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Indulgence or Imperative?
“I’m not sure how I could justify the time and cost of such indulgence to my family.” Reading that sentence made me sad. She was...

Jenn Weidman
Feb 20, 20172 min read


Broken Healers & Accompaniment
I look around me, and inside me, these days and I see broken people. We are dealing with grief, burnout, relationship troubles, family...

Jenn Weidman
Jan 31, 20172 min read


Mindfully Starting a Mindful Startup & Old Habits
It’s truly challenging at times, mindfully starting a mindful startup. For me, it began well and with a certain level of awareness that...

Jenn Weidman
Dec 26, 20162 min read


Intention, Attention, Time, & Coffee
When I went to Italy a few years ago, I spent a bit of time observing the local morning coffee routine. Italians leaned on the...

Jenn Weidman
Dec 5, 20162 min read


Refrigerator
I’ve just returned from Australia and the Space Bangkok/Illoura Peace Retreats creative reflective retreat at The Eyrie in Skenes Creek. ...

Jenn Weidman
Nov 21, 20162 min read


Discipline & Creativity
In a recent blog, I wrote about discipline as one of the foundations to enabling us to do what we need to do in the moment it is needed. ...

Jenn Weidman
Oct 24, 20161 min read


Accompaniment
We sat. For hours. Her struggling with herself. Me there, just there, supplying tissues and hugs as needed, and accompanying. It was...

Jenn Weidman
Oct 17, 20162 min read


The Discipline of Presence in Peacebuilding
I’ve mentioned before how discipline is what takes over when motivation runs dry. How does that impact the discipline of presence in...

Jenn Weidman
Oct 10, 20164 min read


The Struggle
We rarely talk about the struggle. And when we do, we do so selectively. We prefer to glance over it on the way to triumphant victory...

Jenn Weidman
Oct 4, 20163 min read


"Was it too sentimental?"
“Was it too sentimental?” His questioning eyes, a bit damper than usual, stared into mine. It had been a long day. The conference on...

Jenn Weidman
Sep 19, 20162 min read


Cultivating Intention
I watched it mindlessly as it waved gently in the breeze of the coming storm. I was sitting in the tuk-tuk on the way to the train...

Jenn Weidman
Sep 12, 20162 min read


Unexpected Haiku
“Are you interested in tarot?” she asked? “No, actually. I’m interested in haiku.” “Oh! I always thought haiku was so hard. You...

Jenn Weidman
Sep 5, 20163 min read


Responding Differently to Difficult Situations
After last week’s blog, I kept thinking about this example of having the presence of mind in frightening situations to put what we’ve...

Jenn Weidman
Aug 29, 20161 min read


Leaning In to Engage
In the martial art I study, we do a lot of leaning in - and by that I mean actually moving in toward your opponent. If you are unsure or...

Jenn Weidman
Aug 22, 20163 min read


Cooking for Clarity
Monday morning. Blog posting day. Crap. My friend Michael sent me this haiku when I described the problem to him: Busy, busy week ...

Jenn Weidman
Aug 1, 20163 min read


How Does Humanity Unite?
This post first appeared on Humanity United’s blog on July 18, 2016 as part of a blog series from Dr. John Paul Lederach, Humanity United...
John Paul Lederach
Jul 25, 20166 min read


Sparring Partners
Their faces were priceless as they gaped at me - the group of young people from around Southeast Asia finishing up their Global...

Jenn Weidman
Jul 18, 20162 min read


Brokenness & Coming Back
For me, my own real journey with reflective practice started as part of a comeback. And I know I’m not the only person for whom that is...

Jenn Weidman
Jul 4, 20161 min read


Working Wood & Working
I have recently been pondering the challenges of mindfully starting a mindful startup - and there will be more on that coming soon. ...

Jenn Weidman
Jun 27, 20162 min read


The Poetry of Questions
Reflective practice is not just something that is of value for practitioners on an individual level. It’s also something we can...
Michael Fryer
Jun 20, 20163 min read
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