January download for my Ko-fi patrons
[The] only way we can change the way we feel is by becoming aware of our inner experience and learning to befriend what is going inside ourselves.
Bessel van der Kolk
The 2024 Kit includes (12) monthly journal pages with prompts to guide you for a year of [kaleidoscope perspectives], of determining meaning in your life, of practicing curiosity and seeking beauty.
January’s guide word is [magic].
This past year I have compiled resources and hosted online discussions focused on emotional alchemy and synchronicity; within that practice, a deeper sense of compassion has emerged. ♥
For 2024, I am transitioning into the theme of [Kaleidoscope Perspectives].
- For me, this is a practice of turning the (imaginary) kaleidoscope of my life to see the ever-changing beauty and new perspectives of my living.
- This theme was inspired by the choices I started practicing during the months of an “impossibly” difficult situation concerning someone I love dearly.
- It enabled me to support them in tangible ways without becoming enveloped by my concern for their well-being, and my anger about the lack of justice they had to live through.
- Inspired to face situations with curiosity (instead of resistance), I decided to practice Mary Oliver’s example of being “a bride married to amazement.”
The December guide word was [circles].
[Circles] prepared + inspired me to my sojourn with cycles and phases as I turned the kaleidoscope of my life to see how my life occurs in ever-widening circles. (It felt absolutely energizing, Braveheart!) ♥
- This included determining a sense of closure after a lifetime of the assorted feelings of holiday gatherings.
- I was able to peacefully hold space with my choice to stop hoping for different (and not-possible) outcomes.
- I lived my questions within the transitioning-away from relational defaults and challenges, reaching long-awaited conclusions facilitated by practicing different habits this past year. ♥
Whatever opens us is not as important as what it opens.
Mark Nepo
To live a conscious life, we need to constantly refine our listening.
John O’Donohue
This month’s download for my Ko-fi patrons ➡️➡️➡️ includes content, art ✂️📝 and prompts for 🔭💜 [noticing] and compassionately (and creatively) holding 💢 space to build personal awareness via [listening].
💛 Braveheart, dates and calendar 🗓️ years are not as relevant or memorable as personal 💞 anniversaries, seasons 💫 and celestial 🌌 cycles — particularly with regard to personal 🔭 perspective and 📊 progress, discovery, 🗣️expression and 📈♻️ growth.
🌐 These personal points of progress and development occur subtly within the ⏳ hours of our days and into weeks — and without 🙈🙉🧟♀️ notice — if we do not employ some type of chronicling.
🍀 This is why I am a right brain planner; my journal is my “planner” and it is sacred space 📿🔮📖🖌️ to connect with all the pieces 🧩 of me.
Thank you kindly for your presence here, Braveheart.
I appreciate your interest and support.
~love & good wishes~
2024 Right Brain Planner® Kit | field notes | Right Brain Planner® FAQ
2024 Right Brain Planner® Kit [Theme] Kaleidoscope Perspectives ✨ [Focus] — Noticing Beauty (within the kaleidoscope of your living: the ongoing, ever-changing “formations” of color and meaning)
❤️ Braveheart, as the Creator/Artist of Right Brain Planner® I am ever-grateful to have the opportunity to share my creative work online + support other creators since 2008! 🎉 This is possible, in part, by {you} and your presence here. But also because of the support of my Ko-fi patrons and the other other member/subscriber communities I host (via their presence, input and subscriptions).
P.S. I have been devoting more time to writing here about my creative practice. 😊 I hope you will join me here, Braveheart. 🎉