00:21:38 Esperanza Castro: Hi, Esperanza from Peru 00:24:45 Elaynegoldstein: It WILL be a book 00:26:02 Sue Knight Deutsch: I am on Maria’s list 00:26:06 Michelle Pauls: Not sure. I took a Writing through Fear course 00:26:11 Richard McManus: thru WBI 00:26:12 Elaynegoldstein: On Maria’s list 00:26:17 Audrey b carlson: I get Marias emails and pop in 00:26:22 Mary Pat Ryan: friend/writer Joanne edgar, and of course the fabulous caroline kohles 00:26:24 Nancy Swartz: Grateful to be on Maria’s email list 00:26:28 Sarah Johnson: I'm on Maria's list. I first encountered her sublime equanimity at the World Happiness Summit a few years ago. 00:26:43 ellyn klein: Positive Psychology/Linch and Learn.. So much gratitude 🕊😍 00:26:55 LisaBuksbaum/& Jan Honig: colleagues in the positive psychology world… and have the pleasure of taking Maria’s storytelling workshops 00:27:07 Rhona Bosin: On email list; attended her workshop at Kripalu. 00:27:10 Sharon: Also grateful to be on Maria’s list; from a staff training with the organization with which I work. 00:27:23 Karlee Fain (she/her): I love hearing how we all know Maria! 💛 00:28:08 Dani Dennington: Im on Marias list after she came to speak to the Quest Institute 00:28:43 Nancy: In this moment, it is ok 00:28:45 Sharon: Breathe… 00:28:45 Elaynegoldstein: Breathe 00:28:46 Kelly Fredrickson: You are fully supported 00:28:47 Dani Dennington: Nothing stays the same forever in mine 00:28:48 Ellen Boyd: “until tomorrow” 00:28:49 Raphaela: “So hum” 00:28:50 Stephanie Gould: safe and sound 00:28:55 LisaBuksbaum/& Jan Honig: breathe just stay in today…. 00:28:56 Mary Pat Ryan: it will be ok when the sun rises 00:29:04 Sarah Johnson: "there is nothing to fix, there is nothing to do, nowhere to be. I love you my darling." 00:29:07 Liz R: This too a shall pass 00:29:15 Nancy Swartz: Breathe 00:29:17 Audrey b carlson: This too shall pass and you've gotten through worse 00:29:20 ellyn klein: Reframe and know it will pass.. “Go Away” 00:29:27 Dani Dennington: Love that sarah Johnson! 00:29:39 Richard McManus: I ask myself if I really want to 'sleep' with this distress; if I really want to bring it into my bed. 00:29:44 Chris Morton: In the middle of the night, I use the butterfly hug and say , don’t think, FEEL! 00:29:46 Susan Foti: This is temporary. I can get thru this.Breathe 00:31:01 ellyn klein: Honesty 00:31:05 doreen: My sister, Lynn almost said, “Worry is like paying on a debt you do may not owe.” It makes me laugh at the absurdity of what I am doing in the dark of the night. 00:33:08 Karlee Fain (she/her): Oh I love this Doreen - your sister has wise words! 00:33:49 LisaBuksbaum/& Jan Honig: me too 00:33:59 Audrey b carlson: the fox gave you the pause needed 00:34:09 Nancy Swartz: Agreed. Doreen, your sister is very wise. 00:36:27 Audrey b carlson: Yes 00:36:50 Sarah Johnson: I have had 2 baby foxes hanging out in my yard for the last month. We've had lots of moments of eye contact and stillness. 00:36:52 Dani Dennington: an owl flew alongside my car for a full 5 minutes 00:36:54 LisaBuksbaum/& Jan Honig: all the time… and with animals too… the minute after I completed my presentation at Intl Pos Psych Congress on Friday a ladybug appeared on the wall of my office…. on the 5th floor of my NYC apt 00:36:55 Audrey b carlson: I often call them the daily miracles and gifts 00:36:58 Mary Pat Ryan: im jealous!!wow 00:37:39 LisaBuksbaum/& Jan Honig: 15th floor with the ladybug not 5th... 00:38:25 LisaBuksbaum/& Jan Honig: Ellen, I agree, there’s something about hearing Maria’s voice reverberates in my soul…. 00:38:32 Michelle Pauls: Yes, I’ve had a 60 second encounter with a young deer. He was 5 feet away from me. We just stood there watching each other. 00:39:16 Michelle Pauls: And a few months ago, walking with my daughter, a spunky beaver came out of the brush and followed us for a goodly amount of time. She had soggy bangs. So friendly 00:39:44 Rhona Bosin: Where I live, the deer cross the street at the crosswalk! 00:39:51 Nancy Swartz: Michelle, same here for me, with a family of deer in my back yard. So powerful. 00:40:03 Elaynegoldstein: My mother died in January 1990 I asked her to give me a sign if there is anything to this afterlife I kept seeing birds since her death 00:41:04 Mary Pat Ryan: well, i feel i lost my way, but the thoughts of returning to marias wisdom was like a little angel on my shoulder 00:41:19 LisaBuksbaum/& Jan Honig: I see bluejays all the time since my brother Gary died (he had blue eyes) and cardinals since my dad died… they always come at the precise moment I need that connection… 00:41:31 Elaynegoldstein: Maria could be reading a recipe and I would be in awe 00:41:46 Ellen Boyd: I agree Elayne 00:41:47 Sharon: Yes! to all the details that Richard is articulating: all parts of the beauty. 