top of page
Search


To Clarify Your Values & Principles
It seems we are living in times that truly call us toward our utmost integrity. We live in a hurting world. What does it mean to show up as our best selves? How do you show up? What principles and values guide your life, your behavior, your words? Fine tuning our values and principles is a basic foundation of living well and grounded. What are values and principles though? How might we sort this out? Shifting from vague platitudes about "being a good person" is a great way to
Stephanee Howell
3 hours ago1 min read
Â
Â


Winter's Possibility
The benefits of winter are as layered as the clothes needed to cozy up. Physical, spiritual, and emotional benefits abound. If only we could access them. The gifts of winter invite us to come to our inner life with warmth and care. Most of us tend to see winter as a time to endure, a time of waiting for spring. However, the practice of pausing and reflecting are invaluable. And the benefits of being outside in the cool air and calm skies are deeply felt. Much inspired healing
Stephanee Howell
Jan 201 min read
Â
Â


Another New Year's Reflection?
What's it like to be you in this moment? Instead of what you might like to change or fix. Perhaps- life reflection rather than life resolutions. Can you simply reflect on the spectrum of your life rather than judge? Instead of flat resolutions and lofty goals, perhaps a more honest assessment? Once again, how is it to be you in this moment? What is real life like? And how is storytelling helpful and skillful? Perhaps even a subtle memoir can take shape? What if your actual li
Stephanee Howell
Dec 31, 20251 min read
Â
Â


Despair and You
What happens when life goes dark? Have you ever struggled with moments of crushing pain? Would you name this unsettled feeling despair? What caused this for you? How do you move on? This may be the biggest challenged for all of us. Losing hope. Deep pain. Serious loss. How do you find new ways of being and healing in this? Sometimes our life gets washed clean. Everything feels destroyed. From there, we begin again. It's that simple. And that challenging. This kind of loss and
Stephanee Howell
Nov 30, 20251 min read
Â
Â
Vipassana and You
What is meditation really? And how is it relevant to me?
Stephanee Howell
Nov 16, 20251 min read
Â
Â


Resilience in Hard Times
What is resilience? And why does it matter? And how is it possible in a hurting world? How do we navigate our lives with more ease and stamina? How do we have enough energy to see ourselves through hard times? Why do we need to be more resilient? And what is making it harder? Our struggles to keep and our fears rise up to move us off center. To keep up, we need to do less, and tend to our strengths more. Try some resiliency training with basic tools for living well. Resilienc
Stephanee Howell
Oct 26, 20251 min read
Â
Â


Journal Your Spiritual Growth
Journaling has consistently been considered a healing art. Do you ever write down your thoughts, feelings, reflections or questions? Do...
Stephanee Howell
Oct 12, 20251 min read
Â
Â


Community as Medicine
What does community mean to you? Do you ever consider what your "circles" are? How do you know your life is healthy and balanced? Do you...
Stephanee Howell
Sep 28, 20251 min read
Â
Â


Kindness Opens Us to Hope
The gateway to a more hopeful and proactive life, is to fuel kindness. Why is being kind so important to a life well lived? Kindness...
Stephanee Howell
Sep 16, 20251 min read
Â
Â


Why Aren't You Happy?
Do you strive to be happy? Do you wonder why you're not happier? Do you feel like something is missing? Does the struggle seem to get...
Stephanee Howell
Aug 31, 20251 min read
Â
Â


The Sacred Pause
How does a mini rest and renewal type of pause reset and reground? Do little pauses really make a difference? Do we actually return...
Stephanee Howell
Aug 19, 20251 min read
Â
Â


What is a Spiritual Life?
What does it mean to live from a spiritual perspective? What are the principles and concepts and values? Are there any universal...
Stephanee Howell
Aug 3, 20251 min read
Â
Â


The Art of Living Well
How do gauge how we're doing? What is your own unique measure on the spectrum of living well? We can do all the right things, have all...
Stephanee Howell
Jul 13, 20251 min read
Â
Â


Meditation Basics
Do you remember why you practice? Do you have a practice? Or perhaps you had one, but don't feel committed. Or perhaps you don't know...
Stephanee Howell
Jun 30, 20251 min read
Â
Â


Summer Seasonal Joy
We speak often of quieting and retreating and deep listening. All to encourage our spiritual and emotional growth. To tend to our healing...
Stephanee Howell
Jun 16, 20251 min read
Â
Â


Courage to Show Up
This life can be hard. Day in. Day out. What does "showing up" mean to you? And what gives you the courage to do so? How do you create...
Stephanee Howell
Jun 1, 20251 min read
Â
Â


Getting Old
How do you feel about getting older? About changing bodies, values, plans, and abilities? Where are you on the spectrum of living well?...
Stephanee Howell
May 12, 20251 min read
Â
Â


To Know You is to Love You
Much of our life is a call to action. A call to love more. It's the nagging endless self improvement project that halts our growth. It's...
Stephanee Howell
Apr 29, 20251 min read
Â
Â


Making a Meaningful Life
And we come together to ponder, to live well, and to love. But what does this really mean in our everyday worlds? How is this helpful,...
Stephanee Howell
Apr 16, 20251 min read
Â
Â


Why Integrity?
What does it mean to live with integrity? And why is that relevant? We need to live in a world that works. We need to support each...
Stephanee Howell
Mar 30, 20251 min read
Â
Â
bottom of page
