Mindful Milestones

05/29/2025

“The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love - whether we call it friendship or family or romance - is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other’s light.” - James Baldwin, Writer & Activist

01/28/2025

This is not a support group. We do not gather to complain or compare; to fix or educate; to blame or reassure. We gather to sit in the mud together; to climb into whatever discomfort lays beneath the surface of the masks we so often wear. With the soft glow of a heart fire built strategically with a language that we all share - we gather to stoke a sense of safety in connection, so that we may be kept warm through dark times.

Join me - Bri, a licensed therapist, coach and ; on the last Tuesday of each month from 8-9PM EST on Zoom to experience empathic exchange; a supportive space for education in the art of nonviolent communication ( ) where compassion, authentic expression, conscious use of language offer an on-ramp to heartfelt connection. Please find our zoom link at www.DiabetesSangha.com. Our hearts were made for this 💌

01/22/2025

Within the circles of our lives we dance the circles of the years; the circles of the seasons within the circles of the years. Again, again we come and go, changed and changing. Hands join, unjoin in love and fear, grief and joy each by all the others held. In the hold of hands and eyes we turn in pairs, that joining - joining each to all again. And then we turn aside, alone, out of the sunlight gone into the darker circles of return. (Wendell Berry)

Where have I been, you ask? I’ve been circling. 116 days through the aftermath of and 214 with Dad’s … It’s been one hell of a year, y’all. The Wood Dragon was certainly🫸here🐉🫷

11/02/2024

Shoutout to Luca Rade for this invaluable resource bank💓 Please utilize, share and/or consider listing yourself as a provider?

10/22/2024

In the wake of Hurricane Helene, many beloved Asheville and Buncombe County businesses have been deeply affected by the storm. While the community comes together to rebuild, you can lend a helping hand from afar by shopping at these businesses' online stores or contributing to fundraising efforts.

Local, independent businesses are the heart of Asheville, home to growers who are artists and artists whose work grows. Thought leaders and thought provokers, musicians and storytellers, entrepreneurs and educators, foodies and beer lovers, hippies, healers, adventurers, creators and innovators. We craft and brew and paint and carve, handcrafted by real hands. Real hands that need a helping hand. And a hug (if not your financial support : )

In the wake of Hurricane Helene, many beloved Asheville and Buncombe County businesses have been deeply affected by the storm. While the community comes together to rebuild, you can lend a helping hand from afar by shopping at these businesses' online stores or contributing to fundraising efforts.

10/02/2024

Thrilled to find a series of resources being streamlined, organized and mobilized. Find ways to get and offer support using any number of these resource hubs:

(1) https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/154hYrmMKWNKWIwcTkUP8GhcAn4z4LXnFr2AKMgv3Qik/mobilebasic?fbclid=IwY2xjawFpmjBleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHV2GIXd5TilOHmbFUsh0ydI2PT8jzD9ibM6noCZfnCHNLHbAJD08ZQFEAQ_aem_DuVLl6iCy-JiFRusSRe4yw
(2)
https://linktr.ee/wncflood?fbclid=IwY2xjawFpLDRleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHX3nzc9lVH9Oo8Wzgo80oEgWjcJSCuFdr0LDCYsQAlJNGM2_5emvp9yBog_aem_-OVrzLECLzly6XJYy1WE9A
(3)
https://helenehelpasheville.ushahidi.io/map
(4) *Pharmacy specific
https://healthcareready.org/rxopen/?fbclid=IwY2xjawFpLSNleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHemBGY457bcOosFLzbIvEBH5twJOT03Hl8U61tmaSIu6SLq38ShCb_Oe3Q_aem_MGDxwYNp-d9lcyGJyje9eg

Asheville/WNC Resources To reduce server load and allow more people to view this at the same time, moving forward please share and access the view-only versions through AshevilleRelief.com. Translations are available at AshevilleRelief.com. Current languages: English, Spanish, Russian, Korean. ...

10/01/2024

ANNOUNCEMENT: I am safe and situated in TN for the time being - thanks to an intuitive, proactive friend; who offered impromptu evacuation yesterday. For those that do not know me well, my social work career began in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina; as an volunteer. While I am eager to return to the city of where plenty of my community members remain in compromised positions, I am devoted to organizing and mobilizing resources - in the meantime; and with direct, albeit limited access to people on the ground.

Follow my story on FB or IG for updates and insight, including places to find and to donate resources to those most impacted by this unprecedented natural disaster? As Margaret Mead says, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed individuals can change the world. In fact, it's the only thing that ever has!"

06/16/2024

For my father, whose commitment to making me smile has been felt for a lifetime and will be treasured endlessly; Happy Father’s Day. You are loved, as are all dads devoted to encouraging their daughters to laugh, sing, explore, and create being held with extra gratitude by me - today - and always🫶🏼

06/15/2024

Never doubt that a dose of real and pure empathy can soften the landscape of your pain. Offered 3x weekly online and at no charge thanks to Compassionate Communication Center of Ohio:

Weekly Empathy Calls every Monday, Wednesday & Friday from 12-1 pm Eastern Time (US and Canada).

06/15/2024

For the parents I am blessed to work with (and the teachers I continue to learn from : )

Wondering how you can enjoy the summer with your kids, reduce conflicts and misunderstandings, and juggle your daily responsibilities without feeling frazzled?.

06/07/2024

In moments, I am reminded - by my clients and through my lived experience; just how often a person living with a chronic illness is expected to educate others on all things related (including areas of plausible offense, which might be conceptualized as "micro-aggressions"). Want to know more about me and how best to support me, as a person living with type 1 diabetes??

📬Take 5 to explore these articulate handouts, beginning with “Diabetes Etiquette”👇🏼

A mom from Texas and dad from New York have joined forces to create awareness about the signs and symptoms of type 1 diabetes in an effort to save the lives of children and adults being diagnosed at death. Let’s save lives. It's time to Get Diabetes Right. We've watched the media portray diabetes ...

05/30/2024

The wisdom inherent in non-striving & in preparing our children to live wholeheartedly 🙌
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/cwHuoziotNp8uRqR/

Do not ask your children to strive for extraordinary lives.
Such striving may seem admirable,
but it is the way of foolishness.
Help them instead to find the wonder
and the marvel of an ordinary life.
Show them the joy of tasting
tomatoes, apples and pears.
Show them how to cry
when pets and people die.
Show them the infinite pleasure
in the touch of a hand.
And make the ordinary come alive for them.
The extraordinary will take care of itself.
~ William Martin
~ Art by Elena Salnikova