Deb Lambert
@deb-lambert-icl.bsky.social
Writer & Forthcoming Author | Founder of ICLiving — science + heart for living purposefully aware.
https://deblambert.com/
Insight Timer Teacher |
Reflections, meditations, heart felt questions.
The world to come begins within.
https://deblambert.com/
Insight Timer Teacher |
Reflections, meditations, heart felt questions.
The world to come begins within.
What we don’t let move doesn’t disappear.
It lodges. In the body. In our reactions. In our certainty.
This piece is about the need to let it move
emotion, grief, anger, truth
before it turns into something else.
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It lodges. In the body. In our reactions. In our certainty.
This piece is about the need to let it move
emotion, grief, anger, truth
before it turns into something else.
open.substack.com/pub/deblambe...
The Need to Let It Move
Why expression matters when holding it all in stops working
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January 26, 2026 at 3:23 PM
What we don’t let move doesn’t disappear.
It lodges. In the body. In our reactions. In our certainty.
This piece is about the need to let it move
emotion, grief, anger, truth
before it turns into something else.
open.substack.com/pub/deblambe...
It lodges. In the body. In our reactions. In our certainty.
This piece is about the need to let it move
emotion, grief, anger, truth
before it turns into something else.
open.substack.com/pub/deblambe...
Disruption does not always shout.
Sometimes it pauses.
Sometimes it stays grounded.
Sometimes it refuses to let fear decide the response.
I wrote The Quiet Disruption about choosing clarity, presence, and love in a world designed to pull us apart. #bluesky#Conflict
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Sometimes it pauses.
Sometimes it stays grounded.
Sometimes it refuses to let fear decide the response.
I wrote The Quiet Disruption about choosing clarity, presence, and love in a world designed to pull us apart. #bluesky#Conflict
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The Quiet Disruption
Choosing grounded awareness in a world designed to pull you apart
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January 25, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Disruption does not always shout.
Sometimes it pauses.
Sometimes it stays grounded.
Sometimes it refuses to let fear decide the response.
I wrote The Quiet Disruption about choosing clarity, presence, and love in a world designed to pull us apart. #bluesky#Conflict
open.substack.com/pub/deblambe...
Sometimes it pauses.
Sometimes it stays grounded.
Sometimes it refuses to let fear decide the response.
I wrote The Quiet Disruption about choosing clarity, presence, and love in a world designed to pull us apart. #bluesky#Conflict
open.substack.com/pub/deblambe...
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SOMETIMES EVERY THING SEEMED TO BE GOOD
( Size 17 by 13 inch on paper.
Medium acrylics and oil)
Date of creation 2023
Original Sold
Signed Prints available.
Digital files available
( Size 17 by 13 inch on paper.
Medium acrylics and oil)
Date of creation 2023
Original Sold
Signed Prints available.
Digital files available
January 24, 2026 at 2:05 PM
SOMETIMES EVERY THING SEEMED TO BE GOOD
( Size 17 by 13 inch on paper.
Medium acrylics and oil)
Date of creation 2023
Original Sold
Signed Prints available.
Digital files available
( Size 17 by 13 inch on paper.
Medium acrylics and oil)
Date of creation 2023
Original Sold
Signed Prints available.
Digital files available
We assume the problem must be us.
But what if the problem isn’t that you’re out of sync?
What if the problem is the assumption that human awareness can be standardized at all?
Humans Are Not Designed to Be Predictable
#bluesky#thinkforyourself#humanthoughtsmatter
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But what if the problem isn’t that you’re out of sync?
What if the problem is the assumption that human awareness can be standardized at all?
Humans Are Not Designed to Be Predictable
#bluesky#thinkforyourself#humanthoughtsmatter
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You Are Not an Average
Why human awareness cannot be standardized
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January 24, 2026 at 2:09 PM
We assume the problem must be us.
But what if the problem isn’t that you’re out of sync?
What if the problem is the assumption that human awareness can be standardized at all?
