Pain is so much more complicated than most of us realize. First, pain is so much more than just pain. There are countless terms, learnings, treatments, ideas, and practices to manage it with new ones seeming to be birthed nearly daily. A major distinction in classification is whether the pain is considered acute or chronic. […]
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I’ve realized for some time now that the best version of myself, the version that is most giving and loving and supportive, the version that spreads the most joy outwardly, and the version of me that gives me the most joy, is Trail Ray. Trail Ray is who I become when I’m on the trail.
We all need to start saying please and thank you more often. Yes I used the word need. And like so many things, it’s not that we’re doing it for others, we’re really doing it for ourselves in a couple of different ways. Starting first with the word please, it is foremost an acknowledgement that
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It all depends upon which way the wind blows. Am I really this fragile? Is my physical and mental health really so dependent upon which way the wind blows? No, really, I’m asking. I had a week of summer hiking planned, beginning with a Monday drive up to our cabin. We have a cabin. Can’t
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I learned recently that emotions are simply a fleeting cascade of chemical processes in the body that last for about a minute and a half. Ninety seconds to ripple ebb and flow through us. Yet, I can promise you that I seem to get stuck on a feeling quite often for what seems like an
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Words are powerful. The human brain is powerful. Unconscious, semi-conscious, and conscious—all of these states house hidden omnipotence. We have learned that it is much more productive to phrase things in the affirmative rather than the negative, especially for self-work. It is better to strive to increase connection and calm than to try to minimize
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Today, I’m writing about something that’s been bouncing around in my head for years: how to begin leveraging this multi-year project of blog posts to be even more useful for me and for others. Of course, contained in that is my assumption that it’s useful. I need to work out the technical challenges, but I
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Yesterday was a difficult day. I’ve had a lot of them lately. I’m not fishing for sympathy; I’m just allowing the stewing challenges I have going on inside my body and brain to see the light and be shared with people that I know care, including people that would likely read this blog. Sharing really
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Another title that just flowed effortlessly out of me. Channeling? Seeing without looking? The same repackaged message as always? Just another way of saying be present, or live in the Now, or there is only Now? Yes, of course, with the caveat that words are only the map and not the territory. All my models
Walking across a really crowded Costco parking lot a few days ago I noticed someone smile at me. It was a real smile, a hopeful, kind, no-agenda smile. I instinctively blurted out “you have a great smile”. I’m prone to such things. She slowed down as if processing what I was saying. She replied “thank
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