Author: Tina Thrussell
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Mindfulness makes a difference
I find myself in the place to be returning to the practice of mindfulness, having let it slide over the last few years (since the big world shut-down, to be exact). It’s funny how we forget to use the tools we have when we need them the most! I know I am not the only…
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Tina’s Revelation: Connection and Expectations
Wow. I hear Shrek saying, “Onions, donkey!” We are like onions, constantly peeling back layers. More layers of awareness, more layers of potential growth. On Sunday, an amazing coach (who happens to be the man I live with) invited me to close my eyes and imagine what it would feel like to connect with 100…
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Let go of being good at___
I saw a beautiful, powerful message last week and found myself wishing I would’ve seen the message when I was a teenager. It might have changed my life. I can’t tell you why until you read this message: Kurt Vonnegut wrote: “When I was 15, I spent a month working on an archaeological dig. I…
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At-One-ment with Love-Beauty
Our blogs have been a bit heady lately, so I feel it’s time to step away from matters of the head and slip into matters of the heart. I recently picked up our copy of Michael Bernard Beckwith’s book, “Spiritual Liberation – Fulfilling Your Soul’s Potential”. In his first chapter, he talks about the Source…
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Ever experienced a Finger Labyrinth?
There are two items that we forgot to include in yesterday’s issue of Heart and Mind Matters, so we are sending this special message out… hope you don’t mind! One is that TONIGHT you can experience the chartres labyrinth in the Adirondack Mountains in New York State (that Tina is going to walk several times…
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Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift!
I may have published this list before, but it’s simply the most concise and complete list of guidelines for living a great life that I’ve ever seen, so I want to share it again. Written by Regina Brett, 90 years old, of the Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio. “To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the…
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Joy is Contagious
This past weekend we celebrated my mom’s 80th birthday with not one but TWO surprise birthday parties! She loved seeing so many of the people that she loves gathered together in one room…. especially her three children. We had not all been in the same room for ten years! Needless to say, she was over…
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Naval Meditation
Recently, the topic of mindfulness and meditation has been showing up in nearly every arena of my life; the Universe works in wonderous ways. Last Monday morning, the ‘day after’ the Peace Weekend (for which the preparations had occupied much of my time throughout the month of March) I realized it was time to get…
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Something Awesome is Happening to Me Today!
In March of 2018, I created a facebook live video to share a process that a friend had shared with me. The process is, essentially, to start your day listening to a piece of upbeat music, dancing along, then saying “Yes!” with huge enthusiasm and a powerful fist bump in the air. Repeat the “Yes!”…
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Rooted in Peace
I love the phrase, ‘Rooted in Peace’, which describes how we live the Shin Dao – the Way of the Heart. As we walk the path of the Shin Dao, we lead the way with peaceful hearts and minds. We do our best to be at peace with ourselves, be at peace with our environment,…