Joy ReichartRock Bottom’s Secret Trap DoorMy outer and inner reserves completely depleted, there was nothing to do but let this terrifying whirligig of dread do its thing.May 16, 2021May 16, 2021
Joy ReichartTime to decideI’ll probably be fined for saying this, but I do not meet 2021 with relief, and I definitely do not bid 2020 good riddance. For one thing…Jan 2, 2021Jan 2, 2021
Joy ReichartWe can’t breatheWe can’t breathe because we can’t face our grief here at the deathbed of our known way of life.Sep 7, 2020Sep 7, 2020
Joy ReichartTrain onFind a way to keep your spiritual practice intact, especially now.Mar 14, 2020Mar 14, 2020
Joy ReichartIf it was supposed to be otherwise…Dear Life, If You wanted me to be up to more You’d tell me right?Feb 15, 2020Feb 15, 2020
Joy ReichartFanning the flames of anxietyAnxiety is a natural response to feeling out of control. Our minds can’t abide this, so they usually set about making it worse.Nov 17, 2019Nov 17, 2019
Joy ReichartYour Calling is None of Your BusinessWhatever we find ourselves in the middle of — even if we’re busy ignoring it — might be the very thing that’s rippling out into the world.Jul 11, 2019Jul 11, 2019
Joy ReichartDeath and Right ActionBeings come into the world and they leave it. They do so on their own terms-or would, if we let them. But usually we don’t.Jul 11, 2019Jul 11, 2019
Joy ReichartLet It BreakThere has to be a break, a tear, a rending, as we emerge new into the blinding light. None of it is comfortable. All of it is necessary. ItJul 11, 2019Jul 11, 2019
Joy ReichartHow we know what’s true (or, why we need our bodies)It turns out that knowing and believing are not the same thing. One lives in the mind. The other, in the body.Dec 17, 2016Dec 17, 2016