Our stories shape our world, inside and out.

Kristin Collier Kristin Collier

Joy Inside and Out

The joys and pleasures of the life I touch outside of my body can never rival the stuff I’m made of when I fully tap in and allow it to bloom.

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What’s Still Standing

I watched with fascination as she returned again and again, tugging more of its stringy mass from the tangle of sprouting grass. No doubt, she aimed to build a nest from what I’d left behind.

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Kristin Collier Kristin Collier

When My Personality Moved Over

I got the sense that my personality took a seat in the sidecar. It just picked itself up and moved out of my body, allowing my soul to steer.

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The Very Almost Last of the Tomatoes

I sit with awe and gratitude at the bounty! It makes me wonder how many nascent projects before me will come to fruition despite my lack of expectation.

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Because I Said I Would

I vowed to spend at least 32 hours unplugged from all electronics that Sunday, and to get myself to the beach in my vacation home on wheels (our Toyota Sienna van, Harbor).

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Kristin Collier Kristin Collier

Building Fires

Fire-building is like life. I add the next part of the adventure (another stick of wood) and oh! My calendar collapses. Will I find a way to proceed, to revisit and revel in that bright dance again?

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Kristin Collier Kristin Collier

A Commitment Before Dawn

If I did my best work, as Dispenza called for, the meditation would be more blissful, less uncomfortable, and I would feel more proud after.

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Kristin Collier Kristin Collier

By Thought Alone

We have the opportunity to shape our experiences, our bodies, and our future by thought alone. How clean is your thinking?

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Sweet Autumn Kale

Under pressure, parts of us break down and fall away, and often the sugars rise up.

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Kristin Collier Kristin Collier

Smooth Stride

I do love a smooth ride. But the bumps in the road? That’s where the learning’s at. A last-minute scramble spurs excitement, a story, and a memory to savor.

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Vlog: How I Give Myself Empathy, Real-Time

Returning from an event that did not go as I'd hoped, I give myself empathy, feeling my feelings all the way through, uncombined with thoughts. Then I inquire into the needs beneath them.

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