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Brain-Mind and Holy Indifference

Brain-Mind and Holy Indifference 2535 1925 Nicole

https://eirenicole.com/wp-content/uploads/ep310-brain-mind.m4a I began this podcast with a 10-day mindfulness challenge. I thought the start of Lent a fitting time to return to it. I encourage you consider using these 10 episodes to begin or renew a habit of mindfulness practice for your Lenten season intention. You might think that a podcast about mindfulness might begin…

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Ash Wednesday: Mindful in Returning

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https://eirenicole.com/wp-content/uploads/ep300-Mindfulness-10-Day-Challenge.m4a I began this podcast with a 10 day mindfulness challenge. I thought Ash Wednesday a fitting time to return to it. I encourage you consider using these next 10 episodes to begin or renew a habit of mindfulness practice for your Lenten season intention. How do you react when someone you know makes a…

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A Collision of Peace

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https://eirenicole.com/wp-content/uploads/ep206-collision-of-peace.m4a A Collision of Peace As long as some are not at peace, I cannot really know true peace. What brings you peace? Recently, in the field of physics someone developed a simplified (for physicists, anyway) model, or sketch, to describe what happens after particles collide. Nima Arkani-Hamed, a Princeton physicist, discovered a shape that…

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Apathy – the Enemy of Justice

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After the preparation and partaking of Thanksgiving’s feast, I might be forgiven a bit of indolence. Yet, as we shared a veritable bounty in the more-than-sufficient space of our home, the reality that there exists countless others with no home and insufficient nourishment persists. It is an immeasurable gift that I enjoy an overwhelmingly gracious…

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Episode 7: Taste

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https://eirenicole.com/wp-content/uploads/Episode-7-Taste.m4a Since taste is highly dependent on a sense of smell, some of the experiences of smell are also associated with taste. I am allergic to dairy, but before I knew dairy was a major cause for my chronic bronchitis and pleurisy, ice cream was my go-to treat. So when a soy-based frozen dessert company…

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Use Your Words – but to transform

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A common phrase I used with my children when they were developing implements for their communication toolbox was, “Use your words; hitting is not ok.” And it was a useful instrument that led to many discussions about how harming another body in such a way communicates a lack of regard for that person. Then, after…

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Episode 0 Mindfulness 10-Day Challenge

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https://eirenicole.com/wp-content/uploads/episode-0-mindfulness-10-day-challenge.m4a How do you react when someone you know makes a statement with intense conviction – and the thesis of that statement is utterly at odds with your own principles? We are often offended by an alternative viewpoint. It is especially difficult when the person suggesting this other worldview is forceful, unyielding in delivering it.…

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Reimagine Theology – Relevance in Hurt

Reimagine Theology – Relevance in Hurt 972 733 Nicole
Ruby Sales played and continues to play an essential role in securing civil rights for all people. She does this in very practical ways, and she does this in theological ways. read more
the great doesn't happen through impulse alone, and is a succession of little things that are brought together

Collaboration and the Art of Giving Up Credit

Collaboration and the Art of Giving Up Credit 2526 1915 Nicole
A creative masterpiece is the result of a succession of little strokes, tiny marks, a single idea and then another. read more

yūgen and the art of grace

yūgen and the art of grace 1536 1536 Nicole
Mindfulness practices are prevalent and pervasive, and their effects are well documented and understood. At the same time, their techniques devoid of the context from which they were derived (for example, relationship with God) limit the potential and capacity these practices hold for greater wellbeing and wholeness. read more
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