by Nicole Havelka | Aug 3, 2020 | Change Leadership, Community, Healing, Mindfulness, Self Care
I have a very good friend who I call when I’m having a lot of feelings. They tell me that they treasure these rambling voicemail messages that usually start sometime like, “I’m having two or three feelings at one time, and I’m not quite sure what to do …” So the fact...
by Nicole Havelka | Jun 26, 2020 | Change Leadership, Community, Healing, Mindfulness, Organizations, Self Care, Social Justice
***** Upcoming events! ***** The ideas in this blog are indebted to a number of people of color who have been writing, thinking, speaking and teaching about anti-racism much longer than I have. Here are a few links and resources that really influenced me this week:...
by Nicole Havelka | Dec 5, 2019 | Advent & Christmas, Community, Creativity, Healing, Mindfulness, Self Care, Yoga & Church
I wonder if part of my annoyance with Christmas lights going up earlier and earlier in the season is because they obscure the darkness we actually need to rest and grow. Glaring lights that we put in our porches, trees and balconies may bring temporary holiday cheer,...
by Nicole Havelka | Dec 4, 2018 | Advent & Christmas, Self Care, Yoga & Church
Because I love the Christian season of Advent that leads up to Christmas, I will again be writing each week of Advent a piece around the week’s theme and inviting you into a spiritual practice with me. Early morning darkness comforts and relaxes me. In the pre-dawn...
by Nicole Havelka | Apr 5, 2015 | Change Leadership, Faith Formation
If I’ve done the Holy Week thing right, I really, really feel relieved and happy on Easter morning. I can hear the birds chirping out my window as if for the first time. I appreciate sunlight, even if it is obscured by clouds, in a way I never thought possible....
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