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Malinda Harnish Clatterbuck (she,her)
MA Professional Psychology
MA Religion
Cert. Spiritual Direction
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Practice Day 40: I Will Rise Up.
Theme/Mantra: “I will rise up. All we need is hope, and for that we have one another.” Reading: Poem of the One World by Mary Oliver This...
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Apr 16, 20223 min read
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Practice Day 39: Sometimes it is Enough.
Theme/Mantra: “Sometimes, it is enough” Reading: Sometimes by Sheenagh Pugh Sometimes things don’t go, after all, from bad to worse. Some...
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Apr 15, 20223 min read
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Practice Day 38: Practice Love
Theme/Mantra: “Practice Love” Reading: The Love Cook by Ron Padgett Let me cook you some dinner. Sit down and take off your shoes and...
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Apr 14, 20222 min read
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Practice Day 37: There's Still a Lotta Love.
Theme/Mantra: “There is still a lot of love” Reading: The State of the Economy by Louis Jenkins There might be some change on top of the...
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Apr 13, 20224 min read
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Practice Day 36: Pause. Breathe. Deep Breath. Again.
Theme/Mantra: “Pause. Breathe. Deep Breath. Again.” Reading: Afraid So by Jeanne Marie Beaumont Is it starting to rain? Did the check...
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Apr 12, 20223 min read
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Practice Day 35: What Have I Got?
Theme/Mantra: “What have I got?” Reading: After Work by Richard Jones Coming up from the subway into the cool Manhattan evening, I feel...
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Apr 11, 20223 min read
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Practice Day 34: Teach Me Empathy.
Theme/Mantra: “Teach me empathy” Reading: What I learned From my Mother by Julia Kasdorf I learned from my mother how to love the living,...
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Apr 11, 20224 min read
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Practice Day 33: What/Who must I look AT today? (Rather than away).
Theme/Mantra: “What/Who must I look AT today? (rather than AWAY) Reading: Like they Say by Robert Creeley Underneath the tree on some...
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Apr 7, 20224 min read
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Practice Day 32: Moving in Freedom
Theme/Mantra: “Moving in Freedom” Reading: Naked by Jennifer Michael Hecht The reason you so often in literature have a naked woman walk...
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Apr 6, 20225 min read
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Practice Day 31: I Move in hopeful Expectancy Today.
Theme/Mantra: “I move in hopeful expectancy today.” Reading: Dawn Revisited by Rita Dove Imagine you wake up with a second chance: The...
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Apr 5, 20222 min read
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Practice Day 30: I am filled with Love and Goodness.
Theme/Mantra: “I am filled with love and goodness” Reading: The Three Goals by David Budbill The first goal is to see the thing itself in...
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Apr 4, 20224 min read
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Practice Day 29: I will hold on Hope.
Theme/Mantra: “I will hold on hope” Reading: Lending Out Books by Hal Sirowitz You’re always giving, my therapist said. You have to learn...
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Apr 3, 20224 min read
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Practice Day 28: I have Made Mistakes, Let me Learn from them. (Nothing is wasted if it's human).
Theme/Mantra: “I have made mistakes, let me learn from them. (Nothing is wasted if it’s human.)” Reading: The Bladder Song by Nathan...
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Apr 1, 20223 min read
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Practice Day 27: Today I am going to Intentionally Just Be Me.
Theme/Mantra: “Today I am going to intentionally just BE” Reading: Her First Calf by Wendell Berry Her fate seizes her and brings her...
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Mar 31, 20223 min read
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Practice Day 26: Sometimes Floating is Enough (and even enjoyable).
Theme/Mantra: “Sometimes floating is enough, (even enjoyable).” Reading: The Orange by Wendy Cope At lunchtime I bought a huge orange—...
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Mar 30, 20223 min read
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Practice Day 25: What Lines must I dare to Cross Today?
Theme/Mantra: “What lines must I dare to cross today?” Reading: A Walk Along the Old Tracks by Robert Kinsley when I was young they had...
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Mar 29, 20223 min read
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Practice Day 24: Power- My Power is for the sake of Becoming Truly Me.
Theme/Mantra: “Power, my Power- is for the sake of becoming fully ME- (not for the sake of controlling others).” Reading: Dilemma by...
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Mar 28, 20223 min read
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Practice Day 23: I Come from the Earth. I am Part of Her.
Theme/Mantra: “I come from the Earth. I am part of her.” Reading: Lost by David Wagoner Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside...
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Mar 27, 20223 min read
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Practice Day 22: I Can Dance (even) in a Hurricane, If I Stand in the Eye.
Theme/Mantra: “I can dance even in a hurricane, if I stand in the eye” Reading: High Water Mark by David Shumate It’s hard to believe,...
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Mar 25, 20224 min read
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Practice Day 21: What am I? What will I be?
Theme/Mantra: “What am I? What will I be?” Reading: Hoeing by John Updike I sometimes fear the younger generation will be deprived of the...
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Mar 25, 20223 min read
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