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Liminal Space and Liberation: On finding new wisdom in old stories
(Note: There is a free resource at the bottom of this post.) “Not only did she survive, but she kept rewriting her stories until she found enough space in them for all of the wounded to be held.” I’ve...
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Go through the tunnel
Listen to me read the post https://heatherplett.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/go-through-the-tunnel-2022-04-13.mp3 There’s a pedestrian tunnel I pass through regularly, in all seasons. In summer, I...
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I am an unfinished story
Today, I’m back in the messy part of the story. I’m slightly agitated, slightly grumpy, and slightly guarded. I’m doing my best to interact with people in a way that is as kind as I can muster. I’m...
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Rethinking Liminality: evolving my understanding of “the space in between”
“Liminal space is an inner state and sometimes an outer situation where we can begin to think and act in new ways. It is where we are betwixt and between, having left one room or stage of life but not...
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The Woman by the River: on holding space for those in despair
I had good intensions of writing something light-hearted this week, in celebration of the beginning of summer and the launch of my new program, A Full-Bodied Life. The first lesson in that program is...
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Transcendence: Lessons learned from a moment at the folk festival
Transcendent (adjective) [tran(t)-ˈsen-dənt]: exceeding usual limits; extending or lying beyond the limits of ordinary experience; being beyond comprehension; a spiritual or religious state, or a...
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From the Path to the Living Room: Celebrating friendships of all kinds
There’s an older man I often encounter on the path when I go for my morning walks. We’ve become path-friends, always stopping for a brief interaction when we happen upon each other. Once, he showed me...
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Let Go, Dear Parent (Tips for when your child moves away)
Listen to me read the post… My social media feed is filling up with images of grinning college students settling into dorm rooms. Sometimes the parents who are posting those images are in the photos...
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A love letter to the woman at the lake
Listen to me read the post: I came here, to the lake, feeling discouraged and a little burnt out from putting so much free content into the world. This is the time of year I have to be the most active...
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Personal Responsibility or Systemic Injustice: holding the tension in a...
Listen to me read the post… “He was a poor man in a criminal justice system that treats you better if you are rich and guilty than if you are poor and innocent.” – Anthony Ray Hinton For nearly thirty...
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