Creative work thrives safety, rhythm, and support. In this episode of Come to Your Senses, we explore how gentle structure can help creative people stay focused, reduce overwhelm, and finish meaningful work. If you struggle with distraction, overthinking, or inconsistent creative energy, this episode offers a calmer, more sustainable approach to productivity.

Topics include:

• How to use gentle structure to support your creative focus
• How to work with your energy and turn mental static into embodied clarity
• How to leave yourself wanting with creative projects, and increase desire to return
• Tools of embodiment to support a steady, sustainable pace.

This episode is perfect for reeling yourself in when you feel pulled in too many directions, and enjoying a focused flow of delicious creativity. 

My new book, Sensing the Sacred: A guided journal of sensory spirituality and daily ritual, is available now. Learn more: https://marylofgren.com/sensing-the-sacred

Do you ever hold back to avoid heartbreak, even though what you really want is to love wholeheartedly?

In this episode of Come To Your Senses with Mary Lofgren, I'm sharing  what fostering dogs has taught me about love, presence, and showing up with an open heart, even when loss is inevitable. Fostering has been an unexpected masterclass in relationships, attachment, boundaries, and letting love move through my life, and I'm excited to share what gems of wisdom I've learned with you today.

Here's to all the ways that only love can break, and open, our hearts. 

Topics include:

• What fostering dogs taught me about relationships, love, and healthy attachment
• How to love, even when you can't fully attach
• Dating, boundaries, and intuition
• Being willing to fall in love (again and again)

This episode is perfect for anyone who loves dogs, has known heartbreak, believes in loving fully, and wants to live with more emotional freedom.

LINKS FROM THE EPISODE 

• The Healing Heartbreak Support Kit - Balm for a broken heart

My new book, Sensing the Sacred: A guided journal of sensory spirituality and daily ritual, is available now. Learn more: https://marylofgren.com/sensing-the-sacred

This episode looks to Imbolc, a seasonal living holy day to keep warmth, hope, and tending alive. We explore seasonal living to help us stay human, foods to fortify and delight you, and rituals you can take to tend the spark of light alive within yourself.

Themes we explore: Imbolc, seasonal living, hope, staying human, Brigid, Celtic seasonal festivals, end of winter, candle ritual, seasonal wisdom, feminine spirituality

Mentioned in the episode: 

• Live with Mary: Seasonal Nourishment Circle in Oakland, CA
• Pear Porridge Recipe by Harriet Davidson
• Full show notes available at marylofgren.com →

My new book, Sensing the Sacred: A guided journal of sensory spirituality and daily ritual, is available now. Learn more: https://marylofgren.com/sensing-the-sacred

Does it ever annoy you when people tell you you need to slow down?

Especially when there’s so much to do, and so much you want to do, slowing down can feel like the last thing you need.

Or maybe you crave a more intentional pace, but feel like you need to turn your life into Pinterest perfection.

Today’s episode explores what slowing down actually means in the body.

Think less retreating from life, more feeling safe enough to actually inhabit it.

We explore:

• Why “just relax” isn’t helpful advice
• What you’re really seeking when you want to slow down, and a more honest way to get there
• Three luxurious ways to tend your feminine nervous system

Make like a sloth and climb on in.

Themes:
slowing down, nervous system regulation, feminine nervous system, presence practice, how to relax, stress relief for women, somatic healing, polyvagal theory for beginners

Links from the show:

• Join The Sanctuary 
• LORE: Lifestyle of Reverence Everyday 
• Anchored by Deb Dana 
• Leave a review of the Podcast 

My new book, Sensing the Sacred: A guided journal of sensory spirituality and daily ritual, is available now. Learn more: https://marylofgren.com/sensing-the-sacred

Today's episode is a love letter from the pages of my journal, written for you in those moments where change loses it's luster, and staying with it feels steep.  Think of this as a trail snack - like a handful of seasoned almonds - nutrition for the soul that offers presence, poetry, and a lantern to guide your next steps. 

My new book, Sensing the Sacred: A guided journal of sensory spirituality and daily ritual, is available now. Learn more: https://marylofgren.com/sensing-the-sacred

Dear Ones, 

As a new year dawns, I know you may be planting new seeds of intention, dreams, and desires. I also know that old chestnut of adrenaline-fueled New Year transformation may already be rising in your bloodstream.

