Nicole Asbjorn
@theequanimousmind.bsky.social
Poet, novelist, and researcher writing about identity, postcolonial thought, and the soft work of becoming.
www.theequanimousmind.com
www.theequanimousmind.com
Just published a new piece on The Equanimous Mind: Butterfly Wings.
A meditation on subtle shifts, inner weather, and the quiet power of small transformations.
If you’re craving something gentle, reflective, and grounding, this one’s for you.
Read it here: www.theequanimousmind.com
A meditation on subtle shifts, inner weather, and the quiet power of small transformations.
If you’re craving something gentle, reflective, and grounding, this one’s for you.
Read it here: www.theequanimousmind.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Just published a new piece on The Equanimous Mind: Butterfly Wings.
A meditation on subtle shifts, inner weather, and the quiet power of small transformations.
If you’re craving something gentle, reflective, and grounding, this one’s for you.
Read it here: www.theequanimousmind.com
A meditation on subtle shifts, inner weather, and the quiet power of small transformations.
If you’re craving something gentle, reflective, and grounding, this one’s for you.
Read it here: www.theequanimousmind.com
Just published a new piece: “The Blatant Now.”
A reflection on presence, attention, and the subtle ways we defift away from ourselves. If you're exploring mindfulness or simply trying to slow down, this one’s for you.
Read it at theequanimousmind.com
A reflection on presence, attention, and the subtle ways we defift away from ourselves. If you're exploring mindfulness or simply trying to slow down, this one’s for you.
Read it at theequanimousmind.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Just published a new piece: “The Blatant Now.”
A reflection on presence, attention, and the subtle ways we defift away from ourselves. If you're exploring mindfulness or simply trying to slow down, this one’s for you.
Read it at theequanimousmind.com
A reflection on presence, attention, and the subtle ways we defift away from ourselves. If you're exploring mindfulness or simply trying to slow down, this one’s for you.
Read it at theequanimousmind.com
New blog post: “Jellyfish” 🪼
A reflection on softness as strength, grief that drifts, and the quiet wisdom of letting yourself be carried for a while.
Read here:
www.theequanimousmind.com
#AmWriting #CreativeNonfiction #PoeticProse #TheEquanimousMind
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A reflection on softness as strength, grief that drifts, and the quiet wisdom of letting yourself be carried for a while.
Read here:
www.theequanimousmind.com
#AmWriting #CreativeNonfiction #PoeticProse #TheEquanimousMind
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December 22, 2025 at 4:37 AM
New blog post: “Jellyfish” 🪼
A reflection on softness as strength, grief that drifts, and the quiet wisdom of letting yourself be carried for a while.
Read here:
www.theequanimousmind.com
#AmWriting #CreativeNonfiction #PoeticProse #TheEquanimousMind
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A reflection on softness as strength, grief that drifts, and the quiet wisdom of letting yourself be carried for a while.
Read here:
www.theequanimousmind.com
#AmWriting #CreativeNonfiction #PoeticProse #TheEquanimousMind
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New on The Equanimous Mind:
“Oh, What a Beautiful Night” — a reflection on those rare evenings that open the heart and quiet the world.
If you’re in need of a moment of calm or meaning, take a breath with this one.
🌙✨
Read: www.theequanimousmind.com
“Oh, What a Beautiful Night” — a reflection on those rare evenings that open the heart and quiet the world.
If you’re in need of a moment of calm or meaning, take a breath with this one.
🌙✨
Read: www.theequanimousmind.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:57 AM
New on The Equanimous Mind:
“Oh, What a Beautiful Night” — a reflection on those rare evenings that open the heart and quiet the world.
If you’re in need of a moment of calm or meaning, take a breath with this one.
🌙✨
Read: www.theequanimousmind.com
“Oh, What a Beautiful Night” — a reflection on those rare evenings that open the heart and quiet the world.
If you’re in need of a moment of calm or meaning, take a breath with this one.
🌙✨
Read: www.theequanimousmind.com
When the water smooths the stone, it’s not destruction — it’s return.
My latest piece, The Road Not Taken, is for anyone learning to flow again after loss.
Read it here: www.theequanimousmind.com
#Poetry #NatureWriting #Healing
My latest piece, The Road Not Taken, is for anyone learning to flow again after loss.
