Wabi Sabi Woman's posts

Due to my mental health challenges and needing to take a break for self care and treatment I am stopping the podcasts for now.

Holy moments in the midst of anxiety; Depression and a shrinking world; Is there value in daily podcasts?; Gratitude.

It is a slow moving sleepy meditative Sunday; Examining my life as piece by piece things disappear and all is stripped down to essence, what remains?

A day when anxiety flutters at the edges like curtains at an open window; A wonderful new book about anxiety by Sarah Wilson; Mary Oliver's poem "The Journey"; It's time to write my book.

Recapping a day out and what it's like to be An Agoraphobe on the Road; Buying flowers for Noni and I; Arriving home; Jonah Berger and what my message is.

I was asked to share some of the work that I do so here is a series of exercises to help us bring our broken places into the light, to heal them, and to love them.

Recording after therapy and dealing with fear and anxiety, even wondering if I should publish the podcast; Pugs and white tile floors.

Gaining confidence in myself again; The incredibly powerful Ted Talk on Wabi Sabi by Cheryl Hunter; You don't have to want to be a writer, you just have to tell your own story.

The first day is Spring and the Christmas tree is down!; Not feeling anxious but uneasy and melancholy; What do we do when we have important work to do but we begin to doubt ourselves?

Reading into the wee small hours about creating a heart-centered business for women; Teaching The Wabi Sabi Woman's Way; A Worldwide Wabi Sabi Women's Circle.

Sleeping in after a long week; Working on combatting the fear of everything; Finally taking down the Christmas tree!

With my medical procedure behind me I am finally starting to relax; A therapy session with 2 big dogs; How a little girl pug takes care of me.

There were no podcasts for 2 days because of a medical procedure; The crippling affects of anxiety that are paralyzing and how to manage and why to speak openly about it.

In the midst of a busy week I look around me and discover, with surprise, what my work is, and isn't; The delight of meeting and becoming friends with my muse, May Sarton.

A rare snowfall; waiting for anxiety to pass before recording; May Sarton, solitude vs. loneliness; The past is like the ocean. More...

The wild cats in the woods; A slow moving day; Finding a way to begin again and create something new in a barren landscape where once there was magic.

Susannah Conway's book on grief, loss and beginning again; Realizing that I had never properly grieved the life lost after the fire; What remains? The work that has always been in my heart and is still here..

Help from friends on Facebook after a paralyzing panic attack; Dealing with doctors, the importance of help and support; Continuing with these podcasts.

Delving deep to discover the true purpose behind my work; Reaching out to others through podcasts; The gifts in brokenness; Mental health issues and forgiveness.

How I manage when I wake up afraid; Living with agoraphobia; The importance of reaching out to others.

Doing my work at a snail's pace; The healing and the lessons in the broken places; Leonard Cohen and the light; Crossing the hurdles in life...

Dinners with Noni; practicing self care -- its especially important for the wabi sabi person; tear yourself away from the computer or your work; The face that launched 1000 ships? Not exactly!

Author Liz Gilbert's book "Big Magic" and making fear a companion. Doing my work despite being afraid; Hearing from you...

A Home Day; Making beauty in your world, the importance of flowers; Find your meadow; On wearing red glasses and flowered shoes.

Thoughts on anxiety rising at the end of the day and techniques that can help; The Witching Hour; Sundowner's Syndrome.

Living with BiPolar Disorder and getting ready to do B School, I'm afraid but determined to figure it out. Living with mania, depression, and searching for the meadow.

Getting up earlier; last day of the VEDIF challenge - what did I learn?; Kerouac's prose essentials and "No fear or shame in the dignity of yr experience, language & knowledge."

It's Monday and we've a whole new week ahead; Potent Possibilities Abundant; B School -- If not, why not? If not now, when?; Do good work; Having confidence in yourself. Follow me on instagram @maitri.libellule ...

Anxiety lessens but is still present; bad dreams; in my nest; reaching out to someone; linguini and chili.

Working through anxiety on a hard day, how to hold on and things that make me happy...

Yoda said, "Do or do not, there is no try." Michael Nobbs said "Done is much better than perfect." And going back to B School...

