When it's genuinely impossible to feel joyful, we can still be meaningful.

We find meaning by finding the present moment. The irony is that we're never actually in any other moment! But our minds would have us believing otherwise.

Let's untangle this tangle together today and learn some sacred tools for opening our hearts and planting our attention right here, right now. It's where the magic is.

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One of the big epiphanies that's surfaced for me, on the verge of turning 50, is that I'm a lot less resilient than I used to be. Which means I don't have the ability to fake how I'm feeling, what I can handle or how fast I can push myself.

Instead, I've been experimenting with what it means to embrace slowing down. I'm not rushing anymore to transform the negative. Even when it hurts, it's meaningful.

Join me for more insights and reflections - as well as a favorite quote from a favorite author - on today's Love Notes show <3

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On today's show, I'm sharing some personal writing about attending a back to school event during one of the most difficult times of my life... and how some hidden graces and epiphanies appeared (when least expected).

I hope you'll tune in and find something here to resonate with.

I'm teaching an IRL mindfulness meditation class in NY's beautiful Hudson Valley right now. Learn more + find FREE resources to support your healing journey at: marywelch.com

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We have to keep an eye on the Ego when it comes to healing. If we're not careful, the quest to feel better becomes the quest to BE better. Better than another. Better than the Self we're constantly trying to strong arm into some kind of perfection. All in the name of "healing" or self improvement.

It's a relief to remember that we don't have to make "work" out of healing. It can be easeful. We can surrender and make just as much progress as we might have through more forceful efforts.

Tune in for more on this topic and remember: you can ask me questions, join my IRL meditation group and find FREE tools for your healing journey at: marywelch.com

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A "bad mood" isn't something that manifests randomly in us. Bad moods are always connected to emotional pain. We create them by reinforcing specific, negative thoughts and feelings until that painful state is entrenched.

Imagine if we walked around saying: "I'm in pain right now" instead of "I'm in a bad mood."?!

The Ego wouldn't allow for this - it's too vulnerable. Too honest.

A bad mood is harder to penetrate. There's room to hide there. 

But if we hide out too long in our bad moods they become our temperament. We lose the light. The sweetness. The curiosity. The capacity to laugh at ourselves. The capacity to say: 'I don't even know why I'm like this; I've lost the plot. I've committed to this role and I need to be set free.'

We're diving into all of this on today's episode - I hope you'll join the convo and as always, thank you for being here!

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Your Ego will ruin your life if you’re not mindful. 

One of the most effective ways to hold it in check, and break free from its tyranny, is to recognize that our inner, unconscious commentary ABOUT what is happening is not the same thing as what’s ACTUALLY happening. It’s interpretation - and interpretation is not the same as capital T truth.

When we’re able to bring some spaciousness, some quiet observation to our own inner experience, we find that there are many nuances to a single feeling. Anger is often connected to sadness. And bad moods are almost always about some kind of pain in us that isn’t getting the acknowledgement or attention it requires. 

There is much to know about a single feeling and when we put in the effort to explore and understand ourselves in these ways, we become our own allies. We heal.

Join the conversation on today's Love Notes episode to learn more! And find lots of tools to support your journey at: marywelch.com <3

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For many of us, hope feels dangerous, despair feels (tragically) familiar and we try to manage the rollercoaster of them both by avoiding disappointment.

But chronically downshifting our hope in order to manage disappointment leads to a dead life.

Louise Hay used to famously say: "You don’t have to know how, you just have to be willing."

That's all I'm asking of you today - the willingness to let these ideas enter your consciousness and begin to potentially shift your relationship with feeling your own feelings. This is the first step. Let's take it together!

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One of the reasons we struggle in our relationships is because we settle for broad strokes and foggy understandings of what we're actually feeling or needing from one another.

Precise language changes everything. It empowers us. It arms us with the tools to heal what's not working and affirm new ways forward.

Join us for a deep chat and a fresh perspective on some common pain points in our most important relationships - including the one we have with ourselves!

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Ram Dass taught: when you fall from the path, that's still the path.

There's tremendous wisdom and truth in this - which is lost on us too often - because we're tangled up in our own Egos, judging our lives/choices as good or bad, right or wrong. When we feel good, we're on our path. When we feel bad, we're off it.

But what if ALL of our experiences, good and bad, are part of our path? What if it's impossible to fall off it?

If everything we go through in our lives is meant to teach and expand us, right and wrong no longer factor into our understanding of ourselves. We are free to focus on authenticity and meaningfulness instead.

Tune into today's Love Notes episode and go deeper with this theme - there's lots more to uncover : )

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What we avoid inside our relationships, we avoid within ourselves.

And yet, growing up unseen or misunderstood can make the intimacy of adult relationships complicated for us.

On today's Love Notes podcast, we're taking a deeper dive into this topic, sharing reflections and insights and leaving room for your own personal wisdom to surface, as always. Hope you'll join the conversation!

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