Wabi Sabi Woman's Posts

Finding beauty in imperfection, being at peace with yourself and your life, Wabi Sabi Writing. And sorry that the very last words got cut off! I was just wishing you a Happy Valentine's Day once more!

Potent Possibilities Abundant, a life-changing series of journal exercises, doing videos to gain self confidence.

Life after the fire and the seesawy balance game of panic disorder.

Going where I didn't think I could go, movies Noni and I are watching that are delightful, and drawing the 100 Ladies.

It is one of my hard days when leaving the house is a struggle, but I intend to creep out of my snail shell and make it!

This is the first podcast of Wabi Sabi Woman, Maitri Libellule, as she returns after a 3 year absence.

Oh dear, I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date! Why I'm so late and won't be again!; Catching up after the fire; The Spontaneous Art Project & The Spontaneous Art Project Manifesto; Why it is important never to dash the dreams of a young budding artist; Finding joy in drawing again after almost 6 decades and how The 100 Ladies spawned this new spontaneous project; Working back and forth between head and hands and why I really believe there is no such thing as Writer's Block, or, how to get around it; And Turning 60 on April 30! Glorious!

While Dragonfly Cottage is being rebuilt I am busy here in the little rental house doing lot of exciting work. I have launched the HEALING A WOMAN’S HEART WORLDWIDE WOMEN’S CIRCLE &WISDOM SCHOOL, re-launched THE 100 LADIES PROJECT with a very special Spontaneous Art Package with a half price sale through April 30, the Daily Podcasts by subscription are starting again post fire, and I am experiencing and celebrating the miracles and blessings that do indeed come in the wake of a tragedy if we can open our hearts to them. Life has begun again at Dragonfly Cottage and in my heart and as I approach my 60th birthday on April 30 I have so much to share with you. Come visit me at maitrilibellule.com

Life in the rental house; The process, internal and external, of life after a fire; A loss even after the fire, during a terrible ice storm when I was in the hotel a tree fell into my beloved Magic Ship; my daughter brings me daffodils from my garden to cheer me; the pugs love sunning in the window and are amazed to see traffic and people which they never saw in our quiet little cottage life; and, I am trying to live by something my mother said even through 5 years of cancer until she died, "Every day's a good day, it is what you make it." I move forward taking her motto to heart, and doing my best to live up to it...

Nearly a month after the fire at Dragonfly Cottage on February 5 I am getting ready to leave the hotel tomorrow to move into a rental house for 6 months; The stress of agoraphobia and so many moves; Unimaginable life changes and over the moon gratitude for all of the many people who have helped and supported me since the fire; Little pug Delilah very sick and now both of us are on xanax! Thoughts about mindfulness and the life changes that have come and are coming living through this tragedy...

10 days after the fire, weary, teary, but beginning to process the spiritual aspects of the fire, what it means right now and for the future, and mindfulness as the key to holding on; Miss Scarlett, the Grey parrot, is here with us now; and wherever Scarlett, the pugs and I are together, we are home...

Last Wednesday night, 2/5/14, Dragonfly Cottage burned down. I lost 4 beloved parrots in the fire that I had hand-raised from babies. It was a night of tragedy compounded by grief and loss. This is my story of that night and the aftermath. The pugs and Miss Scarlet the grey parrot and I now begin again, an uncertain journey lies before us, but we will make it one step, one moment one day at a time. The picture is my little pugs asleep on the bed here next to me in the hotel room...

The week Wilmington finally saw snow (and ice, and too much of it, and frozen and broken pipes, and no hot water, and dogs who didn't know how to go potty in snow, and a heat pump that gave up the ghost, and...); the harrowing tale of going out in my nightie to just drive through to get fast food (which I would like to make a point of saying I do not make it a practice of having too often) because I am agoraphobic and can't get out of the car... and then I sat to eat... and then the car wouldn't start... and I was marooned in a parking lot unable to get out. Let me just say that AAA will probably be talking about me for years to come. Sigh...

"Ring the bells that still can ring, forget your perfect offering, there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in." Leonard Cohen; Coming to clarity about the mentoring work that I am doing; Peace in winter, in a day with frozen pipes, even after a fall, peace...; Daily podcasts starting tomorrow, January 27, by subscription. More information at: www.maitriatdragonflycottage.com

A crisp cold morning on the coast of North Carolina; Two attempts to record this podcast as the phone rang half way through (The office phone, I had turned off my cell!) and I panicked and hit the STOP button!); The many. many wild birds at the 12 feeders outside of my studio that I feed and care for over the winter; The pugs and our morning routine; ALL NEW! Next week I will begin doing daily short podcasts, Monday Through Friday, "Daily Mindful Moments From Dragonfly Cottage," and you can go to the website to subscribe, more information there at: www.maitriatdragonflycottage.com and many new things cooking at the cottage!

New name for the podcasts!; Private Mindfulness Mentoring Sessions now open; Living in a house full of animals; Today's blog post in the "365 Days of Mindfulness" series ~ "What Young People Never Realize About Their Parents"; a gentle meditation for self-healing...

Mindfulness Mentoring Sessions now open, private sessions; Crazy winter weather in Wilmington!; On Having a Pity Party to release the emotions that are holding you back, or pulling you down ~ a fun way to help you process these emotions; a mindfulness practice in photographs...

The holidays, from Christmas to the New Year; Family times and doggie days; In The Presence of Angles; Miracles; The New Moon & Wishes for a beautiful year ahead...

A very special Christmas Day podcast as Maitri reads a story from the night before Christmas -- "Christmas Then, Christmas Now, and Christmas Right Now, Here, In This Very Moment..."; and a very special story about a Christmas wish with a video you don't want to miss... Merry Christmas Everyone from all of us here at Dragonfly Cottage ~ The pugs, the parrots, and I...

A special holiday podcast dedicated to having a slower, gentler holiday season, being an angel and creating miracles for those around us.... Happy Holidays From the pugs, the parrots and I at Dragonfly Cottage... Maitri