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Refilling the Cup: How Contentment Fuels Our Fire
I recently took some intentional time away to recharge. In our fast-paced world, “rest” is often treated as a luxury or necessary evil so we can return to being productive. I still struggle with performance as worth. But during this quiet spell, I was reminded of a core pillar of The Art of Enough: we…
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The Fine Line Between Stillness and Stagnation
In our last conversation, we explored The Balm of the Process, examining how the “ordinary magic” of working with our hands offers a soothing sense of enoughness. Yet as we slow down to appreciate these affirming processes, a common and uncomfortable question sometimes arises: “Am I actually content, or might I be bored?” In a…
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A New Beginning
Introducing Soulful Everyday, a new blog space dedicated to exploring identity in life beyond. Like many women of my generation (late boomers), I married young, started my career, had two children, advanced professionally, cared for an aging parent, retired, and now I find myself here. Quite literally, I hope to actually discover myself here. It’s…
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Welcome to the Contentment Conversation
For a brief time, this space was called Soulful Everyday. It was a fine home, but less descriptive of a specific theme that began to emerge in the stories we want to share here: the quiet, radical power of being content. Why ‘Contentment’? We live in a culture of more–‘The Next Big Thing.’ We are…