Read it here: www.theequanimousmind.com
#Poetry #NatureWriting #Healing
October 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
When the water smooths the stone, it’s not destruction — it’s return.
My latest piece, The Road Not Taken, is for anyone learning to flow again after loss.
Read it here: www.theequanimousmind.com
#Poetry #NatureWriting #Healing
My latest piece, The Road Not Taken, is for anyone learning to flow again after loss.
Read it here: www.theequanimousmind.com
#Poetry #NatureWriting #Healing
We don’t always see people as they are — we see them through the lens of our past.
My newest piece, Blueprints, is about recognizing those projections and choosing something more generous in their place.
🔗 www.theequanimousmind.com
My newest piece, Blueprints, is about recognizing those projections and choosing something more generous in their place.
🔗 www.theequanimousmind.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
We don’t always see people as they are — we see them through the lens of our past.
My newest piece, Blueprints, is about recognizing those projections and choosing something more generous in their place.
🔗 www.theequanimousmind.com
My newest piece, Blueprints, is about recognizing those projections and choosing something more generous in their place.
🔗 www.theequanimousmind.com
Change takes time. 🌱 Sometimes it feels like reaching into a paper bag—not knowing what you’ll pull out, but trusting it’ll nourish you.
My new post: Hand in a Paper Bag → www.theequanimousmind.com
My new post: Hand in a Paper Bag → www.theequanimousmind.com
October 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Change takes time. 🌱 Sometimes it feels like reaching into a paper bag—not knowing what you’ll pull out, but trusting it’ll nourish you.
My new post: Hand in a Paper Bag → www.theequanimousmind.com
My new post: Hand in a Paper Bag → www.theequanimousmind.com
✨ Moving from lack to luster is more than a shift in circumstance—it’s a transformation of perspective.
I wrote about finding radiance where scarcity once lived.
Read here ➡️ www.theequanimousmind.com/lack-to-luster
#Mindfulness #Growth #WritingLife
I wrote about finding radiance where scarcity once lived.
Read here ➡️ www.theequanimousmind.com/lack-to-luster
#Mindfulness #Growth #WritingLife
September 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
✨ Moving from lack to luster is more than a shift in circumstance—it’s a transformation of perspective.
I wrote about finding radiance where scarcity once lived.
Read here ➡️ www.theequanimousmind.com/lack-to-luster
#Mindfulness #Growth #WritingLife
I wrote about finding radiance where scarcity once lived.
Read here ➡️ www.theequanimousmind.com/lack-to-luster
#Mindfulness #Growth #WritingLife
🌿 The spaces we create between chaos and calm can become both a home and a haven.
I wrote about the liminal place where rest, reflection, and becoming meet.
✨ Read here: www.theequanimousmind.com/the-in-between-a-home-a-haven
#Mindfulness #WritingLife #TheInBetween
I wrote about the liminal place where rest, reflection, and becoming meet.
✨ Read here: www.theequanimousmind.com/the-in-between-a-home-a-haven
#Mindfulness #WritingLife #TheInBetween
The In-Between: A Home, a Haven
09/05/2025 “Hope is the thing without feathers,” Dickinson writes. I understand what it means now. Hope is like a flightless bird because while it lifts your spirits, it cannot fly; it is just a co…
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September 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
🌿 The spaces we create between chaos and calm can become both a home and a haven.
I wrote about the liminal place where rest, reflection, and becoming meet.
✨ Read here: www.theequanimousmind.com/the-in-between-a-home-a-haven
#Mindfulness #WritingLife #TheInBetween
I wrote about the liminal place where rest, reflection, and becoming meet.
✨ Read here: www.theequanimousmind.com/the-in-between-a-home-a-haven
#Mindfulness #WritingLife #TheInBetween
New on the blog: Recognizance 🌿
What we don’t notice about ourselves quietly shapes our world. Today, I explore how noticing—truly noticing—can be an act of liberation.
Dive in: www.theequanimousmind.com
Question for you: What part of yourself are you finally ready to recognize?
What we don’t notice about ourselves quietly shapes our world. Today, I explore how noticing—truly noticing—can be an act of liberation.
Dive in: www.theequanimousmind.com
Question for you: What part of yourself are you finally ready to recognize?
