Emily Downward

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  • Letting Go and Finding the Wisdom of My Soul

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    A few years ago, my life seemed to fall apart. One by one, I experienced major losses in my work, my social support, my health, my relationship, my hopes for the future… At the bottom of it all, I was quite literally adrift, not even having an official address to call home. It was obvious…

  • Claim What You Want

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    Over coffee with a friend, I encourage her to claim what she wants, to state it aloud, and as I’m saying it, I recognize the irony as I realize this is EXACTLY what I have been not doing for myself. Why can’t I claim what I want for myself? Perhaps it’s a strange attempt at…

  • Holding On, Letting Go

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    For the past six months, I’ve been on a journey, emotionally, spiritually and physically. The ending of my relationship thrust me into the chaos of grief and being uprooted without a home base, and it also sent me into an intense healing period and connecting to myself at an even deeper level. I’ve become more…

  • Let Go

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    This quote came to mind for me today, as I’m consistently and repeatedly being asked to let go: Some of the things I’m being asked to let go of are easier than others. For example, letting go of a career a couple years ago that never really felt like it was a good fit was…

  • The Messy Side of Becoming

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    [My lovely teacher Martha Beck developed the Cycle of Change model that describes the process we go through with any major change. It begins with Square One: Death & Rebirth. I’ve been experiencing a lot of major change this year and getting intimately familiar with Square One. I thought I’d share my experience in hopes…

  • Are You Ready to Let It Go?

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    Budgeting is a skill most of us learn through trial and error. We learn how to budget our time to get necessary tasks completed. We learn how to budget our energy, recognizing that some activities and people replenish us while others drain us. And we learn how to budget our resources, which can include time…

  • Faithful Friend

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    “The dark does not destroy the light; it defines it. It’s our fear of the dark that casts our joy into the shadows.”  – Dr. Brené Brown The past month has been difficult for me, and I just couldn’t write about it before now. At the beginning of March, my 18-year-old cat Sabrina was euthanized.  She…

  • Letting Go

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    “Don’t settle because you’re afraid you won’t find something better. Don’t compromise because you don’t want to be alone. Give your perfect life, lover and job time and space to grow into our life.  Don’t rush, don’t hurry. Take your time, be easy, have patience. Allow everything to come to you with your subtle guiding…