week 23/52 [mindful pathways]

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Mindfulness allows us to turn toward our pain with acceptance of the present moment reality.

Kristin Neff

Having a weekly guide word is one of the ways flow is sustained for me. These weekly reviews are the ongoing backstory that empowers me to process what I am curious about, and how I live + chronicle what matters most to me.

TL;DR — Being conscious and actively giving my attention to being in the Now is healing me.

When we are self-compassionate, we recognize that our suffering connects us rather than separates us from others.

Kristin Neff

[You] do not have to wait to know what the next chapter will entail for this to be true: you are allowed to keep returning to the spaces that allow you to breathe and explore the possibility of what could be. Even if it just begins with one line at a time.

Morgan Harper Nichols

📿 My guide words for this week have been [mindful pathways].

This has kept my focus + attention on thresholds and my ever-available options.

Journaling isn’t just writing—it’s a guided practice that helps you uncover your thoughts and feelings, often for the first time.

Ryder Carroll

You’re essentially sitting with years or decades of ignored emotions. All you need to do is listen and respond only with kindness. You do not need to judge or analyze what’s going on. Instead, simply welcome these feelings.

Jackson MacKenzie

Right Brain Planner resources are designed to support a self-paced creative practice of chronicling your story-unfolding according the rhythms of nature (instead of a constant state of busyness, feeling behind and “shoulding” yourself).

content posts*

*[Some of these posts are visible to members and followers only, and linked here as a personal record.]

I am currently compiling the third Right Brain Planner Guide for 2025. Although I had already outlined the theme, I had no idea how vital the timing would be for me personally.

The focus is the creative (spiritual) practice renewing our minds—particularly essential when we are living in a spiral of overwhelm and challenging circumstances.

The third Guide for 2025* will offer simple prompts to use for realigning our thoughts; ideas for restoring inner calm and self-soothing.

  • But also, devoting oneself to a practice of being in the moment, to chronicle as we begin to process what we are experiencing. They gave me a structure through which to see things and an easy way to begin building a habit.
  • *Available the first week of July.

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I appreciate your interest and support.

~love & good wishes~

📌 Right Brain Planner® FAQ

2025 Right Brain Planner theme is [Chapters 📖 The Magic of Your Story Unfolding]. I publish cyclical resources + quarterly guides with art and instructional content. ✨

Right Brain Planning Basics | Day One Guide | Guide 3 (available July 2025) | Guide 4

⭐️ I am an artist and curator; I am one who communicates with color, found words and collage, inky marks and doodles as I cycle like the moon (as my calendar), chronicling oracles and abiding with the sky as a meditation.

⭐️ I host creative communities, safe spaces for gathering and sharing. I choose love and creativity for coping with the ongoing challenges of this world and I go to work—not because everything is fine but because I believe art heals.

❤️ 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! 🎉 For almost 20 years I have had the privilege of sharing my art and writing about right brain planning while also hosting kindred 👭🏽💞👭 communities. ✨ I consider it an absolute delight to continue this portion of my creative work (even as I retire from full-time work).

  • 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 member/subscriber communities I host (via their presence, input and paid subscriptions). 🫶