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  • A photo, from above, of a Black mother with daughter lying down on cozy couch in living room, cuddling and napping together at home.
    If I want well-being to be my truth, I must reclaim and protect it.
    Reflection | By Atena O. Danner | January 26, 2022 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: Anti-Oppression, Body, Limitations, Self-Care, Worship
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  • "What if I gently, gingerly accepted / that what is is not always what will be?"
    Poetry | By Cassandra Montenegro | December 1, 2021 | From UU World
    Tagged as: Abundance, Change, Self-Care
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  • A wash of gentle, shimmering light, as if the inside of a bubble.
    Love calls me to rest when I feel disconnected
    Affirmation | By Melissa Jeter | November 24, 2021 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Christianity, Interdependence, Love, Self-Care, Self-Respect, Worship
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  • A person holds their palm to the camera, obscuring their face. Their palm is painted with streaks of bright paint in yellows, reds, and blues.
    My God lives in the margins and witnesses to the broken-hearted.
    Reflection | By Jami Yandle | September 8, 2021 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Respect, Worship
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  • A wash of green, blue, and purple light blending together.
    Church is for helping people stay human in the face of inhumane circumstances.
    Audio Recording | By Erika Hewitt, Elizabeth Stevens | August 2, 2021 | From WorshipLab
    Tagged as: Brokenness, Disaster or Crisis, Presence, Self-Care, Trauma, Worship Tips
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  • A hand with red nail polish cups a compass, above the mossy floor of a forest, and the other hand points to moss or another object on the ground.
    My inner compass reminds me of the power we’ve been given to create a new future.
    Reflection | By Mariela Pérez-Simons | July 14, 2021 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: Earth, Earth-Centered, Imagination, Limitations, Nature, Self-Care, Self-Respect, Worship
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  • Image of hands holding a baby bird
    Acknowledging the unprecedented layers of stress and trauma experienced by so many in these difficult times, President Frederick-Gray reminds us of the critical importance of making space to care for ourselves.
    By Susan Frederick-Gray | February 25, 2021 | From Press Releases
    Tagged as: Generosity, Giving & Generosity, Self-Care
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  • Since I was a kid, I have had a penchant and passion for my touch on my body. This was sometimes shameful, sometimes wonderful, and deeply private from fairly early on, as I received messages from family and neighbors that it wasn’t “right.” It has only been as an adult, as i have witnessed...
    Reading | By Adrienne Maree Brown | January 30, 2021 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: #BlackLivesMatter, 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Anti-Oppression, Beauty, Belief, Body, Direct Experience, Self-Care, Self-Respect, Sexuality, Worship
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  • Sitting cross-legged on a bed, a person holds a guitar and appears to sing. Next to them is a musical keyboard and an open laptop.
    I experience the creative impulse as living just under the surface of the daily grind: tugging; imploring, When do we all get to sing together again?
    Reflection | By Erin J. Walter | January 6, 2021 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: #COVID19, Arts & Music, Creativity, Direct Experience, Humanism, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Resilience, Self-Care, Worship
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  • image of a burning candle near a snowy tree branch
    Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray shares her wishes for all in this holiday season, that we may have time to rest, that we tend to our grief and our joy, and that we make space for spiritual care and renewal.
    By Susan Frederick-Gray | December 3, 2020 | From Press Releases
    Tagged as: Christmas Eve / Christmas, Hanukkah, Holidays & Ceremonies, Self-Care, Winter Solstice / Yule
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  • A person in a gray shirt is doing a jigsaw puzzle, holding up a piece to someone else on a video call on a cell phone.
    It's okay to be feel weary of resiliency and wholeness and learning and growth.
    Opening | By Sharon Wylie | November 16, 2020 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: #COVID19, Change, Community, Growth, Resilience, Self-Care, Wholeness, Worship
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  • a dark-skinned woman’s portrait blends into dissolving colourful paint
    Learning to love all of me—including the parts I used to be scared of—made the fear go away.
    Reflection | By Ndidi Achebe | October 28, 2020 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: #BlackLivesMatter, Family, Mental Health, Race/Ethnicity, Self-Care, Self-Respect, Worship
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    How is it with your spirit today? Today, my spirit is struck by grief.
    By Lauren Smith | June 4, 2020 | From UU World
    Tagged as: Caring, Grief, Pastoral Care, Race/Ethnicity, Self-Care
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  • image of various quilt patterns with text overlay that reads "Tapestry of Faith Harvest the Power 2nd Edition"
    For Workshop 4, Caring for Ourselves and Others, Activity 6 Keeping Priorities Straight in Congregations and Faith In Action: Keeping Priorities Straight
    June 3, 2020 | From Harvest the Power, 2nd Edition
    Tagged as: Leadership Development, Self-Care
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    ‘Your sacredness does not come from your doing’
    Feature | By Sarah C Stewart | June 1, 2020 | From UU World
    Tagged as: Community, Self-Care, Worth
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    Our Whole Lives offers new program for adults aged 50 and over.
    By Andrea Dulanto | June 1, 2020 | From UU World
    Tagged as: Acceptance, Education, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Self-Care, Sexuality, Sexuality Education
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  • A small white feather appears to be floating down into an upturned palm.
    I take care of myself first, because I am deserving of exquisite care. I take care of myself to maintain the capacity to help others. I move and stretch my body every day. I spend time in nature, attuning my senses to the earth's wisdom. I ration my daily exposure to the news....
    Meditation | By Laura Mancuso | April 21, 2020 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: #COVID19, 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Direct Experience, Healing, Health, Humanism, Letting Go, Limitations, Secular, Self-Care, Self-Respect, Spiritual Practice
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  • A pair of muddy arms reaches up to push a muddy foot, as if helping someone climb a wall.
    Years ago, I did one of those mud run obstacle races. There were eight physical obstacles on the course, but my biggest learning was that we all had a ninth obstacle.
    Reflection | By Laura Solomon | March 18, 2020 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: #COVID19, Community, Compassion, Disaster or Crisis, Fear, Relationships, Self-Care
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  • Several people standing with their arms around each other, photo taken from behind, so that the composition is a tangle of backs and arms.
    “Trauma is not what happens to us, but what we hold inside in the absence of an empathetic witness.”...
    Quote | By Peter A. Levine | March 4, 2020 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Brokenness, Direct Experience, Empathy, Healing, Humanism, Secular, Self-Care, Self-Respect, Trauma
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  • Seen from above, in light cast only by flames, a solitary person swings two "poi" fire weights on chains (sometimes called "fire juggling")
    We all have our foibles; pieces of ourselves that we both admire and occasionally revile. These gifts and struggles exist in tandem.
    Reflection | By Alix Klingenberg | March 4, 2020 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Acceptance, Body, Compassion, Direct Experience, Discernment, Self-Care, Self-Respect
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