by Leisa Martin | Sep 3, 2025 | Mindfulness |
Say your name out loud Say it Not forced Say it with joy, compassion, and love Can you? Say it in front of the mirror Say it looking boldly into your eyes Breathe in Listen What do you hear in the echo? Lately, I’ve been saying my own name out loud. Not rushed, not...
by Leisa Martin | Aug 26, 2025 | General, Mindfulness |
I hadn’t planned on slowing down. I was going to squeeze a quick walk into my day. But as I pulled under the canopy of old oak trees at the park, the shade felt like a deep breath I didn’t know I’d been waiting for. And with that breath came the desire to not just...
by Leisa Martin | Aug 19, 2025 | General, Mindfulness |
I’ve been widowed twice, and I’ve lost many loved ones in my lifetime. Those kinds of grief run deep and have changed me forever. But over the years, I’ve also noticed other losses that carried their own kind of grief. Losses that aren’t always named, but still leave...
by Leisa Martin | Aug 13, 2025 | Mindfulness |
When you have been ignored, interrupted, or dismissed enough times, silence starts to feel safer than speaking. You adapt. You fold your truth inward. But the truth never disappears. It waits. It waits through the years, through the jobs, through the relationships,...
by Leisa Martin | Jul 29, 2025 | Mindfulness |
I was driving home tonight when Feels Like Heaven by Peter Cetera and Chaka Khan came up on my playlist. I seem to remember being in a nostalgic 1990s music sort of mood a while back, but I certainly don’t remember listening to it after I downloaded it. Still, as soon...
by Leisa Martin | Jul 23, 2025 | Mindfulness |
Last night, I curled up on the couch with my granddaughter to watch Project Runway. It’s a show we both love, being part fashion, part heart, part creative fire. She starts middle school soon, and at this age, how she expresses herself through fashion is becoming more...
