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Catherine Norton

Oct 14, 20231 min read

Hoist the Anchor

Appreciate the lesson and let the disappointment go. #ReadTheStain #writer #coach #psychology #spirituality #mindfulness #presence...

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Catherine Norton

Sep 16, 20231 min read

The Right Balance

That's what therapists are for! #ReadTheStain #writer #coach #psychology #spirituality #mentalhealth #mindfulness #therapy #friendship...

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Catherine Norton

Sep 15, 20231 min read

In Good Time

The ultimate kindness is patience with ourselves. No matter how long it takes. #ReadTheStain #writer #coach #psychology #spirituality...

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Catherine Norton

Aug 3, 20231 min read

The View Improves

Everyone gets into a scrape or bottoms out in a pothole from time to time. If you've hit a rough patch, keep rolling. The view improves...

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Catherine Norton

Aug 2, 20231 min read

Chosen Words

Today's mindfulness challenge is to listen to the way we speak to others, and then deeper to the messages we direct to ourselves. How...

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Catherine Norton

Jul 11, 20231 min read

Feel It

Whatever it is we are going through, we need to feel it fully to reach the other side. Trying to avoid feelings is a trap that keeps us...

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Catherine Norton

Jul 10, 20231 min read

Heirlooms

Hopes, fears, assumptions, responses to trauma, self-imposed limitations, patterns of relating, patterns of abuse, addictions, religious...

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Catherine Norton

Jun 5, 20231 min read

Optimal Health & Healing

On the surface, everyone wants optimal health, but we see people promoting illness in various ways. Pain can remind us of moments we must...

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Catherine Norton

May 27, 20231 min read

Let it Heal

We tend to forget pain after we heal. Perhaps this is why we choose to keep some wounds open, so we always remember. Ask: What injury am...

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Catherine Norton

May 2, 20231 min read

Do Good

Some see the world as broken. Others see opportunities to make things better. #ReadTheStain #writer #psychology #spirituality...

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Catherine Norton

Apr 9, 20231 min read

Shift Focus

The nature of the mind is to focus on pain - physical and otherwise. Today's challenge is to shift focus to where pain once was but no...

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Catherine Norton

Mar 29, 20231 min read

Bittersweet

Heartache seems to travel a path from bitter (pain only) to bittersweet (pain mixed with positive memories) to sweet (the hurt is...

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Catherine Norton

Nov 27, 20221 min read

Divine Reciprocity

When children play, they naturally take turns, while adults tend to become more rigid about their roles. Accepting what others have to...

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Catherine Norton

Nov 19, 20221 min read

Releasing Fears

I remember being terrified to fly on a plane. Now I'm usually asleep before the plane takes off. I'd rather be rested when I arrive at my...

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Catherine Norton

Nov 15, 20221 min read

Poison Control

We can't always avoid being used, lied to, hurt, or cheated, but we can control our response. Every self-pitying thought is a sip of...

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Catherine Norton

Nov 11, 20221 min read

Tea, With A Possibility Of Crumpets

There are good reasons we build walls. Sometimes we need an entire fortress to retreat into and heal. This is okay - protecting ourselves...

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Catherine Norton

Nov 4, 20221 min read

Separation

Shifting perspective by physically removing ourselves from an upsetting situation is powerful medicine. A road trip, retreat, time to...

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Catherine Norton

Oct 31, 20221 min read

Magic

Happy Halloween, Friends 🎃 #ReadTheStain #writer #blogger #coach #psychology #spirituality #mentalhealth #growth #empowerment #healing...

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Catherine Norton

Oct 27, 20221 min read

Silver

I once had the childhood chore of polishing the silverware before the holidays. Freeing the shiny silver from the dull tarnish was like...

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Catherine Norton

Oct 2, 20221 min read

Bullies

Bullies come back to haunt us in the form of negative self-talk. Perhaps we weren't able to defend ourselves in the past, but we can now...

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