How we show up
We have a culture that says, “press on, despite.” Press on despite overwhelm Press on despite fear Press on despite pain Press on despite...
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One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul.
Soul on deck shines like gold in dark times.
To display the lantern of soul in shadowy times like these - to be fierce and to show mercy toward others; both are acts of immense bravery and greatest necessity.
Clarissa Pinkola Estes
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Kemia Sarraf
- Jan 12
- 6 min
Trauma-Mitigation & Coding Chickens
Dear Everyone: I had a lengthy, commiserating missive composed for today. I wrote extensively about the impact of chronic toxic stress,...
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Kemia Sarraf
- Dec 7, 2021
- 4 min
The Gift of Gratitude
May you be blessed with discomfort at easy answers, half-truths, and superficial relationships, so that you may live deep within your...
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Kemia Sarraf
- Dec 2, 2021
- 2 min
The Light Comes...
Dear Everyone: I know it's been a minute, and I know what y'all were thinking: Now why don't she write? (don't know the reference? You're...
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Kemia Sarraf
- Oct 20, 2021
- 2 min
A reminder, and an opportunity
Dear Everyone: This edition of Cereal With Hand-Poured Milk (HPM) will be short and pointed. And although there exists the temptation to...
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Kemia Sarraf
- Oct 10, 2021
- 3 min
Ducks, Memes, and Hope In Broken Things...
Dear Everyone: I recently participated in a lively podcast where the host and I wandered through a range of ideas around wellness,...
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Kemia Sarraf
- Oct 1, 2021
- 4 min
The Month of Halloween
That is the way Fear serves us: it always sides with the things we are afraid of The Princess And The Goblin Dear Everyone: October...
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Kemia Sarraf
- Sep 15, 2021
- 3 min
Grandad's Wisdom, Extra Sleep, And A Little Chocolate On The Side...
Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our...
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Kemia Sarraf
- Sep 1, 2021
- 2 min
Protect Your Bandwidth
Dear Everyone: Life has a way of teaching us the same lesson until we finally demonstrate competence. The universal lesson of now seems...
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Kemia Sarraf
- Aug 17, 2021
- 4 min
Farm Lessons: Coding Chickens & Micro-Mitigation Moments
Dear Everyone: Farm life carries a unique set of challenges and loves to remind The Husband and I that we, in fact, know almost nothing...
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Kemia Sarraf
- Jul 27, 2021
- 3 min
The Answer is Us
Pain teaches us the most counterintuitive thing – that we must go down before we even can know what up is. Suffering of some sort seems...
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Kemia Sarraf
- Jul 20, 2021
- 3 min
Wild Places Make You Earn It...
Dear Everyone: We Repeat What We Don’t Repair. The number of times I’ve recited this fundamental truth can’t be quantified. It’s a...
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Kemia Sarraf
- Jul 13, 2021
- 2 min
We're All Cracked...
Dear Everyone: A recent influx of new subscribers and site members served as a reminder that it's past time to reintroduce myself and our...
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Kemia Sarraf
- Jul 7, 2021
- 2 min
Into the Wilderness I go...
Dear Everyone: This week’s edition of Cereal with Hand Poured Milk comes to you from deep in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness....
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Kemia Sarraf
- Jun 29, 2021
- 3 min
ReImagine Tomorrow - Dreamers of the Day
Dear Everyone: This week’s edition of Cereal with Hand Poured Milk is penned by my dear friend and colleague, Antoinette Ayers....
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Kemia Sarraf
- Jun 27, 2021
- 4 min
Wanted: Adultier Adults
Dear Everyone: Hitch a ride when you need to. Provide safe passage when you can. ~~ For the record, I am a world-class catastrophizer. I...
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Kemia Sarraf
- Jun 22, 2021
- 3 min
ReLearning in a New Era
As our “post-COVID” (but not really—COVID is still here) world opens up, we also are noticing that uncertainty has grown dramatically....
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Kemia Sarraf
- Jun 21, 2021
- 3 min
Dad's Village
Dear Everyone: I chose wisely when I married. (I also got a bit lucky. But we'll stick with "wise") My husband is fierce, brilliant,...
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Kemia Sarraf
- Jun 16, 2021
- 2 min
ReWrite...
Dear Everyone: I had a lengthy missive written and ready for this week’s edition of Cereal with Hand-Poured Milk when a dear friend and...
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Kelly Hurst, MEd
- Jun 8, 2021
- 3 min
ReEntry is #NotABear
Dear Everyone: This week’s edition of Cereal with Hand Poured Milk comes to you from the desk of Kelly Hurst. Kelly is a Lodestar JEDI...
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