Working with a tea company and the ritual of tea; struggling to write a blog post about my wabi sabi work; Cheryl Strayed's 2 questions.

The Christmas tree that lasted a year even growing new pine cones; things that you love and take care of lasts; the beauty of age; and what can you save?

Having passion and deep desire for the work that you do vs. just making income. Coming to terms with the loss of my wabi sabi house, and making a new life in the newly rebuilt house.

I'm in love with my giant yellow mug, Rebekah Stephenson, my Fairy Godmother, living in a wabi sabi world, and oops, the Christmas Tree is still up!

Why it's probably not a good idea to use a cup that can hold a French Press full of coffee! Embracing fitting out when you never really fit in, thoughts and quotes on wabi sabi.

Doodling a lady, why it's not good to put pressure on your art, weeks vs. weekends, find a friend to cook with.

Developing a kind compassion for your life, wearing bright red eyeglasses, living in the present moment, cooking with a friend...

What to put in my coffee! Sleeping, snoring pugs, discovering what to talk about in these podcasts, teaching Wabi Sabi Writing.

A day when a flat affect led me to being in the meadow, going to therapy, the joy of napping with 3 pugs.

Finding beauty in imperfection, being at peace with yourself and your life, Wabi Sabi Writing. And sorry that the very last words got cut off! I was just wishing you a Happy Valentine's Day once more!

Potent Possibilities Abundant, a life-changing series of journal exercises, doing videos to gain self confidence.

Life after the fire and the seesawy balance game of panic disorder.

Going where I didn't think I could go, movies Noni and I are watching that are delightful, and drawing the 100 Ladies.

It is one of my hard days when leaving the house is a struggle, but I intend to creep out of my snail shell and make it!

This is the first podcast of Wabi Sabi Woman, Maitri Libellule, as she returns after a 3 year absence.

Oh dear, I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date! Why I'm so late and won't be again!; Catching up after the fire; The Spontaneous Art Project & The Spontaneous Art Project Manifesto; Why it is important never to dash the dreams of a young budding artist; Finding joy in drawing again after almost 6 decades and how The 100 Ladies spawned this new spontaneous project; Working back and forth between head and hands and why I really believe there is no such thing as Writer's Block, or, how to get around it; And Turning 60 on April 30! Glorious!

While Dragonfly Cottage is being rebuilt I am busy here in the little rental house doing lot of exciting work. I have launched the HEALING A WOMAN’S HEART WORLDWIDE WOMEN’S CIRCLE &WISDOM SCHOOL, re-launched THE 100 LADIES PROJECT with a very special Spontaneous Art Package with a half price sale through April 30, the Daily Podcasts by subscription are starting again post fire, and I am experiencing and celebrating the miracles and blessings that do indeed come in the wake of a tragedy if we can open our hearts to them. Life has begun again at Dragonfly Cottage and in my heart and as I approach my 60th birthday on April 30 I have so much to share with you. Come visit me at maitrilibellule.com

Life in the rental house; The process, internal and external, of life after a fire; A loss even after the fire, during a terrible ice storm when I was in the hotel a tree fell into my beloved Magic Ship; my daughter brings me daffodils from my garden to cheer me; the pugs love sunning in the window and are amazed to see traffic and people which they never saw in our quiet little cottage life; and, I am trying to live by something my mother said even through 5 years of cancer until she died, "Every day's a good day, it is what you make it." I move forward taking her motto to heart, and doing my best to live up to it...

Nearly a month after the fire at Dragonfly Cottage on February 5 I am getting ready to leave the hotel tomorrow to move into a rental house for 6 months; The stress of agoraphobia and so many moves; Unimaginable life changes and over the moon gratitude for all of the many people who have helped and supported me since the fire; Little pug Delilah very sick and now both of us are on xanax! Thoughts about mindfulness and the life changes that have come and are coming living through this tragedy...

10 days after the fire, weary, teary, but beginning to process the spiritual aspects of the fire, what it means right now and for the future, and mindfulness as the key to holding on; Miss Scarlett, the Grey parrot, is here with us now; and wherever Scarlett, the pugs and I are together, we are home...