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We share inspiring, helpful, challenging articles. And quotes, and whatever I care about. You can write & get featured on Elephant at elephantjournal.com/post Elephant: about The Mindful Life, since 2002: elephantjournal.com/best (free) to stay connected.

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Waylon & Elephant Journal @elephantjournal.com · Sep 5

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Plastic is Spooky! ~ Waylon Lewis {Walk the Talk Show Podcast, Video} | elephant journal

Imagine if we could celebrate Halloween without trashing our planet and teaching our children that it’s okay to do so.

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Waylon & Elephant Journal @elephantjournal.com · 9h

Accountability and a narcissist and never the twain shall meet.

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Waylon & Elephant Journal @elephantjournal.com · 14h

"Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night & day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart; men, women & children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared..."
~ Anne Frank, re Nazis

Waylon & Elephant Journal @elephantjournal.com · 14h

Teargassing babies? Trump's war on America:

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Teargassing babies? Trump's war on America:

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Waylon & Elephant Journal @elephantjournal.com · 18h

A few personal goals today: walk outside and hear the leaves "crunch" under my feet, hug my grandma, make a pot of soup whilst pretending I am a forest witch and stirring my cauldron of goodness, not scream at the madness *waves all around* ~ Molly, ed.

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Waylon & Elephant Journal @elephantjournal.com · 3d

7 Habits of a Solitary Witch: 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂🍂🍁🍁🌛

7 Habits of a Solitary Witch. | elephant journal

We are all wise women, it’s in our bones

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Waylon & Elephant Journal @elephantjournal.com · 5d

Samhain, more commonly known as Halloween, is the Witches’ New Year:

7 Habits of a Solitary Witch. | elephant journal

We are all wise women, it’s in our bones

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Waylon & Elephant Journal @elephantjournal.com · 5d

“The bus roared on. I was going home in October. Everybody goes home in October.” ~ Jack Kerouac

October Feels Like Home. | elephant journal

October even smells good. It’s brisk air and bonfires. It’s the smell of a tailgate, and tastes like cheesy potato casserole or apple cinnamon. It’s pumpkin and

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Waylon & Elephant Journal @elephantjournal.com · 5d

4 Steps to find what makes us Come Alive. | elephant journal

I shut the door, placed my purse on the seat, and turned the ignition. And then I screamed at the top of my lungs. I was so sick and tired of this job.

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Waylon & Elephant Journal @elephantjournal.com · 5d

"Screaming felt like the only thing I could do to get through the day sometimes." ~ Danielle LaRock, "4 Steps to find what makes us Come Alive."

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Waylon & Elephant Journal @elephantjournal.com · 6d

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Waylon & Elephant Journal @elephantjournal.com · 7d

"A witch? me? because of my long hair? But why would being a witch be a dangerous accusation? What would they do to me, if they did decide I was a witch?"

Seduction, Witches & Long Hair. | elephant journal

Witches stand in opposition to puritanical fears that encourage the repression of our natural sexuality, representing rebellion, and freedom. Witches wear their natural beauty without shame or inhibit...

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Waylon & Elephant Journal @elephantjournal.com · 7d

thanks you! Followed and reshared <3 Let me know if I can help in any way! ~ Way

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Waylon & Elephant Journal @elephantjournal.com · 7d

How is everyone? Like you I've been attracted to the independent (non-tech-overlord-bent-on-exploiting-our-planet+society) Blue Sky. We're consistent here but struggling to build community. We share mindful articles from our community here—help us by reading, sharing? We'll reply to any comments.

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Sabrina Göldlin @seekerofgold.bsky.social · 8d

“…when two people struggle it’s often because both are afraid of getting hurt. I think that’s true for me too.

New article published on elephant journal, help me get traction by liking, sharing and commenting.
Thank you. ❤️

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How Childhood Wounds Shaped the Way I Love & Protect Myself. | elephant journal

My childhood wounds have ruined so much of my potential: my ability to build healthy relationships, to care for them in the right ways. I don’t mean to sound like

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Waylon & Elephant Journal @elephantjournal.com · 8d

“If you don’t like how women look without makeup, never get married.” Before/after make up photos:

More attractive without make up? | elephant journal

Take off your {fake} face.

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Waylon & Elephant Journal @elephantjournal.com · 8d

5. If she happens to let you close enough to love her, take it seriously. It means she’s trying. It means she wants to love you. And remember that helping her learn how to be loved in return is the surest way to win her heart.

5 Tips to Love a Woman Who Doesn't Know How to Be Loved. | elephant journal

Independent women can be harder to start relationships with and it requires a sensitive approach to her guarded heart. Guys, here are tips to love her well.

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Waylon & Elephant Journal @elephantjournal.com · 9d

#4 will kill even a relationship full of love.

5 Things Healthy Relationships Do Differently than Toxic Romances.

Here is what I have discovered those in healthy relationships do differently.

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Waylon & Elephant Journal @elephantjournal.com · 11d

9. “To recognize one’s own insanity is, of course, the arising of sanity, the beginning of healing and transcendence.”

10 Quotes from Eckhart Tolle to Help us with the Winter Blues. | elephant journal

I will be honest with you—last winter was like no other I had ever experienced.

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Waylon & Elephant Journal @elephantjournal.com · 12d

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Waylon & Elephant Journal @elephantjournal.com · 12d

"Republicans are in charge of the Senate.

Republicans are in charge of the House.

Republicans are in charge of the Executive Branch.

If the government shuts down and you honestly think Democrats are to blame, you're the reason shampoo bottles have instructions." ~ a comment

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Waylon & Elephant Journal @elephantjournal.com · 12d

🎙 Check out our talk show episode: 10 Basic Salves for Burn-Out & Everyday Depression.

10 Basic Salves for Burn-Out & Everyday Depression.

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Waylon & Elephant Journal @elephantjournal.com · 12d

Check in on your people. We aren't all okay. 💗🙏🏼

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Waylon & Elephant Journal @elephantjournal.com · 12d

"Auspicious coincidence comes in if we're totally present. Things should start working in a way that can be downright magical." ~ Waylon H. Lewis
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Watch the Walk the Talk Show video or listen to the podcast , How to Make a Decision (a little Buddhist Tip). 👉🏼 elejrnl.com?p=4208493

How to Make a Decision (a little Buddhist Tip). ~ Waylon Lewis {Walk the Talk Show Podcast, Video} | elephant journal

Not-knowing is something you may have to hold onto for quite a while. It may feel frustrating. But it's not the same as indecision.

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Melody @peace-dreamer1.bsky.social · 13d

No amount of approval from others can fill the emptiness that comes from abandoning yourself. Published in the great @elephantjournal.com
The+Courage+to+Risk+being+Unliked%3A+Choosing+Self-Love+over+Approval. elejrnl.com?p=4197304

The Courage to Risk being Unliked: Choosing Self-Love over Approval. | elephant journal

Anyone else going through this? If you’ve been trying to avoid disagreements and heated political debates to keep peace, here’s one question:

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Melody @peace-dreamer1.bsky.social · 13d

Hold both truths. One will heal you. One will change the world. Newly published in the great @elephantjournal.com Why+the+Mantra+%22I+am+Enough%22+is+Only+Half+the+Story. elejrnl.com?p=4207658

Why the Mantra “I am Enough” is Only Half the Story. | elephant journal

We see it everywhere. It’s whispered in yoga classes, inked into tattoos, and printed on mugs and T-shirts: “I am enough.” And it’s true. These three healing words are medicine in a culture

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