Nurturing Intuition

Nurturing Intuition: a blog about self-discovery & wellness of the mind, body & spirit.

  • My Reason

    I am maintaining my speed, and it is looking good. I am on my second lap around the Boulder Reservoir, and each mile I seem to be passing someone who passed me earlier. I am taking it slow and steady. For me, it is important to hold a pace that saves energy for the end……

  • Another Trip around the Sun

    Maybe this post is about managing expectations. Maybe it is about new beginnings. But most certainly it is about accepting new paradigms and the resistance that comes up until we do. As a teacher with a two week holiday break, I recently found myself with a week almost completely to myself. I spent the first…

  • Suffering

    Suffering

    What is suffering? Prolonged, aching pain? Pain of the mind, pain of the heart, pain of the body, or of the soul? How is it that suffering can also be beautiful? I remember being around the age of 14 and my mother wiping my tears and telling me I was beautiful after my grandmother’s death. I…

  • Disappointment

    Disappointment

    I used to joke that the worse thing my dad could say to me was “I am disappointed in you.” Yet, truthfully, that punishment was like no other. He didn’t have to yell; he didn’t have to spank, or ground. He just had to be disappointed, and the knife would be embedded. This, to me,…