August 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
New on the blog: Recognizance 🌿
What we don’t notice about ourselves quietly shapes our world. Today, I explore how noticing—truly noticing—can be an act of liberation.
Dive in: www.theequanimousmind.com
Question for you: What part of yourself are you finally ready to recognize?
What we don’t notice about ourselves quietly shapes our world. Today, I explore how noticing—truly noticing—can be an act of liberation.
Dive in: www.theequanimousmind.com
Question for you: What part of yourself are you finally ready to recognize?
everyone rushing to the finish line while i’m over here gently painting my eyebrows and trusting divine timing 💅🏽✨
new post on The Equanimous Mind: PAINTED FACES — honoring slow growth, sacred pacing, and not letting capitalism bully your timeline
read here → www.theequanimousmind.com
new post on The Equanimous Mind: PAINTED FACES — honoring slow growth, sacred pacing, and not letting capitalism bully your timeline
read here → www.theequanimousmind.com
August 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
everyone rushing to the finish line while i’m over here gently painting my eyebrows and trusting divine timing 💅🏽✨
new post on The Equanimous Mind: PAINTED FACES — honoring slow growth, sacred pacing, and not letting capitalism bully your timeline
read here → www.theequanimousmind.com
new post on The Equanimous Mind: PAINTED FACES — honoring slow growth, sacred pacing, and not letting capitalism bully your timeline
read here → www.theequanimousmind.com
Just published a new piece on The Equanimous Mind — “Grief, My Darling” — my ode to sorrow as both companion and catalyst.
If grief has ever hollowed you out only to remake you softer, wiser, more daring — this one is for you.
🌿 Read: www.theequanimousmind.com
#writing #grief #healing
If grief has ever hollowed you out only to remake you softer, wiser, more daring — this one is for you.
🌿 Read: www.theequanimousmind.com
#writing #grief #healing
August 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Just published a new piece on The Equanimous Mind — “Grief, My Darling” — my ode to sorrow as both companion and catalyst.
If grief has ever hollowed you out only to remake you softer, wiser, more daring — this one is for you.
🌿 Read: www.theequanimousmind.com
#writing #grief #healing
If grief has ever hollowed you out only to remake you softer, wiser, more daring — this one is for you.
🌿 Read: www.theequanimousmind.com
#writing #grief #healing
Despair erodes in silence, but resilience can be built in whispers.
My new piece, A Buttress Against Despair, reflects on how we can craft quiet strength when life frays at the edges.
Read here: www.theequanimousmind.com
My new piece, A Buttress Against Despair, reflects on how we can craft quiet strength when life frays at the edges.
Read here: www.theequanimousmind.com
The Equanimous Mind ™
An inner dialogue with doubt, clarity, and truth--a reflective lens on the human condition.
www.theequanimousmind.com
August 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Despair erodes in silence, but resilience can be built in whispers.
My new piece, A Buttress Against Despair, reflects on how we can craft quiet strength when life frays at the edges.
Read here: www.theequanimousmind.com
My new piece, A Buttress Against Despair, reflects on how we can craft quiet strength when life frays at the edges.
Read here: www.theequanimousmind.com
just published a new piece on the blog called Catapult.
it’s about movement, change, and the violent grace of becoming.
for anyone who’s felt launched by life—too soon, too fast, too far.
🌀 read here: www.theequanimousmind.com
#writing #blog #healing #transformation #theequanimousmind
it’s about movement, change, and the violent grace of becoming.
for anyone who’s felt launched by life—too soon, too fast, too far.
🌀 read here: www.theequanimousmind.com
#writing #blog #healing #transformation #theequanimousmind
The Equanimous Mind
An inner dialogue with doubt, clarity, and truth--a reflective lens on the human condition.
www.theequanimousmind.com
August 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
just published a new piece on the blog called Catapult.
it’s about movement, change, and the violent grace of becoming.
for anyone who’s felt launched by life—too soon, too fast, too far.
🌀 read here: www.theequanimousmind.com
#writing #blog #healing #transformation #theequanimousmind
it’s about movement, change, and the violent grace of becoming.
for anyone who’s felt launched by life—too soon, too fast, too far.
🌀 read here: www.theequanimousmind.com
#writing #blog #healing #transformation #theequanimousmind
New on The Equanimous Mind:
Savage, Brave Actor — a meditation on performance, power, and the courage it takes to stay in character when the world wants you silent.