00:42:09 Rhona Bosin: Agree 00:43:12 ellyn klein: Your Permission to be human and how I embraced it for myself 00:43:21 Audrey b carlson: Marias poetry delivery and words are palpable as described repetitions and expanding into the depths are much like getting wrapped and embraced in music 00:43:37 Nancy Swartz: Thank you, Richard, for expressing so eloquently how so many of us feel. 00:44:25 Esperanza Castro: Gratitude for peaceful moments 00:44:38 iPhone28: I see Herons and dad comes back as a heron (which is my mom’s maiden name) 00:45:55 Michelle Pauls: A “tone” Brings to mind “intone.” Ritual. So needed. 00:46:24 Rhona Bosin: Closer to microphone? 00:46:43 Susan Foti: Richard really expressed so well, I got teary too 00:46:55 Rhona Bosin: Couldn't hear last speaker 00:52:28 doreen: that’s beautiful 00:54:24 Sarah Johnson: Yes! Susan, that is beautiful. Thank you for sharing that. 00:54:57 Nancy Swartz: Susan, you are not alone. 00:57:18 Michelle Pauls: I’d like a workshop. And more than writing, yes! Somatically inclinded 00:57:58 Sue Knight Deutsch: 11 years 00:58:22 ellyn klein: Constantly looking for meaning and purpose 00:59:30 Sue Knight Deutsch: Audiobook 00:59:58 ellyn klein: I don’t have to clean up my parents “crap” 00:59:59 Michelle Pauls: Getting the knowledge into/through the body somehow…. 01:01:10 Elaynegoldstein: Audio book! 01:01:31 LisaBuksbaum/& Jan Honig: those bums have the best stories…. not the best relatives though 01:02:27 Nancy: A beautiful book with photographs and a CD attached so you can read, listen and be inspired by the photos 01:03:28 Karlee Fain (she/her): The poem is: A Ritual to Read to Each Other By William E. Stafford 01:03:45 Dani Dennington: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/58264/a-ritual-to-read-to-each-other 01:03:58 Esperanza Castro: Which is the line of poem ? 01:04:14 Dani Dennington: If you don't know the kind of person I am and I don't know the kind of person you are a pattern that others made may prevail in the world and following the wrong god home we may miss our star. 01:04:15 Nancy: A Ritual to Read to Each Other - William Stafford 01:04:48 ellyn klein: Celebrate micromoments 01:05:43 Audrey b carlson: Thank you Maria , you are so loved. 01:06:25 Esperanza Castro: Very Thankful❣ 01:06:44 Michelle Pauls: Very thankful, too 01:07:24 Donna Rich: Thank you, Maria. Loved the series. I am sorry I came in late. Have not been feeling well this weekend, so fell asleep and missed the first half of today’s program. Have loved your courses. 01:09:18 Sarah Johnson: You're nailin' it! 01:09:32 ellyn klein: I feel that with you 01:09:42 Elaynegoldstein: You have succeeded 01:09:47 Ellen Boyd: We will be sending the recording out- so you will have the chance to listen to the whole gathering. I hope you feel better Donna! 01:09:48 LisaBuksbaum/& Jan Honig: I only see beauty 01:10:19 doreen: Thank you for being who you are and you inspire me to see the original goodness in others 01:10:24 Donna Rich: Thank you, Ellen! 01:11:00 Audrey b carlson: The words people who need people hold a deeper meaning more than ever for us all 01:12:14 LisaBuksbaum/& Jan Honig: entering the sixth decade in many ways we are just getting started…. 01:12:44 Richard McManus: is there a whole new series of reflections on what post-covid living is supposed to be about? 01:13:22 Susan Foti: Another powerful aspect was that in the middle of the dark pandemic, there was a new ritual of looking forward to Sunday 01:13:35 Audrey b carlson: trust the process 01:14:14 Elaynegoldstein: Thank you for this gift❤️ 01:14:55 Donna Rich: I s there a course you are offering, Maria, that is coming up? I recently completed the four-session course with KIripalu that you led. It was wonderful! 01:16:08 doreen: Yes! 01:17:06 doreen: Yes to the new wave in pos psyc 01:17:44 Elaynegoldstein: Who won 01:17:50 Isabella Cattelan: be comfortable withe being uncomfortable 01:17:53 LisaBuksbaum/& Jan Honig: great ending story… to land the sharing session today!!! 01:18:10 Sarah Johnson: Thank you, all! I so value this community. 01:18:16 Sue Knight Deutsch: Thank you, Maria! 01:18:18 Esperanza Castro: Big Thangs Maria🌷 01:18:21 Kelly Fredrickson: Love you much 01:18:25 Karlee Fain (she/her): We will email a recording of today out this week to everyone 🔥 01:18:27 Donna Rich: You offerred great va;ie! 01:18:29 Dani Dennington: thank you x 01:18:32 Isabella Cattelan: Thank you - love you! 01:18:38 Nancy Swartz: Thank you, Maria!!!! We love you!! 01:19:06 Liz R: Thank you!