The Mindful Nest

03/14/2026

These are the moments that matter, no matter how crazy life gets. ♥️ ~ Nanea

03/06/2026

03/01/2026

Welcome to March!💚 I choose chickens over groundhogs as a harbinger of spring! The girls are laying in full color. Keep watch - warm weather is near. 🌷☀️. Please reach out if you are interested in securing some of these lovely eggs.

02/25/2026

There are places within you that are still tender:

Questions that don’t yet have answers; curiosities that haven’t quite taken shape, and chapters of your life that still haven’t revealed their meaning.

Our temptation is to try to solve and fix this, or even ignore and deny it.

But none of this is asking to be rushed. And when we slow down and ask ourselves sacred questions, the unanswered questions shift from problems we feel we need to solve into portals filled with the answers that only the heart knows.

Being patient does not mean being passive. It is a trust in the divine timing of the universe.

In meditation, we learn to sit with what arises. We breathe with the uncertainty. And we create space for wisdom to reveal itself in its own time.

Instead of demanding resolution from your heart, offer it compassion, and instead of insisting on certainty, offer curiosity to yourself.

There is an intelligence of the universe that is at work, and all we need to do is trust in that.

02/25/2026

FOR A NEW BEGINNING

In out-of-the-way places of the heart,
Where your thoughts never think to wander,
This beginning has been quietly forming,
Waiting until you were ready to emerge.

For a long time it has watched your desire,
Feeling the emptiness growing inside you,
Noticing how you willed yourself on,
Still unable to leave what you had outgrown.

It watched you play with the seduction of safety
And the gray promises that sameness whispered,
Heard the waves of turmoil rise and relent,
Wondered would you always live like this.

Then the delight, when your courage kindled,
And out you stepped onto new ground,
Your eyes young again with energy and dream,
A path of plenitude opening before you.

Though your destination is not yet clear
You can trust the promise of this opening;
Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginning
That is at one with your life's desire.

Awaken your spirit to adventure;
Hold nothing back, learn to find ease in risk;
Soon you will be home in a new rhythm,
For your soul senses the world that awaits you.

JOHN O'DONOHUE

From his books 'To Bless the Space Between Us' (US) / Benedictus (Europe)
Ordering Info: https://johnodonohue.com/store

County Clare, Ireland
Photo: © Ann Cahill

02/18/2026

Inner Trust

02/16/2026

There is a lovely idea in the Celtic tradition that if you send out goodness from yourself, or if you share that which is happy or good within you, it will all come back to you multiplied ten thousand times. In the kingdom of love there is no competition, there is no possessiveness or control. The more love you give away, the more love you will have.

JOHN O'DONOHUE

There is a lovely idea in the Celtic tradition that if you send out goodness from yourself, or if you share that which is happy or good within you, it will all come back to you multiplied ten thousand times. In the kingdom of love there is no competition, there is no possessiveness or control. The more love you give away, the more love you will have.

JOHN O'DONOHUE

Excerpt from the book, Anam Cara,
25th Anniversary Edition.
Ordering Info: https://johnodonohue.com/anam-cara

Dromoland Castle Garden Roses
County Clare, Ireland
Photo: © Ann Cahill

11/23/2025

It that time of year!💚🌲💚🌲. Trees ready for you at Valley Scoops and More, 683 PA-93, Sugarloaf beginning Friday, November 26th from 10 AM - 6 PM daily! 🌲

10/04/2025

Silence and reflection are powerful whenever you choose to do it, but there is something special about gathering to practice in this way with community. I honor all those that decided to join me for the 8 week MBSR class and the great work of getting to know oneself better, finding more skillful ways to manage the daily stresses of life, and recognize the joy woven in between. Today’s All Day of Silent Practice is the halfway mark, a chance to come close to all your experiences, which is your very life. Looking forward to the day. 💚