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My Favorite Meditation App: Smiling Mind
I’ve found my new favorite meditation app! It’s called Smiling Mind. Smiling Mind is a non-for-profit web and app-based meditation program developed by psychologists and educators to help bring mindfulness into your life.
A couple months ago, I was on the hunt for a book to help me launch a meditation practice. I bought this one and really liked it at first. I enjoyed learning about the rationale for meditation in your life. But then I just couldn’t stay engaged.
I started searching for an app instead. There are so many different ones to choose from! I landed on Smiling Mind because it seemed like it would teach me … Read More
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Register People to Vote: The Time is Now
When I start to fall into the depths of despair about the United States, I try to shift my attention to action. What can I do to make a difference? (I made a long list here.) Therefore, right now I’m thinking about right now is how to register people to vote.
So who do you know that needs to register to vote?
Most states have a deadline around October to register to vote. You can find exact details for each state here.
Therefore, I created a simple page at this website that I can share with folks who need to register to vote: https://dosome.click/9UlDQkE
How can I … Read More
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Family Gap Year Post #7: Starting Over
So the big Family Gap Year is officially completely unraveled! I’m not quite sure why I put an exclamation mark there. Maybe because it was a lot of work to unravel it and I’m glad I was able to get it finished? (Because I am definitely not excited that the trip is dead in the water.)
Every month, we would save money and book an AirBnb. We had booked them in rural Ireland, a small town in the French Riviera called Antibes, a more rural part of Norway outside of Oslo, the hills of Tuscany, Florence, a small medieval town in Croatia, a beachside town in South Africa, a beach … Read More