For the Living: Essays by Sami McKay
Series of essays as audio recordings. Check out the written forms on samimckay.com or follow my instagram for updates @samimckay
Episodes
on fear, predictability, and boredom
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this one is allll about preservation, waste, and opportunities for celebration
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this one is alllll about muchness, smallness, being-ness, self expression and being understood
the future is too cold, the past is too hot, but the present is just right
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this one is allll about tenderness and making sense of it all
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this one is alll about building comfort despite the fleetingness of that which passes! shit matters because we're here to say that it does.
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this is about feeling small and making your world smaller through intentional joys
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this one is allll about Joseph Campbell's concept of bliss and recognizing it's role in guiding us where we need to go.
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this one is allll about the way we use our beliefs & stories to shape the world, and how we can use our storytelling to change our perspective.
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this is an essay about not wanting to write an essay, discipline and learning from our lives when it's time to rest.
this one is allll about moving and changing definitions of home
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this is about goals in disguise and recognizing our desires when they arrive.
this one's all about the soul and how different beliefs change the way we feel about individuality and our interconnectedness.
alright folks this one's alll about acceptance and how it's not at all like giving up, don't even THINK about giving up, just accept and move forward
find the written essay at samimckay.com
this is about forgetting and remembering gratitude
this is an essay about corporeality, presence, and physical sensation
this one's alllll about life's purpose and basically how bullshit it is. that's probably the best way to sum it up
This is an essay about change, hidden movement, and stillness.
This essay is about using control to drive busyness, and to accidentally remove the possibility of rest.
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