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For the love of the wonderland we live in.

December 11, 2019 By Leslie Ralph 3 Comments

I’ve heard tales of a wonderland most enchanted, a blue and emerald planet of water and shifting ground. Gods and goddesses and enormous creatures ruled the places where rows of red houses line the hillsides and the children now play. It is said that feathered beasts came from fearfully great lizards. And before that, from…

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Filed Under: Compassion, Good Work Tagged With: giving back, Love for Mother Earth

Whatever you’re experiencing right now, we’re right there with you.

December 1, 2019 By Leslie Ralph Leave a Comment

There are so many beautiful reasons to love yourself. Here’s one to start with… Whatever you’re experiencing right now, whatever thoughts, feelings, or habits, we’re right there with you. You’re never alone in your experiences, and nothing can separate you from our shared human experience. This is the philosophy I share on Day 8 of…

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Filed Under: Compassion, For Courage, Good Work, Love You, Self-Help Tagged With: compassion, loving-kindness practice, self-compassion, thisiswhywepractice

Something to tide you over through the doubt. (To rooting for goodness.)

October 1, 2019 By Leslie Ralph Leave a Comment

  Children run and shout outside my house. Bruised knees and sticky hands speak of good sweat and endless summers. Children look out from the tv screen with fear and hunger in their eyes. Some have no shoes, no parents. Some have innocence in them yet. She sings an aria onstage. Her elegant gown sparkles…

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Filed Under: Courage, Good Work, Grounding, Lightness Tagged With: compassion always, compassion heals, goodness, healing the world, self-compassion

For the lost days, the troubles, and the fire in your belly.

September 24, 2019 By Leslie Ralph Leave a Comment

Tenderness is a solution. But then, there’s also planning. Breathing is therapeutic. So is goal-setting. Clear priorities have medicinal properties. Magic waits in every baby step. Inspiration feeds authentic action. Your response to life’s challenges can be systematic or something more limber, more spacious. Choose a time to act or choose to wait consciously as…

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Filed Under: Clarity, Compassion, Courage, Expansion, Good Work Tagged With: clarity, only ever with love, simple instructions

Do you have your back? New book + questions for you!

July 7, 2019 By Leslie Ralph Leave a Comment

It’s July! I’m back from my June break, refueled, enthused, and bursting with things to share. I have to admit, though, I put off writing this because I felt like I needed something more profound to tell you than “I had a nice break, rested, and wrote a lot.” As if it’s not enough to…

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Filed Under: Books, Good Work, Love You

What Lies Beyond These Walls

April 29, 2019 By Leslie Ralph Leave a Comment

I long to tell her, “Yes, yes. Come this way.” But it’s best she hears it from inside. – Love.From Love, Child. Love.  There are walls upon walls upon walls in me, and I’ll admit it, I built them myself. I laid them down, brick by brick with my own two hands.  I used to see…

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Filed Under: Expansion, Good Work, Lightness, Live Free, Love You, Words

Let us love the Earth today.

April 22, 2019 By Leslie Ralph Leave a Comment

Time with Mother Earth always leaves me feeling amazed and deeply grateful. Her sweet songs and scenes remind me of all I am a part of. I’ve confided in her many wandering paths and found my truest self hidden in acorns and sunsets. But it breaks my heart a little, too. I see the trash on…

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Filed Under: Good Work, Words Tagged With: Earth Day, giving back, good work, Love for Mother Earth

Softer still and a colorful sneak peek!

December 11, 2018 By Leslie Ralph Leave a Comment

For about two years, softer still has been my mantra. It came to me at a time of transition in my family when I felt pressured (by me) to make things take a linear, orderly path. Forcing things to look just so has never worked. Even if I get the details right or hit the target, the process feels…

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Filed Under: Good Work, Lightness, Live Free, Pictures, Words

Words for Finding Your Way

September 25, 2018 By Leslie Ralph Leave a Comment

You are a traveler in this land, and while you’re here, you will move and be moved. In the process of your progress, become the ocean wave that rolls with elegance and sincerity. Burst into joyous dance as you celebrate the shores. With an open heart, point yourself in the direction of the things you…

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Filed Under: Expansion, Good Work, Lightness, Love You, Words

In the quiet, from deep within, the answer came to you.

August 8, 2018 By Leslie Ralph Leave a Comment

You were born under a meteor shower. Shooting stars raced through the night, sharing their stardust to celebrate your arrival. The sun had not slept at all in anticipation of you. She brought the morning early in honor of your birth. “For love, Child. Love,” she said as she covered the sky in fire and…

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Filed Under: Good Work, Grounding, Love You, Poetry, Words

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