Think of today’s episode like you are slowly sipping an elegant digestif to quell the heartburn of New Year messaging. You'll discover: 

• A gentler way of nurturing your intentions slowly and steadily, through the art of tending
• Three powerful mindset shifts to attune your perspective and bolster your energy for new habits and small shifts
• How to imagine a vivid vision, where your intentions reach not just to the branches of your life, but to the roots and blossoms too

This episode was inspired by our theme for a new season in The Sanctuary, which opens today to new members for a very limited time. 

If you’d like support in sustaining your energy toward what you really want, a place to practice presence-based leadership, and how to enjoy and delight in the process of change, you’re oh so warmly invited to join us in The Sanctuary here.

As a special bonus, I'll be hosting a live, 2-hour, Embodying Your Word of Year workshop in January, as a way to let your word take up residence inside you, becoming something you can feel in your breath, your posture, your pace. 

Join us for a season of fun, ease, and joyful tending in The Sanctuary today. 

With Love and Excitement, 

Mary 

My new book, Sensing the Sacred: A guided journal of sensory spirituality and daily ritual, is available now. Learn more: https://marylofgren.com/sensing-the-sacred

In the midst of holiday chaos, full calendars, and the strange pressure to both rest and do more, this episode is like a little pixie sitting on your shoulder, whispering just what you need to hear. Rather than another list of things to optimize, you'll hear simple, embodied ways to soften your pace from the inside out, and reclaim your energy without needing life to cooperate first. Pour the cocoa, pull up a pouf, and let's dive in. 

My new book, Sensing the Sacred: A guided journal of sensory spirituality and daily ritual, is available now. Learn more: https://marylofgren.com/sensing-the-sacred

Let us slip into the glow of solstice season with four velvety, soul-soothing rituals.

Each is simple enough to use what you already have at home

We explore the magic of entering the dark with your body as your guide, a ritual to contact your heart’s truest desires, candlelit practices for reflection and gratitude, and a tender house-blessing to welcome the returning light.

If you’re craving a slower, more sensual way to move through the seasons, these rituals offer warmth, wonder, and wisdom.  Let’s dive in. 

🕯️ P.S. - If what you hear in this episode inspires you, I invite you to join us live for Winter Solstice Candlelight Qoya - an evening of movement and magic. Click here to learn more.

My new book, Sensing the Sacred: A guided journal of sensory spirituality and daily ritual, is available now. Learn more: https://marylofgren.com/sensing-the-sacred

In the fall of 2020, I bought a house. I needed a few furnishings, so on the Friday after Thanksgiving I innocently wandered onto some home décor websites.

I was not prepared for the full-force assault on my senses that is Black Friday shopping.

I remember saying to a friend at the time, “I should have worn a helmet.”

Now, I’m not here to tell anyone they should or shouldn’t buy those bamboo sheets they’ve been eyeing.

But what I do know is this:

The urgency of Black Friday is a perfect metaphor for what happens when scarcity intensifies, and impulse takes over. 

And while I love a good sale, what I love even more is the feeling of integrity, intuition, and ease around my purchases. 

If that idea sounds good to you, I invite you to listen to today's episode.

I’m sharing a few of my own stories, and I’ve also included a special, soothing Black Friday meditation to help you get less swept up by the noise outside, and settle back into sanity and self.

P.S. If you’re craving a slower, softer way to move through the season, my new book Sensing the Sacred is the perfect anchor. It makes a lovely gift for someone you cherish, including yourself!  Explore the book and gift bundles here. 

My new book, Sensing the Sacred: A guided journal of sensory spirituality and daily ritual, is available now. Learn more: https://marylofgren.com/sensing-the-sacred

Step right up and pull up a pouf, because today is a very exciting, big reveal on Come to Your Senses. My new journal, Sensing the Sacred, is now available! 

Today I'm sharing the creative process behind the book, the deeper roots of sensory spirituality, and how to create a spiritual practice that feels both doable, and deeply nourishing. You’ll hear passages from the book, learn about returning to a spirituality that's not confined by rules or rigidity,  and discover how to awaken your senses, deepen your intuition, and bring more wonder into everyday life.

Whether you're seeking a more sumptuous mindfulness practices, embodiment tools, or a more meaningful, everyday approach to spiritual practice, this episode will meet you right where you are, with a basket of treasures.  Hit play, and let's begin the journal. 

Check out the new book: Sensing the Sacred, available in personalized, limited edition copies, through December 1st.

My new book, Sensing the Sacred: A guided journal of sensory spirituality and daily ritual, is available now. Learn more: https://marylofgren.com/sensing-the-sacred