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What Does Success Mean?
by Marjorie Cottrell July 14, 2022
What does success mean to you? Wisdom from an eight-year-old, Martha Beck and Pema Chodron.
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Another Year
by Marjorie Cottrell July 01, 2022
Does how I measure reflect what I've measured? If so, what does that say about my priorities? My goals?
- artists
- astrology
- create your life
- exploration
- identity
- inspiration
- motherhood
- quest
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Ventura, California
by Marjorie Cottrell April 19, 2022
Even though my trip was bookended by gridlock LA traffic on a shuttle ride that took hours, all I could do was look at the palm trees and smile.
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Vacuums + The Wounded Healer
by Marjorie Cottrell March 08, 2022

A wounding experience deepens our ability to empathize and offer compassion. So aren't we all wounded healers, I wonder?
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Where's the Wisdom?
by Marjorie Cottrell February 14, 2022
We all have access to wisdom and there is no limit. Similar to love. There is more than enough.
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What's Your Favorite Thing About Your Life?
by Marjorie Cottrell January 25, 2022
There's rarely a short answer to big questions. But give it a think and let yourself try to answer: What is your favorite thing about your life?
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The Process of Becoming
by Marjorie Cottrell December 02, 2021
Be sure not to miss details on my December Book Giveaway at the bottom!
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What Keeps Finding You?
by Marjorie Cottrell October 21, 2021
Begin to take note of what continues to find you. Observe with intent and notice how the presence of these small appearances can bring comfort and offer direction.
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Following the Current of Natal Promise: Why or Why Not?
by Marjorie Cottrell July 13, 2021
Looking skillfully at a birthchart, we can interpret skills and weaknesses. An astrologer can translate potential tendencies alongside inherent conflicts and tensions. Next we must ask ourselves: Should we follow the current of natal promise? Why or why not?
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Another Solar Return
by Marjorie Cottrell June 22, 2021
It seems as if we all feel stuck in our life path or with the choices we've made at some point or even periodically. Limits and boundaries of time, energy and resources surround us. The freedom we seek, that we perceive to be on the other side of that "stuckness" lies in gratitude and solitude for me. I've been actively working towards accepting my limitations for years now. Still very much a work in progress.
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What Are We Devoting Ourselves To?
by Marjorie Cottrell April 20, 2021

I wrote this piece on Devotion to challenge myself to put my priorities under the microscope.

I wrote these words to remind myself (and you!) that we are all just as much a part of the mystery, even if we aren't famous sages or quantum physicists.
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Creative Healing: The Mother and The Artist
by Marjorie Cottrell April 12, 2021
Today I have a two minute video featuring a piece I wrote on creative healing and how being a mother and an artist has played out for me.
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