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Listening to Butterflies:Using Fear to Move Forward

By Brenda Knowles|2015-09-22T16:07:05-05:00November 23rd, 2012|Categories: Emotions and Energy, Introverts and Highly Sensitive People, Personal Evolution|Tags: bittersweet experiences, bravery, fearward, Following fear, growing through fear, growing with joy and fear, Introversion, Leo Babauta, Zen Habits Joyfear|

A reverie of childhood: I lie in the double bed where I suspect Grandma sleeps when I am not visiting. The nubby white bedspread is turned down and rests like a lightweight dog on my feet. I’ve read a chapter or two in my Judy Blume book and turned out the goose necked lamp. [...]

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By Brenda Knowles|2019-05-05T14:59:13-05:00May 13th, 2011|Categories: Parenting|Tags: Guardian Ad Litem, Leo Babauta, Minimalism, Minimalism with a family, minimalist life, parent volunteering, Paring down commitments, Zen Habits|

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life. All that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about. Albert Einstein My impression of minimalism has evolved from a bare bones decorating style to a passionately simple way of living. Minimalism to me used to be my former boss’s [...]

“I was struggling with my daughter (16 at the time) and our constant fighting. You said something to me that changed my life! You were speaking about your own situation and you said to me “my child could not handle my emotions”. This was a HUGE “lightbulb moment” for me and it forever changed the way I dealt with my emotions when I was around my daughter!

I am happy to say that things have never been better between my soon to be 18 year old daughter and myself! I honestly never thought we would… Read more

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