Changing My Mind

We may not ever become perfect at it, nor is perfection the goal.

ObservationsJena SchwartzDecember 29, 2021anxiety, Mental Health, meditation, Mindfulness, mindfulness, habits, AddictionComment

A Little More Ease, Please

Oh, how we make things so much harder for ourselves sometimes.

Real Life, Observations, CoachingJena SchwartzSeptember 19, 2021Ease, Mindfulness, practice, anxiety, depression, antidepressant, Running, loss, grief, Mental HealthComment

Now, Next, and Healing Trauma

Now calls on me to tap into my inner stability. This feels so healing. It's both the hardest and the easiest thing.

Success: Looking Behind the Curtain

The more we look behind the curtain, the healthier we can be in our expectations of ourselves and the more compassionate we can be with each other.

Returning

Inhale. Exhale. Thought thought thought thought thought. Leaves fluttering. Eyes heavy. Inhale. Exhale. Car warm. Drowsy. Thought thought thought thought. Inhale. Exhale. Temptation to check timer. Inhale. Exhale. And then, finally, the chime. Aaaaaaaah. I did it.

Broken Glass

Like glass, I feel very breakable and very strong these days, a strange, living contradiction, a container of Whitman-esque multitudes.

ObservationsJena SchwartzSeptember 10, 2019freewrite, unedited, writing prompt, writing practice, broken glass, anxiety, broken, whole, healing, wholenessComment

On Not Chasing Things

Magic needs freedom.

And true freedom requires beginning here, with this moment of quiet and stillness.

Small Found Things

Real Life, ObservationsJena SchwartzJuly 19, 2019anxiety, kindness, attention, paying attention, love, gentleness, relationshipsComment

Perimenopause and Passover: Letting Go of What's Extra

Isn't it funny how the thing we were so scared of can become our new normal, and then at some point, we will once again feel the winds changing and have to calmly reach for some kind of inner compass?

Real LifeJena SchwartzApril 18, 2019perimenopause, aging, depression, intuition, self-employment, self-care, marriage, dreams, trust, anxiety, PassoverComment

Meltdown at the Mall

I knew it was coming, like a low rumble in the distance before a storm.

Real LifeJena SchwartzFebruary 19, 2019anxiety, stress, self-employment, working mom, health insurance, transparencyComment

When Everything Is Too Much

Real LifeJena SchwartzJuly 31, 2017anxiety, moods, fear, control, motherhood, impermanence, mindfulnessComment

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