Humans Are Not Designed to Be Predictable
#bluesky#thinkforyourself#humanthoughtsmatter
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But what if the problem isn’t that you’re out of sync?
What if the problem is the assumption that human awareness can be standardized at all?
Humans Are Not Designed to Be Predictable
#bluesky#thinkforyourself#humanthoughtsmatter
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Algorithms are built on averages.
Human awareness isn’t.
If you’ve ever felt “off” because your inner experience didn’t match what’s trending or normalized, this piece is for you.
You are not an error in the system.
You are not an average.
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#ICLiving #Awareness
Human awareness isn’t.
If you’ve ever felt “off” because your inner experience didn’t match what’s trending or normalized, this piece is for you.
You are not an error in the system.
You are not an average.
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#ICLiving #Awareness
When Algorithms Decide What Matters
Pattern recognition is not wisdom and why awareness matters more than ever
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January 23, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Algorithms are built on averages.
Human awareness isn’t.
If you’ve ever felt “off” because your inner experience didn’t match what’s trending or normalized, this piece is for you.
You are not an error in the system.
You are not an average.
open.substack.com/pub/deblambe...
#ICLiving #Awareness
Human awareness isn’t.
If you’ve ever felt “off” because your inner experience didn’t match what’s trending or normalized, this piece is for you.
You are not an error in the system.
You are not an average.
open.substack.com/pub/deblambe...
#ICLiving #Awareness
January 22… NYC sky… #bluesky#sunset
January 22, 2026 at 10:12 PM
January 22… NYC sky… #bluesky#sunset
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
This morning, I woke with the words I have a dream moving through me, not as history, but as a living question. Check out my latest article… two “I have a dream” different takes both asking us, what do I dream of?!
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This morning, I woke with the words I have a dream moving through me, not as history, but as a living question. Check out my latest article… two “I have a dream” different takes both asking us, what do I dream of?!
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I Have a Dream
When Collective Vision and Private Hope Speak the Same Language
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January 19, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
This morning, I woke with the words I have a dream moving through me, not as history, but as a living question. Check out my latest article… two “I have a dream” different takes both asking us, what do I dream of?!
open.substack.com/pub/deblambe...
This morning, I woke with the words I have a dream moving through me, not as history, but as a living question. Check out my latest article… two “I have a dream” different takes both asking us, what do I dream of?!
open.substack.com/pub/deblambe...
What happens when the human need for certainty hardens into “only one way”?
I explored this through grief, history, the body, and awareness.#bluesky#certainty#oneway
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I explored this through grief, history, the body, and awareness.#bluesky#certainty#oneway
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When Certainty Hardens
On the quiet cost of ‘only one way’ thinking in our bodies, relationships, and world
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January 18, 2026 at 4:38 PM
What happens when the human need for certainty hardens into “only one way”?
I explored this through grief, history, the body, and awareness.#bluesky#certainty#oneway
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I explored this through grief, history, the body, and awareness.#bluesky#certainty#oneway
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January 18, 2026 at 4:35 PM
There are moments when something sounds right on the surface but feels off in the body.
Ignoring that signal has a cost.
Not politically. Not intellectually.
Physically. Relationally. Internally.
I wrote about why noticing matters more than certainty. #blueskynews
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Ignoring that signal has a cost.
Not politically. Not intellectually.
Physically. Relationally. Internally.
I wrote about why noticing matters more than certainty. #blueskynews
open.substack.com/pub/deblambe...
The Cost of Ignoring What We Sense
By Deb Lambert, Founder of ICLiving
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January 16, 2026 at 8:10 PM
There are moments when something sounds right on the surface but feels off in the body.
Ignoring that signal has a cost.
Not politically. Not intellectually.
Physically. Relationally. Internally.
I wrote about why noticing matters more than certainty. #blueskynews
open.substack.com/pub/deblambe...
Ignoring that signal has a cost.
Not politically. Not intellectually.
Physically. Relationally. Internally.
I wrote about why noticing matters more than certainty. #blueskynews
open.substack.com/pub/deblambe...
