Anybody else tapping into Dirty, Messy, Alive? I listened to one of the prerecorded sessions with Jeannine Ouellete (sooo good). I’l going to try her “Daily Sensory Incantation” practice for 5 days posting my 5 most interesting/unique/jagged/strangest here. www.dirtymessyalive.com

Dirty, Messy, Alive

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Guess what just arrived in the mail? Can’t wait to finish! #dreamfall #WillDowd

The Japanese art-form of Kintsugi as a metaphor for life: #kintsugi #relationship bethbonness.substack.com/p/do-you-hav...

Do you have a relationship that feels cracked?

Marriages and all relationships take patience and time with inevitable fissures.

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Sunday Reflection — The Cracks Between Us Repair doesn't mean pretending the crack never happened. Perhaps it means allowing the relationship to become something different because it did. 👉 Read more: buff.ly/LtjxHP0 #SundayReflection #ThoughtEchoes #Relationships #Repair

It all started with the thought – what if we put little yellow ducks in the bioswale pond outside when it filled up during the rains? substack.com/@bethbonness...

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It all started with the thought – what if we put little yellow ducks in the bioswale pond outside when it filled up during the rains? That led to: 1) Macy’s story about a clerk who made up a price b...

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✨ Saturday Memory Lane — Céline Santini✨ We spend so much energy trying to hide the cracks. Céline Santini explores Kingsugi & what becomes possible when imperfection is no longer something to outrun. 🎧 Listen to full episode: buff.ly/kt0NKdv #ThoughtEchoes #Kintsugi #Imperfection

Are You Impatient with Imperfection? The Wisdom of Kintsugi | Céline Santini | Thought Echoes with Beth Bonness

Listen as Céline Santini, a passionate ambassador of transformation & author of: Kintsugi: Finding Strength in Imperfection, shares her insights about using Japanese art therapy & modern psychology…

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When we’d get our report cards my Dad glanced at my grades, he’d say (every time), “Math's the only grade that counts.” Who knows what would have happened if I pursued my poetry instead? Read more 👉 buff.ly/P1MUa95 #authentic #influence

Who haven’t you told how they made a difference in your life? #gratitude #memories @hirokoyoda.bsky.social bethbonness.substack.com/p/what-is-gr...

Sunday Reflection — Gratitude Some people don't know how much they have shaped us. Who might you want to thank while there is still time? 👉 Read more: buff.ly/ZCVswOd #SundayReflection #ThoughtEchoes #Gratitude #Relationships

What does gratitude feel like?

How can we let people know the impact they had on our lives while they are still alive and not just words said at their funeral?

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✨ Saturday Memory Lane — Hiroko Yoda✨ Gratitude can begin with noticing that we were never as alone as we thought. Hiroko Yoda invites us to see gratitude less as a feeling we summon & more as a way of seeing. 🎧 Listen: youtu.be/RQavmMSNCu0 #ThoughtEchoes #Gratitude @hirokoyoda.bsky.social

How Gratitude Reshapes Us | Hiroko Yoda | Thought Echoes Podcast

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From the Thought Echoes Archives: How does gratitude reshape us? In conversation with Hiroko Yoda. @hirokoyoda.bsky.social #gratitude #Japanese #Japan youtu.be/RQavmMSNCu0

How Gratitude Reshapes Us | Hiroko Yoda | Thought Echoes Podcast

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In the morning when you wake up, do you ever feel the tug between your conscious selves pulling you up into the day as your subconscious selves are pulling down to keep you in the liminal space? #liminal #subconscious substack.com/@bethbonness...

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In the morning when you wake up, do you ever feel the tug between your conscious selves pulling you up into the day as your subconscious selves are pulling down to keep you in the liminal space?

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𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲/𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿? When you were trying to decide how you’d be spending the rest of your career focused on? substack.com/@bethbonness...

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𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲/𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿? When you were trying to decide how you’d be spending the rest of your career focused on?

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Happy Memory Monday Do you stay connected to a younger version of yourself? bethbonness.substack.com/p/ribbon-of-...

Ribbon of time…

Your younger-self holding one end and you the other.

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Sunday Reflection — Thriving with AI We often ask whether AI will change our lives. Thriving may have less to do with keeping pace with every new tool than with knowing when to step toward it — and when to step away. 👉 Read more: buff.ly/VTOJpaP #SundayReflection #ThoughtEchoes #AI #Thriving

What does it mean to thrive in a world with AI?

What do you need to thrive and how can you create space for yourself and others — with and without AI?

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Shout out to @monicacparker.bsky.social for her Wonderbringers newsletters and introducing me to the online magazine: @psyche.co . They cover so many good topics, like minding the bag between who you are and want to be: psyche.co/guides/how-t... #Psychology #MentalHealth #Wonder

How to become the person you want to be | Psyche Guides

Close the intention-action gap and live the way you want, using insights from the cognitive neuroscience of habits

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Sometimes you just have to join the national conversation locally… 🌿 @gloriasteinem.bsky.social #feminism #inspiration www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2026...

