you to…
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Wonder vs. Hope
In this month’s article, we’re talking about living in a state of Wonder. While hope can be a miraculous thing, it can also set us up for disappointment. As Susan wrote in Embracing Uncertainty, “Hoping can lead to a state of unhappiness if those very hopes are dashed. (And, of…
Living a Wonder-filled, Spoiler-free Life
Susan talked about how disappointing spoilers can be in Embracing Uncertainty. Knowing the end of a movie or TV show is disappointing because we would prefer to have the experience of the story ourselves. “Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could think of the story of our lives in just…
Letting Go of Hate and Anger
We’re talking this month about how to bring more love and loving into the world. The world seems to full of divisiveness and hatred, more so than ever before. How can we bring more love into the world? How can we make this a more loving place? It starts at…
Greeting the Light
This month we’re talking about how to bring more love into the world. The first step towards doing that is working on ourselves. We’re going to explore that idea a little more, here on Susan’s blog. In Dare to Connect, she suggested a technique that can help us become more…
Bringing More Love Into the World
It feels like there is so much hate and anger in the world, but what can we do? It turns out, we can do a lot. Even though hate seems widespread through organized groups, it begins with each one of us as individuals. When someone attacks the things you believe…
Combining Prayers of Trust and Gratitude
This month we’re talking about prayer and how it can help negate our anxiety and fear. In End the Struggle and Dance With Life, Susan explains three types of prayer that can help us feel more at one with the world: Prayer of trust, prayer of gratitude, and prayer of…
Petitionary Prayers of a Child
In End the Struggle and Dance With Life, Susan wrote about the power of prayer—not necessarily as a religious expression, but as a way to connect us to the universe outside ourselves. Here is an excerpt from the book: When I was a little girl, I used to say the…
Meditative Prayer for Soothing Mind and Soul
Prayer, like meditation, can be a powerful tool to calm the mind and body during difficult and scary times—or at any time really. Praying is not just a religious expression, it can be helpful to non-religious people equally. Whether or not you are religious, prayer can be a healing process.…
Commitment Doesn’t Have To Be Forever
“To make commitment a less heavy concept, keep in mind that, contrary to what we have been taught, it doesn’t necessarily mean forever,” Susan wrote in Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway. Susan wrote a lot about making sure that in whatever you are doing, you are 100% engaged,…