Memory is not stored only in thought.
It lives in scent, sound, touch, and feeling. #ICLiving #Awareness #EmbodiedLiving #Memory
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It lives in scent, sound, touch, and feeling. #ICLiving #Awareness #EmbodiedLiving #Memory
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The Five Senses and the Memories That Shape Us
How the body remembers what the mind forgets
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January 14, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Memory is not stored only in thought.
It lives in scent, sound, touch, and feeling. #ICLiving #Awareness #EmbodiedLiving #Memory
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It lives in scent, sound, touch, and feeling. #ICLiving #Awareness #EmbodiedLiving #Memory
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Good morning Bluesky…
January 14, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Good morning Bluesky…
We’re very good at taking the pulse of the room.
Less practiced at taking our own.
Today feels like a good day to pause and notice how you’re actually doing.
Mind. Body. Biofield.
Read: A Good Day to Take Your Pulse
#ICLiving #IntentionalAwareness #ThePAUSEMethod
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Less practiced at taking our own.
Today feels like a good day to pause and notice how you’re actually doing.
Mind. Body. Biofield.
Read: A Good Day to Take Your Pulse
#ICLiving #IntentionalAwareness #ThePAUSEMethod
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A Good Day to Take Your Pulse
By oDeb Lambert, founder of ICLiving
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January 12, 2026 at 3:24 PM
We’re very good at taking the pulse of the room.
Less practiced at taking our own.
Today feels like a good day to pause and notice how you’re actually doing.
Mind. Body. Biofield.
Read: A Good Day to Take Your Pulse
#ICLiving #IntentionalAwareness #ThePAUSEMethod
open.substack.com/pub/deblambe...
Less practiced at taking our own.
Today feels like a good day to pause and notice how you’re actually doing.
Mind. Body. Biofield.
Read: A Good Day to Take Your Pulse
#ICLiving #IntentionalAwareness #ThePAUSEMethod
open.substack.com/pub/deblambe...
Fear narrows.
Love widens.
This article explores love not as sentiment, but as a real organizing force that changes how we listen, respond, and live, especially in moments that usually trigger fear.
#bluesky
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Love widens.
This article explores love not as sentiment, but as a real organizing force that changes how we listen, respond, and live, especially in moments that usually trigger fear.
#bluesky
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When Love Leads
The biology and practice of choosing love over fear in everyday life
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January 8, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Fear narrows.
Love widens.
This article explores love not as sentiment, but as a real organizing force that changes how we listen, respond, and live, especially in moments that usually trigger fear.
#bluesky
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Love widens.
This article explores love not as sentiment, but as a real organizing force that changes how we listen, respond, and live, especially in moments that usually trigger fear.
#bluesky
open.substack.com/pub/deblambe...
January 7, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Fear doesn’t always feel like fear.
Sometimes it feels like certainty, anger, or being absolutely sure you’re right.
This piece is an invitation to notice where fear may be quietly shaping our thoughts, words, and actions, without judgment.
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Sometimes it feels like certainty, anger, or being absolutely sure you’re right.
This piece is an invitation to notice where fear may be quietly shaping our thoughts, words, and actions, without judgment.
open.substack.com/pub/deblambe...
What Fear Is Quietly Running in Your Life
How unexamined fear shapes our thoughts, words, and actions
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January 7, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Fear doesn’t always feel like fear.
Sometimes it feels like certainty, anger, or being absolutely sure you’re right.
This piece is an invitation to notice where fear may be quietly shaping our thoughts, words, and actions, without judgment.
open.substack.com/pub/deblambe...
Sometimes it feels like certainty, anger, or being absolutely sure you’re right.
This piece is an invitation to notice where fear may be quietly shaping our thoughts, words, and actions, without judgment.
open.substack.com/pub/deblambe...
Most people return to work after time off feeling tired, anxious, and behind.
That doesn’t mean you’re failing the new year.
It means you’re human.
This Monday isn’t about fixing your year. It’s about how you meet it.
