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A View From My Window

A view from my window

  • February 12, 2019
  • Beryl Schewe
  • Balance and Integration, self care

One of my favorite vacations was sitting by a wood stove in New Hampshire—alone. I had a glorious view of the mountains, a book, and hot chocolate. My travel companions spent the days hiking, and I spent the days alone…

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Don’t Collect Monkeys

Don’t Collect Monkeys

  • February 5, 2019
  • Beryl Schewe
  • Balance and Integration, common ground, Community Support

It’s been a big week. Super Bowl Sunday. Tie games are not an option; neither is splitting the Vince Lombardi trophy.  There are winners and there are losers, with no other options. Americans are good at games. So good, we…

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Sweet Sleep

Sweet Sleep

  • January 29, 2019
  • Beryl Schewe
  • Balance and Integration, Resilience

If we listen to our bodies, we often know exactly what our most important habit of resilience is. Mine is sleep. If I don’t get enough sleep, I am less creative, less fun to be with, and less energetic. It…

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Standing On Sacred Ground

Standing on Sacred Ground

  • January 15, 2019
  • Beryl Schewe
  • common ground, Gratitude

In the late 1800s, Nebraska’s population soared. I know that’s hard to envision. “Nebraska” and “population explosion” seem unlikely bedfellows, but these newcomers were people who ventured west on horseback and in covered wagons. They couldn’t envision cars or planes,…

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Welcome To 2019. Begin At The End.

Welcome to 2019. Begin at the end.

  • January 8, 2019
  • Beryl Schewe
  • Balance and Integration, Gratitude, Remembering, Saying Goodbye, Transformation

Happy New Year. 2019 feels so fresh, so full of possibility. Like new spiral notebooks on the first day of school—clean and open to creativity. You’d think with all our practice at New Year’s self-improvement, we’d be practically perfect by…

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Brain Power

Brain Power

  • January 2, 2019
  • Beryl Schewe
  • Gratitude, Resilience, Transformation

I sat listening to the Minnesota Orchestra. The soloist played Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto #1 in B flat minor. Wearing a dress covered in bright pink sequins, she played aggressively; as she moved, light bounced off her dress in an ugly…

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Happy New Year

Happy New Year

  • January 1, 2019
  • Beryl Schewe
  • common ground, Community Support, Gratitude, Holidays, Transformation

For those of you you are not liturgically minded, here's a little piece of trivia: the Christmas Season lasts from Christmas Eve through Epiphany which is January 6th. If you want to get super technical, through the Baptism of the…

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Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

  • December 25, 2018
  • Beryl Schewe
  • Holidays

Let the earth bow to you and sing to you, Let all sing your Holy Name Orthodox Liturgy

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A Light In The Darkness

A light in the darkness

  • December 18, 2018
  • Beryl Schewe
  • Holidays, sacred ground

  Christ is the Morning Star, who, when the night of this world is past, gives to his saints the promise of the light of life, and opens everlasting day. Venerable Bede—Eighth Century

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Don’t Miss The Trees

Don’t miss the trees

  • December 11, 2018
  • Beryl Schewe
  • Balance and Integration, Gratitude, Uncategorized

The old canard goes, "Don't miss the forest for the trees", an admonishment to take in the big picture. But don't miss the trees. In our desire to understand the pattern of the big picture, we miss tiny, beautiful things…

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