Resilience Austin

"Let us exist in awe of all things"

Found this while wandering an antique store. What a beautiful reminder.

Resilience is not imperviousness. Nor should we mistake being praised for how much pain and we do without complaint as resilience. Resilience requires that our communities and world sit with us in the pain, that they carry the burden with us, that they are along side us seeing us, knowing us.

This is for all of you who are exhausted...

For One Who Is Exhausted, a Blessing | The On Being Project John O’Donohue with a gift for the tired soul. A poem on slowing down until our strength to move forward returns to us.

Took an improv for therapists class today from one of my favorite people.

Improv as a Healing Art: What Polyvagal Theory Teaches us about Why Improv Works — Yes And Brain (This is a companion piece to an article about Polyvagal Theory and Circus and the Window of Tolerance and Circus .  These articles share the same science-y intros, and then diverge when it comes to discussing how the theory relates to each respective discipline.  If you read th