by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 11, 2012 | Nature, Spirituality
I'm getting better at this. I had a third-morning-in-a-row worry-fear-anxiety visitor today. Growing stronger, I was able to shoo it away by repeating to myself a few times "present-time consciousness." And, then I was able to come out of my meditation...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Sep 18, 2012 | Nashville!, Spirituality, Travel
Fill up the gas tank. Start the engine….I'll be riding shot gun beside 'cha. I love adventure. Exploration. Travel. Anywhere. Mid-March started a series of monthly trips that are lasting into this fall. I'll be sharing these mini-journeys with you...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 28, 2012 | Art, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Motherhood, Spirituality
Wait! Please, wait…my eldest sister urged….I was an emerging college senior. It was all the rage of the bold, vogue and hipsters amongst my college to flee the rule of dorm mothers and share a local apartment on the periphery of our small East Tennessee...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 9, 2012 | Autism/Disability, Obama/Politics, Spirituality, Technology/Blogging
*"Those who trade in fear simply make people more afraid, to the point where they will sacrifice anything, from the rights of others to their own rights, in order not to be afraid. It is simply wrong to use fear as a weapon.–Tom Ehrich, Morning Walk Media...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jul 31, 2012 | All The Rest of Life, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Spirituality
One fall-out of all the workshops, classes, conferences and workshops I've attended are the plethora of notes. I have storage bins and shelves of note-crammed journals. Transcribed here, from the little black notebook that hitches a ride in my purse, are these...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jul 26, 2012 | Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Spirituality
It was an eclectic bunch from around Middle Tennessee who clustered at the mammoth log-cabin-style retreat home of a friend's father. Those gathering on a sun-blessed November Thursday shared a common sense of spirituality and a potluck of earthy-homemade...
