Articles by Elizabeth Venart
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Quiet and Candlelight at the Year’s End
These final weeks before the winter solstice are the darkest of the year. There is beauty in the contrast of…
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Retreats: Pause, Connect, Create — and Get Inspired
Summertime is for novelty. We spend more time outdoors, travel to new places, and do things that darker, colder times…
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How to Keep Cool When it’s Hot Hot Hot
What are your tricks to beat Summer heat? Iced coffee, salads, and popsicle treats? Sprinklers, water hoses cooling hot feet?…
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Can we create New Year’s Resolutions that are simple, gentle, and enduring?
As one year ends and another begins, it is natural to reflect back on the year’s journey traveled and aspire…
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What Questions Can Support You in Creating Meaningful (and Gentle) New Year’s Resolutions
You may have a lot of things you want to be different in your life. But overwhelming yourself with unrealistic…
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Reflections on Impermanence
The only constant in life is change. It is a well-known saying — and undeniably true. As the last of…
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Writing a Tribute or Praise Poem
Eulogies provide an opportunity to reflect on a person’s life, sharing who they were and what they meant to us.…
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Everyday Eulogy: Open-Hearted, Expressive Practices for a Kinder World
In all our interactions, we have an opportunity to share the kindnesses that naturally arise in our hearts or to…
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Why Wait for the Eulogy?
In December, a dear friend turned sixty. She and her husband were throwing a party to celebrate, inviting friends and…
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Open-Heartedness in a Time of Heartbreak
Facing my blank computer screen on March 7, 2022, I struggle to find words to adequately express my heartbreak at…
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Gratitude and Clarity during COVID
For what are you most grateful as you look back over the year and why? I am grateful for my…
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Creative Self-Expression and Community
Living during the time of COVID19 is living in an age of uncertainty and grief. Grief for lives lost and…
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Navigating Turbulent Times with Caution and Compassion
Our physical doors may be closed during this time, but our hearts…
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Seeking Spaciousness at Summer’s End
No matter our age, summer often registers in our system as “play time.” We are more likely…
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Being Love
I reflect on the topic of falling in love, my heart opens to experiences of being…
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Inspiration
What is inspiration? Is the experience universal – or personal? How important is inspiration in achieving our…
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Ideas for Inviting Inspiration
What prevents us from tuning into the muse of inspiration more? Are we perhaps lulled into complacency…
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On the Anniversary of a New Beginning
March 2017, Brittiney George, Tracie Nichols, and I hosted our first community gathering for Highly Sensitive…
