Posts in 2025
Exhausted?

I love this time of year. As the hillsides surrounding our farm sprout and bud into leafy life, they remind me again that death is just an illusion—a change in form.

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2 ways to stop anxiety and worry

Our mind has a powerful imagination and can generate all kinds of mental movies in our heads that often turn into worry stories. Most of these stories never happen, but while we’re in the grip of these fearful imaginings, we tend to see them in our minds as if they are happening. And that image is powerful.  

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2025Mary BauerComment
What does self-love feel like?

Since Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, it seemed a beautiful opportunity to talk about what it feels like to experience self-love. According to my recent journaled guidance, Love is the compelling force to know thyself in all your brilliance, in all your glory. To know thyself fully is to intimately know the force of nature (the creation and that which creates).

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2025Mary BauerComment
The root power of words

I love reading. If an author is an especially gifted storyteller, it might take me a crazy amount of time to get through the book because I keep rereading clever sentences. They make the work seem effortless and I’m forever awed by their skill.

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2025Mary BauerComment
Breathing and counting can clear your mind

Last week I shared some forms of nontraditional active meditation that help me still my mind such as baking cookies, cleaning the house, painting, and taking a shower. These activities work for me. My mind is put to use without allowing it to chatter nonstop. Others might find sewing, running, gardening, or putting a jigsaw puzzle together work for them. I also spend time in the morning sitting quietly journaling and feeling the energy inside me.

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