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Posted on February 17, 2016 by daniobuckley in By Dani, Community and Connections, Creative Nonfiction and Memoir, Creative Writing, Inspiration, Journaling, Stories, Workshops, Writing Prompts.
Last Thursday I hosted my “Gettin’ Down (on Paper) and Dirty with Your Badass Self” Creative Writing Workshop, and it was all kinds of awesome! A room full of strangers willing to sit down, be present, and open up. We breathed together, we wrote, we created, and we shared. Most importantly, we all showed up and […]
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Posted on February 16, 2016 by daniobuckley in Inspiration, Journaling, Words of Wisdom.
I kind of love mantras, and I love having something to ponder on, or repeat to myself, when I (attempt to) meditate. I started creating these because I found that there are a lot of mantras out there that are either a little fluffy and “woo woo” for me, or just great messages with ugly […]
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Posted on February 2, 2016 by daniobuckley in Authentic Relating, Inspiration, Workshops.
If you’ve ever experienced an authentic relating game night or attended one of my Seattle authentic relating workshops, then you already know how hard it is to explain what exactly “authentic relating” is… without making it sound really weird, or confusing, or both. This post is meant to give a basic overview of my interpretation of […]
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Posted on January 28, 2016 by daniobuckley in Authentic Relating, Community and Connections, Creative Writing, Journaling, Words of Wisdom, Writing Prompts.
You might have read the first part of that title, nodded, then saw “Death Talk” and wondered why the hell you would want to have conversations around death. If so, you’re not alone. We pretty much universally fear death and avoid it at all costs, and that certainly includes talking or even thinking about it. […]
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Posted on January 5, 2016 by daniobuckley in By Dani, Community and Connections, Creative Nonfiction and Memoir, Creative Writing, Journaling, Links I Love, Stories.
I had the pleasure of seeing Megan Devine, of Refuge in Grief, speak last summer at the World Domination Summit in Portland. It was a pretty powerful talk and for me, incredibly timely, to hear her story and advice only 9 months after my Dad had died. I had been spending a lot (like, a LOT) […]
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Posted on July 29, 2015 by daniobuckley in By Dani, Inspiration, Stories, Writing Prompts.
*Editor’s Note: This article was originally written and published on an old blog on June 18, 2013. Every single day I struggle with determining how my time is best spent – do I create right now or do I learn right now? It’s this battle between the two that I still haven’t quite figured out. […]
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