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Where this week went I have no idea – out of control bananas – but here we are approaching the finish line and here’s what I’m loving as I look back at a blur:
★ Martha Beck. The O magazine columnist is easily one of the wisest people going and her easy style in O is a must-read. I especially loved her piece this month on the big difference between the high of feeling thrilled and exhilarated and the kind of joy that lasts and is remembered (“it’s a peaceful landscape,” writes Beck, “filled with peaceful thoughts and peaceful emotions”). Beck also champions the benefits of being creative – even just making a meal – to allow ourselves to feel fulfilled from the resultant dopamine hit creativity brings, without feeling manic via the bursts of elation (and the lows that follow) so many of us seek instead. Which leads me to… Continue Reading…
