HeyJaredThe Optimists Journal by Wendy Jones
Navigating Quantum Living and my escape from Type A to Type Be.
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Why Your Effort Keeps the Body Stuck (opens the original)
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A few days ago as I was following my son and fiance down a mountain trail and I noticed my slower pace. I was behind them enough for Mark to ask if I was ok. I was good, I was just lost in a thought process about how every day I learn a little more about what to focus on, what to surrender to, and how valuable a process that is to widening our path and expanding the potential for our lives. For a long time, I couldn’t slow down, not because my movement was accomplishing so much, but because my o
Building Your Best Day (Not Mine) (opens the original)
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Well, the old me would have had this blog out on Sunday like I said I would. But instead, I got engaged, played in a volleyball tournament, and spent as much time as I could with my family and my new fiancé, so here I am on Tuesday evening and I’m good with it! We attract and attach at our level of healing. And I’ve never felt more content, loved and safe in my whole adult life. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!W2Bx!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl
You Read the Room Before You Read Yourself (opens the original)
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If you’ve been the one who says yes to the request before you ever think about what that yes actually means to your own life, I see you.Someone asks, and the word is already out of your mouth, people see you as warm and always generous, and that genuinely feels good, until you realize you are moving through a little too quickly, while the part of you that had another opinion is still somewhere back down a long hallway. An hour later that opinion shows up, fully formed and perfectly clear, and yo
The Tide Was Never Against You (opens the original)
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Water has always been a favorite element for me, but for much of my life, I was afraid to lean into the curve of the wave. Whether on a lake in the ocean, I was afraid, and so many times, I missed the flow the ride was waiting to offer. Only in the last few years have I allowed myself to lean in and feel the acceleration and smoothness that comes when you stop fighting and surrender the control that is an illusion anyway. As I began to explain here last week, and you see in the way my YouTube ch
Why I Am Finally Saying This Out Loud (opens the original)
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For most of my life, my survival mode did not look like falling apart, it looked like disappearing.I want to start there, because so many of you have joined me here from YouTube where you have been meditating with me. To say that I have been humbled and honored by the authenticity of your comments is an understatement. The regularly bring chills and tears to my day and I can’t thank you enough for that beautiful release. If you have been listening to my meditations for a while, you know my voice
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