Readers respond: Growing up with Gloria Steinem’s message

Letters to the Editor can be submitted to letters@oregonian.com with full name and place of residence.

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Harlan Coben Wants You to Write a Novel. He’ll Tell You How. “The only thing that counts is writing…You have two choices when you hear that voice: You can let it paralyze you or you can let it fuel you.” #memoir #writing #story www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/b...

Harlan Coben’s New Book Is a Tough-Talking Writing Guide (Gift Article)

Even a very successful thriller writer fights self-doubt. His new tough-talking writing guide doubles as a memoir that explains why, and how to beat it.

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✨ Saturday Memory Lane — Fredric Marshall✨ AI may be changing faster than we can keep up with. But perhaps keeping up was never the point. 🎧 Listen to full episode: buff.ly/0azwY1Y #ThoughtEchoes #SaturdayMemoryLane #AI #StayingHuman

Staying Human in the Age of AI | Fredric Marshall | Thought Echoes with Beth Bonness

Future Strategist Fredric Marshall explains AI, intentionality, human-AI collaboration, and how to stay grounded during rapid change.

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Who Else Had Gloria Steinman’s Voice in Their Heads? substack.com/@bethbonness... #GloriaSteinman #Freedom #Choices

Who thinks 97 is close enough to 100 to count? Yayoi Kusama: “It’s difficult to achieve evaluation in art history unless you keep trying to create good works for about 100 years,” she was quoted as saying. “I hope to create works which would be remembered by history.” substack.com/@bethbonness...

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97 is close enough… Yayoi Kusama: “It’s difficult to achieve evaluation in art history unless you keep trying to create good works for about 100 years,” she was quoted as saying. “I hope to create wo...

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Hello poets & @thebrokenspine.co.uk — For this week's #LiftToTheSky Weeding the Labyrinth 🦋 Margaret Chula “This is the work of gardeners & poets:/ clearing the part for others/ moving steadily, but circuitously/ toward the center of the labyrinth/ nothing but weeds in our hands.” #poetry

𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 — 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Distraction isn’t always interruption. Sometimes it’s avoidance— 🍃 of stillness 🍃of discomfort 🍃of what might surface if we paused What are you moving away from? 👉 Read full article: buff.ly/tuzCgsz #Distraction #Attention #ThoughtEchoes

What happens when we're distracted & how can we learn to better manage our distractions?

What happens when we’re distracted too often? How can we better manage our distractions and regain our traction for the people and projects that are important to us?

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When I first heard of 𝗝𝘂𝗱𝗱 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝘄'𝘀 book, I was struck by two first impressions: 🍃 it was for guys 🍃 the loneliness and disconnection sounded like it was for everyone 🎧 Listen to to interview on YouTube: Are You Living Or Only Performing? | Judd Shaw | Thought Echoes Podcast youtu.be/Gxi5vRd9UR4

Hello poets & @thebrokenspine.co.uk — For this week's #LiftToTheSky Weeding the Labyrinth 🦋 Margaret Chula December Fugue “Early-morning brume Wind releases a glissando of leaves.” #poetry #gried

Hello 🦋 poets & @thebrokenspine.co.uk —for this week's #LiftToTheSky Weeding the Labyrinth Margaret Chula At Home at the Playa “I have always wanted a view like this: to begin my day; the flat floor of a distant desert basin/ silent, placid, still holding some of the night” #Poetry #FavoriteLine

In honor of Ray Bradbury’s bday - 1 of my favorite pieces of advice: “Read poetry every day of your life. Poetry is good because it flexes muscles we don’t use often enough. Poetry expands the sense & keeps them in prime condition…all poetry is compacted metaphor/simile.” #RayBradbury #poetry

#Experimenting I love experimenting. One time my youngest daughter experimented with paper-making for her wedding: 🌱 a tub of water 🌱 a small picture frame 🌱 modified splatter guard screen 🌱 lavender from her yard 🌱 early drafts of memoir & old tax paperwork www.bethbonness.com/blog/redefin...

𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀. How are emotions stored in our bodies? And how can we release them? 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵... #Authenticity #MindBody #Emotions #ThoughtEchoes 🎧Listen to the whole conversation: buff.ly/Eh8N45s

Happy Serendipity Day 🦋 What if? is one of my favorite questions. Whether during my 30 years in high-tech or at home. It leaves room for possibility by suspending disbelief. www.bethbonness.com/blog/what-is... #serendipity #synchronicity #randomness #possibility

What is serendipity?

What is serendipity? What’s the difference between serendipity and synchronicity? And how can I bring more into my life?

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