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    Joyful Roundup
    Eve Bernfeld
    • Dec 14, 2021
    • 3 min

    Joyful Roundup

    We’re deep into the season when we are supposed to be joyful. Whether we like it or not. And coming to the end of yet another year of...
    29 views1 comment
    Portrait of a Mother in Repose
    Eve Bernfeld
    • Oct 19, 2021
    • 2 min

    Portrait of a Mother in Repose

    Saturday is the one day I dispense with my morning routine. No scraping myself out of bed before my family to sweep, write and walk...
    42 views1 comment
    Hit the Deck
    Eve Bernfeld
    • Sep 14, 2021
    • 2 min

    Hit the Deck

    I guess people perceive me as the Posture Police, because they are often saying things to me like: “At the end of the day/at the end of a...
    29 views0 comments
    Five Things I’m Saying NO to So That I Can Say YES to What I Want
    Eve Bernfeld
    • Sep 1, 2021
    • 2 min

    Five Things I’m Saying NO to So That I Can Say YES to What I Want

    Lately, after a year and a half of dormancy, opportunities have started coming my way—things that elicit, as my friend Melissa would say,...
    36 views0 comments
    What If Judgment...*
    Eve Bernfeld
    • Jul 20, 2021
    • 3 min

    What If Judgment...*

    1. What if judging myself (and the ensuing shame spiral) is just another habit that is not currently serving me? Could I approach my...
    36 views0 comments
    Things I Don't Regret
    Eve Bernfeld
    • Feb 2, 2021
    • 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?...
    72 views0 comments
    We Teach What We Need to Learn
    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...
    47 views1 comment
    Is NO a Four-Letter Word?
    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...
    25 views0 comments
    Is NO a Four-Letter Word?
    Eve Bernfeld
    • Jul 21, 2020
    • 3 min

    Is NO a Four-Letter Word?

    Part 2: Without No, there can be no Yes.
    23 views0 comments
    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?
    52 views0 comments
    Tangled
    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.
    27 views0 comments
    Is NO a Four-Letter Word?  Part 1: Ado Annie
    Eve Bernfeld
    • Mar 8, 2020
    • 3 min

    Is NO a Four-Letter Word? Part 1: Ado Annie

    I thanked the word NO, for giving me this much-needed solitude.
    66 views0 comments
    Stormy Weather
    Eve Bernfeld
    • Dec 2, 2019
    • 2 min

    Stormy Weather

    Changing my position, giving myself, quite literally, a different perspective, tends to rattle something free in my brain.
    34 views0 comments
    The Crux
    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.
    77 views0 comments
    Schooled
    Eve Bernfeld
    • Aug 7, 2019
    • 2 min

    Schooled

    Sometimes the most “productive” thing to do is nothing. Productive of renewed energy, refreshed thinking, rediscovered enthusiasm.
    11 views0 comments
    Ready List
    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.
    12 views0 comments
    The Good Stuff
    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.
    10 views0 comments
    Stay
    Eve Bernfeld
    • Aug 27, 2018
    • 2 min

    Stay

    When I stop and really STAY in this moment, I realize the effort I was making to try to be in two places at once.
    10 views0 comments
    Stop the Insanity!
    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
    9 views0 comments
    What Was I Scared Of?
    Eve Bernfeld
    • Oct 29, 2016
    • 2 min

    What Was I Scared Of?

    On constant overload, it’s easy to see danger everywhere, and to begin to live smaller and smaller and smaller lives.
    12 views0 comments
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