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  • quote: extraordinary

    Byheartwideopen February 9, 2019March 11, 2019

    Transformation is an ongoing process that tends to appear ordinary, when, in fact, something extraordinary is taking place. ― Suzy Ross

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  • quote: love becomes revolutionary

    Byheartwideopen November 9, 2018December 9, 2018

    When we love even in the face of fear and rage, we can transform a relationship, a culture, and a country. Love becomes revolutionary. — Valarie Kaur

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  • article: Beyond Fight or Flight

    Byheartwideopen August 3, 2018August 3, 2018

    Gabriel Cohen writes, “Before I moved into my apartment, the previous tenants warned me that a teenager downstairs occasionally annoyed them with the sound of his video games. It turned out that the techno music and beepings were hard to ignore. I tried to be patient but one night, after I was woken up at…

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  • video: The Anatomy of Trust

    Byheartwideopen June 16, 2018

    BRENÉ BROWN talks about the Anatomy of Trust in this inspiring video.

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  • video: emotional courage

    Byheartwideopen February 2, 2018March 28, 2018

    Susan David says, “We own our emotions, they don’t own us. When we internalize the difference between how I feel in all my wisdom and what I do in a values-aligned action, we generate the pathway to our best selves via our emotions. So, what does this look like in practice? When you feel a…

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  • article: mindful eating

    Byheartwideopen December 5, 2017March 28, 2018

    Rosie Garner writes, “Now more than ever before, we need to take a deep breath, connect back with our body’s own innate intelligence and become curious when it comes to food and eating. And we can do this through Mindful Eating…  Firstly, let’s look at mindless eating for a moment. What does that look like, or feel like?…

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  • video: feeling for healing

    Byheartwideopen October 21, 2017

    UPLIFT CONNECT explores the benefits of embracing our emotions in the short video “Feeling for Healing“

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  • quote: compassion

    Byheartwideopen October 8, 2017October 8, 2017

    Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity. ― Pema Chödrön

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  • quote: becoming the journey

    Byheartwideopen October 1, 2017

    In the end, she became more than what she expected. She became the journey, and like all journeys, she did not end, she just simply changed directions and kept going. — R.M. Drake

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  • article: 6 ways to practice mindful eating

    Byheartwideopen July 31, 2017

    Christopher Willard writes about informal mindfulness practices for those of us who don’t have five minutes to contemplate a raisin. “I can still remember the raisin from that first mindfulness class I took in a family friend’s basement office, almost twenty years ago. I myself was only 20 years old and that first awe-inspiring taste…

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