🎭🖤
www.theequanimousmind.com
Savage, Brave Actor — a meditation on performance, power, and the courage it takes to stay in character when the world wants you silent.
🎭🖤
www.theequanimousmind.com
The Equanimous Mind
An inner dialogue with doubt, clarity, and truth--a reflective lens on the human condition.
www.theequanimousmind.com
August 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
New on The Equanimous Mind:
Savage, Brave Actor — a meditation on performance, power, and the courage it takes to stay in character when the world wants you silent.
🎭🖤
www.theequanimousmind.com
Savage, Brave Actor — a meditation on performance, power, and the courage it takes to stay in character when the world wants you silent.
🎭🖤
www.theequanimousmind.com
Sometimes surrender is the way across.
I wrote about a moment that softened me, called Golden Bridge.
Maybe you’ve had one too.
🖇️ www.theequanimousmind.com/2025/07/29/g...
#poetry #meditation #healing
I wrote about a moment that softened me, called Golden Bridge.
Maybe you’ve had one too.
🖇️ www.theequanimousmind.com/2025/07/29/g...
#poetry #meditation #healing
August 3, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Sometimes surrender is the way across.
I wrote about a moment that softened me, called Golden Bridge.
Maybe you’ve had one too.
🖇️ www.theequanimousmind.com/2025/07/29/g...
#poetry #meditation #healing
I wrote about a moment that softened me, called Golden Bridge.
Maybe you’ve had one too.
🖇️ www.theequanimousmind.com/2025/07/29/g...
#poetry #meditation #healing
new post on The Equanimous Mind:
“bird camouflaged in the thicket”
about hiding, shame, softness, and wanting to be seen without being chased.
🕊️ theequanimousmind.wordpress.com/2024/07/24/b...
“bird camouflaged in the thicket”
about hiding, shame, softness, and wanting to be seen without being chased.
🕊️ theequanimousmind.wordpress.com/2024/07/24/b...
theequanimousmind.wordpress.com
July 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
new post on The Equanimous Mind:
“bird camouflaged in the thicket”
about hiding, shame, softness, and wanting to be seen without being chased.
🕊️ theequanimousmind.wordpress.com/2024/07/24/b...
“bird camouflaged in the thicket”
about hiding, shame, softness, and wanting to be seen without being chased.
🕊️ theequanimousmind.wordpress.com/2024/07/24/b...
started a quiet blog called The Equanimous Mind.
first post is up: soft, small, and about needing a space that doesn’t perform.
🕳️ theequanimousmind.wordpress.com/2024/07/24/a...
first post is up: soft, small, and about needing a space that doesn’t perform.
🕳️ theequanimousmind.wordpress.com/2024/07/24/a...
theequanimousmind.wordpress.com
July 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
started a quiet blog called The Equanimous Mind.
first post is up: soft, small, and about needing a space that doesn’t perform.
🕳️ theequanimousmind.wordpress.com/2024/07/24/a...
first post is up: soft, small, and about needing a space that doesn’t perform.
🕳️ theequanimousmind.wordpress.com/2024/07/24/a...
Hello friends,
I’m excited to share something I’ve been quietly building: a new blog called The Equanimous Mind — my own little hole in the wall on the internet, where I reflect on life, growth, identity, and the strange magic of being human.
👉 www.theequanimousmind.wordpress.com
I’m excited to share something I’ve been quietly building: a new blog called The Equanimous Mind — my own little hole in the wall on the internet, where I reflect on life, growth, identity, and the strange magic of being human.
👉 www.theequanimousmind.wordpress.com
The Equanimous Mind
An inner dialogue with doubt, clarity, and truth--a reflective lens on the human condition.
www.theequanimousmind.wordpress.com
July 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Hello friends,
I’m excited to share something I’ve been quietly building: a new blog called The Equanimous Mind — my own little hole in the wall on the internet, where I reflect on life, growth, identity, and the strange magic of being human.
👉 www.theequanimousmind.wordpress.com
I’m excited to share something I’ve been quietly building: a new blog called The Equanimous Mind — my own little hole in the wall on the internet, where I reflect on life, growth, identity, and the strange magic of being human.
👉 www.theequanimousmind.wordpress.com