“Glad tidings of comfort and joy”, says the holiday carol. A similar wish could declare “happy stories of cheerful ease!” But is this your usual holiday experience? At this time in our lives, when we are living, creating, and acting from a place of increased sovereignty and power, the depression which can sneak up on […]
Monthly Archives: December 2015
Sensory Weekend: Comfort and JOY
It’s the weekend before Christmas! How is this possible? Are you needing some joy for your last minute tasks and travels? We have the perfect gift for you: a brand new playlist guaranteed to lift your mood and add a festive background note to parties, errands, baking, whatever you have planned. How about some pretty […]
Happy Birthday Annagrace! (and our latest podcast)
Today’s podcast is a candid and casual conversation in which Annagrace and I talk about ourselves, how we met, the birth of Vivid, and what we are excited about in 2016!! Today is Annagrace’s birthday, so we thought it would be a great day to celebrate us and celebrate Vivid. Enjoy.
On Foundations – Shining from within on the holidays
We’re going gently into the holidays this year, keeping our tender hearts open and stepping only as far into the fray as feels exciting and fun for us. At holiday time we feel the changes that the year has wrought, we feel them acutely. It’s wonderful to celebrate the year’s accomplishments, and enjoy the good […]
Vivid Conversations Podcast – Our Holiday Season: The Dark and the Light
Vivid Conversations is back! Today Annagrace and Bronwyn talk about the holidays – how it really feels, what the holidays are like for those of us who survived childhood trauma, and what YOU can do to find the best and brightest in yourself this season.
The Tender Holiday Feelings Mix
Our first Vivid Playlist for this month (that’s right–there’s more than one!) is perfect for this first weekend of the last month of the year. It’s a little bit melancholy, a little bit hopeful, and truly, deeply tender. Enjoy it while you unpack the decorations or as a companion to your Sunday morning breakfast. It’s […]
A Shimmer All Our Own
I’ve had a feeling for weeks now that I needed to slow down in December. This is the opposite of what everything around me is calling (yelling, even.) At the beginning of last month, I distinctly heard a voice say “you’re going to need to slow down. You need to make space. Leave some room […]
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