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February 2024

Discovering Wholeness Through Integration

What makes us whole is the sum of all of our parts, especially those fragile and vulnerable places. And yet, there are parts of ourselves we hide out of fear that we’ll be misunderstood or judged.

A practice of living gratefully acknowledges our shame and the shadows where it obediently lurks out of sight. With a grateful perspective, we can change our relationship to these parts. We can acknowledge our vulnerability and learn who we are, what we need, and how our fear has held us captive. 

This essay from Joe Primo, CEO of Grateful Living, shares a path to wholeness through integration; invites you to discover meaning in all of the parts of yourself, including the vulnerable and fragile; and illuminates how gratefulness grants you the courage to be your true self, giving others permission to do the same.

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EXPLORE

Am I Worthy?

In this short film, Patrick Dougher shares his journey to find self-worth. He speaks about not allowing himself to being defined by others' expectations or his life experiences and how showing up as our most authentic selves empowers others to do the same.

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Improvement

The optometrist says my eyes
are getting better each year.
Soon he’ll have to lower my prescription.
What’s next? The light step I had at six?
All the gray hairs back to brown?
Skin taut as a drum?...

Read the poem by Danusha Laméris…

PRACTICE

Registration Closing Soon! Embrace Imperfection: A 5-Day Pathway

It's tempting to confuse wholeness with perfection. When we learn to embrace imperfection, however, we find that wholeness is available even in the midst of our complicated and rarely perfect lives. Join us to explore the wisdom and possibilities imperfection has to offer.

Register by February 17…

REFLECT

Try this reflective exercise to connect with a sense of wholeness:

Imagine a jar of pebbles. The jar represents you in your wholeness. The pebbles are each part of you — your birth, relationships, lived experiences, losses, triumphs, and your stumbles. As you imagine these pebbles, pick one hidden behind the others. What is this aspect of you that remains out of sight? Have you tended to it recently or does it remain hidden from you? When you bring it forward, what does this rarely observed part of you have to say about who you are? How does it help you discover yourself more fully? How might you give thanks that it is there in your jar? How does taking this pebble out of the shadows allow the others to be seen in a new light? 

“Gratefulness helps us return to ourselves, restoring our equilibrium and helping us to see beyond what’s broken to the beauty and wholeness of life.”

-Tim Roberts

Save the Date — Grateful Hope: Passion for the Possible

Grateful hope is a radical stance that empowers us to move beyond the limitations of our individual dreams and opens us to what is possible in the absence of despair. It is not the way out of life’s uncertainty. It is the way through. Mark your calendars to join us for our brand new live, online course: Tuesdays April 16 – May 21, 7:00 – 8:15 p.m. EDT. Registration opens February 22.

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