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Marie Hurley Blair

Marie Hurley Blair

A Voting Day Reflection

Deficiency and excess characterize the times we’re living in. Our engagement with life is deficient — incomplete, chronic, pale.

Nov 2, 2020

A Voting Day Reflection

Nov 2, 2020

Marie Hurley Blair

When We Can’t Move On

I recently listened to On Being’s podcast host Krista Tippet and family therapist and author Pauline Boss discuss “ambiguous loss”.

Jul 31, 2020

When We Can’t Move On

Jul 31, 2020

Marie Hurley Blair

Here You Are. I Am Here

The Natal people of South Africa greet each other saying, “sawubona”, here you are, to which the response is “sikona”, I am here. What a…

Jun 2, 2020

Here You Are. I Am Here

Jun 2, 2020

Marie Hurley Blair

Shifting from Shallow to Deep

Before COVID-19 put an entirely new spin on things, I was reading Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport, a Georgetown computer science…

Apr 20, 2020

Shifting from Shallow to Deep

Apr 20, 2020

Marie Hurley Blair

Coming Up for Air

One of the joys of yoga is learning how to breathe — bringing awareness and ease to something you’ve been doing all your life.

Mar 6, 2020

Coming Up for Air

Mar 6, 2020

Marie Hurley Blair

Voting on Super Tuesday in Alabama

I just returned from voting in the Super Tuesday Democratic primary. I live in Alabama.

Mar 3, 2020

Voting on Super Tuesday in Alabama

Mar 3, 2020

Marie Hurley Blair

Is your mind playing tricks on you?

What if I told you that your brain is largely in the prediction business?

Feb 3, 2020

Is your mind playing tricks on you?

Feb 3, 2020

Marie Hurley Blair

Meditation for the rest of us

I’ve returned from a brief experience of monastic life and realize it’s not for me.

Jan 22, 2020

Meditation for the rest of us

Jan 22, 2020

Marie Hurley Blair

What makes a habit stick?

-read every night before bedtime

Jan 6, 2020

What makes a habit stick?

Jan 6, 2020

Marie Hurley Blair

It only takes a smile

I am often struck by how good a smile feels, particularly when your husband is in the hospital depending on the kindness of strangers.

Dec 30, 2019

It only takes a smile

Dec 30, 2019

Marie Hurley Blair

Marie Hurley Blair

intrepid optimist, mindful yoga teacher, lifelong learner, retired school librarian, born and bred Southerner

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