#ICLiving #IntentionalAwareness #MondayMindset
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That doesn’t mean you’re failing the new year.
It means you’re human.
This Monday isn’t about fixing your year. It’s about how you meet it.
#ICLiving #IntentionalAwareness #MondayMindset
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Good Morning, First Monday Of 2026
Returning to Work With Awareness After Time Away
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January 5, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Most people return to work after time off feeling tired, anxious, and behind.
That doesn’t mean you’re failing the new year.
It means you’re human.
This Monday isn’t about fixing your year. It’s about how you meet it.
#ICLiving #IntentionalAwareness #MondayMindset
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That doesn’t mean you’re failing the new year.
It means you’re human.
This Monday isn’t about fixing your year. It’s about how you meet it.
#ICLiving #IntentionalAwareness #MondayMindset
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January 1 isn’t a reset.
It’s a threshold.
You step into the new year carrying your thoughts, your energy, and your attention.
Where you place them next matters.
#ICLiving #IntentionalAwareness #ThoughtsMatter #NewYearPresence #ConsciousLiving
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It’s a threshold.
You step into the new year carrying your thoughts, your energy, and your attention.
Where you place them next matters.
#ICLiving #IntentionalAwareness #ThoughtsMatter #NewYearPresence #ConsciousLiving
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The Threshold Is Open
What We Carry Forward Shapes What Comes Next
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January 1, 2026 at 12:12 PM
January 1 isn’t a reset.
It’s a threshold.
You step into the new year carrying your thoughts, your energy, and your attention.
Where you place them next matters.
#ICLiving #IntentionalAwareness #ThoughtsMatter #NewYearPresence #ConsciousLiving
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It’s a threshold.
You step into the new year carrying your thoughts, your energy, and your attention.
Where you place them next matters.
#ICLiving #IntentionalAwareness #ThoughtsMatter #NewYearPresence #ConsciousLiving
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In 2026, I’m sharing one intentional reflection each day.
Not advice. Not answers.
Just awareness, practiced together.
May this year support your relationship with awareness, one day at a time.
#bluesky #ICLiving
#IntentionalAwareness
#DailyReflection
#ConsciousLiving
#AwarenessPractice
Not advice. Not answers.
Just awareness, practiced together.
May this year support your relationship with awareness, one day at a time.
#bluesky #ICLiving
#IntentionalAwareness
#DailyReflection
#ConsciousLiving
#AwarenessPractice
January 1, 2026 at 9:17 AM
In 2026, I’m sharing one intentional reflection each day.
Not advice. Not answers.
Just awareness, practiced together.
May this year support your relationship with awareness, one day at a time.
#bluesky #ICLiving
#IntentionalAwareness
#DailyReflection
#ConsciousLiving
#AwarenessPractice
Not advice. Not answers.
Just awareness, practiced together.
May this year support your relationship with awareness, one day at a time.
#bluesky #ICLiving
#IntentionalAwareness
#DailyReflection
#ConsciousLiving
#AwarenessPractice
A new year doesn’t need a reset. It needs a conscious crossing.
Part Three offers a threshold meditation for entering 2026 with intentional awareness instead of momentum.
#ICLiving #IntentionalAwareness #NewYearConsciously #ThePauseMethod
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Part Three offers a threshold meditation for entering 2026 with intentional awareness instead of momentum.
#ICLiving #IntentionalAwareness #NewYearConsciously #ThePauseMethod
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Crossing the Threshold: Part Three: Choosing How You Enter 2026
Intentional Awareness as a Beginning Marker
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December 31, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A new year doesn’t need a reset. It needs a conscious crossing.
Part Three offers a threshold meditation for entering 2026 with intentional awareness instead of momentum.
#ICLiving #IntentionalAwareness #NewYearConsciously #ThePauseMethod
open.substack.com/pub/deblambe...
Part Three offers a threshold meditation for entering 2026 with intentional awareness instead of momentum.
#ICLiving #IntentionalAwareness #NewYearConsciously #ThePauseMethod
open.substack.com/pub/deblambe...