Author: Linda@heartponderings.com

Lightening

This is the word that choose me for 2025. When I felt stuck, this word came to me. I felt led to add lightning strikes to the placard. I had no idea how this word would unfold and what significance…

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Spotting an Addictive Process

Like many of us, I have been trying to figure out what is going on. I observe the power-hungry antics of politicians and wonder about their motivations. I watch people with more money than they will ever “need” extracting from…

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Type Casting

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection. ~Anias Nin Living in today’s environment is not easy. Many voices clamor to make sense of this moment in history. Amidst all the clatter, I experience myself being…

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Jesus Too Liberal … Really???

Why do conservative Christians emphasize the Ten Commandments … insisting they be posted in schools and public buildings … instead of emphasizing and posting the central message of Jesus in his Sermon on the Mount … the Beatitudes? That’s something…

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INSPIRATION: See No Stranger

Memoirs are my favorite genre. I appreciate learning about people outside my circle … my personal community. Additionally, when I read about courageous and inspiring people, it gives me hope. I need their examples to undergird the qualities I seek…

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Oh MY GOODness

 Happy Valentine’s Day Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. ~Maya Angelou Recently this book came as a recommendation from the author of one of my favorite books. I’m…

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Expansion

In the early 2000s … philosopher, Ken Wilber, entered my life. . While I found most of his writing dense and difficult to understand, I thoroughly enjoyed being part of a Cincinnati Meet-Up group consisting of extraordinary Wilber Integralists. Over…

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A Journey of Empowerment

This series of posts shows my evolution as a person of spirit and sheds light on the perspectives that guide me. I count myself as very fortunate to have met, trained with, or been exposed to some extraordinary people who…

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FOUNDATIONS

In the fall of 2024, I began a series of reflections on developmentalists. I started by looking at my own development in the light of these leader’s discoveries about human growth. However, as the field grew, the focus expanded beyond…

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Blessings for 2025

  May Your New Year be filled with the Wisdom of Transformative Meaning-filled Heart-felt Connections

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