meditation | Beth Cusack

Sitting in Silence with a Close Friend: A Prayer/Meditation Practice

I admit that I’m learning how to pray again. Suggestions from Richard Rohr’s book Breathing Under Water: Spirituality and the Twelve...

At the Tip of My Tongue: A Mindfulness Practice

I can sense that on the spectrum of reactive to calm that I often have been settled into reactive. If you find that you experience that...

Sculpture to Process the Emotion of Guilt

Guilt is shifty and slippery. It’s hard to put into words and explain. So today, I set out to do a sculpture to synthesize thoughts about...

Writing for Mental Health

I find that writing creatively and freely is what gives me a daily outlet to process subconsciously my emotions and thoughts,...

A Keyboard-toting Southpaw Asks, “Does cursive handwriting matter anymore?”

Yes, I think reading and writing cursive matters for the past, present, and future. I am a southpaw. Watch the way most lefties hold a...

Don't like art you did? Consider this trick (Thanks again, Ben)

My son Ben shared this elegant repurposing trick for his watercolor paintings. Paper is a precious resource. Especially the expensive...

Quarantine Activity: Taking Nature Photos then Writing Poems in Response

I want to share a practice with you that helped me cope and heal this year. I take a walk around my neighborhood, ready to take a picture...

Haikus: Undressed a Bit More

Until today, I enjoyed the comfort of the structure of 5-7-5 lines with a total of 17 syllables. But I'm learning that 5-7-5 and 17...

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