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Mar 3
2 min

The Middle of the Story

I’m in the middle of creating my MFA thesis right now. I say “creating” instead of “writing” because I haven’t gotten to the words to...

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Eve Bernfeld

Feb 2
2 min

Things I Don't Regret

Sometimes on rainy, interminable, nearly-a-year-into-a-pandemic days I look around in a fog: What the heck should I be doing right now?...

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Eve Bernfeld

Dec 28, 2020
2 min

Good Story

There is an old fable. I’m not sure of its origins, though I’m sure one could find out with a little internet digging. It’s the plot of...

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Eve Bernfeld

Oct 21, 2020
3 min

We Teach What We Need to Learn

Last week I made myself sick. Well, me and some streptococcus bacteria. First I feared COVID. Egads. But one swab up my nose and one down...

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Eve Bernfeld

Sep 2, 2020
3 min

Is NO a Four-Letter Word?

Part 3: “Mind what you have learned. Save you it can.” I spent the better part of a recent Friday trying to get ahold of Oregon...

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Eve Bernfeld

Jul 21, 2020
3 min

Is NO a Four-Letter Word?

Part 2: Without No, there can be no Yes.

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Creating a Daily Alexander Technique Practice

Eve Bernfeld

Jun 10, 2020
2 min

Creating a Daily Alexander Technique Practice

As we strive to change the world, is it selfish to work on ourselves? Or is it the only way?

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Eve Bernfeld

Mar 24, 2020
2 min

Tangled

I propose we spend a few minutes every day taking some time to PAUSE. Taking some time to reorganize ourselves.

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Eve Bernfeld

Oct 31, 2019
2 min

My Self-Care Today

To do one thing at a time is so unusual in our culture that we may feel sheepish doing it. It’s downright counter-cultural. It’s radical.

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Eve Bernfeld

Oct 16, 2019
3 min

The Crux

Saying NO to the million tiny habits of body and mind that contribute to feeling diminished, to feeling like I can’t go on.

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Eve Bernfeld

Sep 11, 2019
2 min

Pause Now, Thank Me Later

I kept catching myself lifting my shoulders, hunching toward my paper and holding my breath. Old habits die hard.

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Eve Bernfeld

Jun 2, 2019
3 min

How to Improve Your Child's Posture

Hunching over or puffing up are not benign, but are instead powerful information about what is happening inside our children (and ourselves)

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Eve Bernfeld

Apr 23, 2019
4 min

Ready List

What a revelation to be in the city and to See it, Breathe, and not make myself small. To be present in a way I never was in my 20s.

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Eve Bernfeld

Mar 20, 2019
3 min

Life-Changing

We all wish for change to be a relatively fast, easy and painless process, but real change is slower and slipperier.

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Eve Bernfeld

Mar 3, 2019
2 min

The Warm-Up (Part 2)

The hardest thing for me is the RESISTANCE. Because actually taking the simple steps that would make me feel better is still SO HARD.

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Eve Bernfeld

Oct 10, 2018
2 min

The Good Stuff

What if the PAUSE is where the good stuff happens? The PAUSE is the place of inspiration, of creativity, of discovering the unexpected.

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Eve Bernfeld

Aug 13, 2018
2 min

Stop the Insanity!

It's not just learning to stop tensing my shoulders. It's about eschewing a straightforward, well-defined parenting path to stumble down a

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Eve Bernfeld

Jan 3, 2018
4 min

day OFF

You know it’s a bad sign when you can’t remember how to turn off your computer. Evidence of the epic need for my newest undertaking: day OFF

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Eve Bernfeld

May 5, 2016
1 min

Saying Grace

There is no room for gratitude or change if we never stop.

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