Catherine Norton
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, 2023
- 1 min
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, 2023
- 1 min
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, 2023
- 1 min
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, 2023
- 1 min
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, 2023
- 1 min
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, 2023
- 1 min
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, 2023
- 1 min
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, 2023
- 1 min
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, 2023
- 1 min
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, 2023
- 1 min
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, 2023
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
Magic
Happy Halloween, Friends 🎃 #ReadTheStain #writer #blogger #coach #psychology #spirituality #mentalhealth #growth #empowerment #healing...
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Catherine Norton
- Oct 27, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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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