Category: Thinking Out Loud
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Life|🌿 A Quiet Afternoon with Musty & Ghini
🌿 A Quiet Afternoon with Musty & Ghini By Lady Flava | Simply Flava Moments It’s a beautiful day — sunlight spilling softly through the blinds, the house quiet and calm. Musty is curled up on the chair beside me, and Ghini has claimed the top of the cat tower, both napping without a care in…
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Life| When Healers Are Still Healing Themselves
🌻 Seasoned SoulZ Reflection: When Healers Are Still Healing Themselves Many of us are drawn to healing practices not because we’ve mastered peace, but because we are searching for it. BreathWork, meditation, therapy, yoga, wellness coaching — these practices often call to people in the middle of their own struggles. And that’s not a flaw.…
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Life|The Balance Between Storytelling & Straight Facts
🌻 Seasoned SoulZ Reflection: The Balance Between Storytelling & Straight Facts I’ve always loved storytelling. There’s something about taking a real experience — even something as simple as a quiet day or a trip to the phone store — and shaping it into a reflection that carries meaning. For me, storytelling isn’t just sharing what…
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Life|Have We Stopped Being Friends With Each Other? 🌻
Have We Stopped Being Friends With Each Other? 🌻 Seasoned Souls Reflections This morning, as I sat by Lake Washington with my coffee, I thought about the sound of gunshots I fell asleep to and woke up to. I thought about the dream I had, where I was at a community center and a gang…
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Life|65|My Age + Covid = Lessons Learned
Lessons From Living and Working Through COVID I will say this: I appreciate being my age. I appreciate the diverse work experiences that have shaped me. They’ve given me a way of processing what’s in front of me, of predicting the next steps, of knowing what tools are needed to stay on track. They’ve also…
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Life|65|Anticipating the Shift
🌻 Anticipating the Shift As I anticipate a shift at work, God continues to send me blessings—reminders that I am exactly where I need to be. Patients tell me I am kind, whether we are face-to-face or connecting over the phone. Even those who speak Spanish find comfort in my tone and patience. I hear…
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Life|🌧️ Welcoming the Rain in Seattle
🌧️ Welcoming the Rain in Seattle The weather shifted today—softly at first, with the gentle patter of drops against my window. I left it open, just enough to let the cool air and rain sounds drift in. It’s a rhythm I could listen to for hours. Seattle is famous for its rain, and living here…
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