by Mary Rives | Sep 27, 2020 | Inward Journeying, Meditation, Nature, Thrive, Thriving, Uncategorized
Lean into loneliness — and know you’re not alone in it. Filmmaker Andrea Dorfman reunites with poet Tanya Davis to craft tender and profound animation on the theme of isolation, providing a wise and soaringly lyrical sequel to their viral hit How to Be Alone. ...
by Mary Rives | Sep 3, 2016 | Inward Journeying, Storytelling
Stories: We all have them, and I venture to to say that we mostly love stories; others’ and our own. Sometimes, we fall prey to getting stuck in our old stories and the ways we’ve always told them. You know, the ones that actually keep us in a certain...
by Mary Rives | Dec 13, 2015 | Contemporary practices, Inward Journeying, Love, Meditation, Nature, The plight of our planet, Thrive, Thriving, Uncategorized, Writing, Yoga
Early winter greetings to you! We’re blessed in the high desert to have a fresh blanket of snow on the ground; I can see from my window that it’s still snowing in the nearby Sangre De Christo mountains. The New Mexico sunshine is emerging, beckoning us...
by Mary Rives | Dec 5, 2015 | forgiveness, Inward Journeying, Journey to Joy, Thrive, Thriving, Uncategorized, Writing
Hello out there! It’s been a whole season since I’ve blogged or sent out a newsletter, and this blog post will tell you why I was away and how I managed to thrive through some challenging life experiences in this time. My Thrive & Shine blog was put on...
by Mary Rives | Feb 12, 2015 | forgiveness, Inward Journeying, Thrive, Uncategorized
Warm and loving greetings to you. Thanks for visiting my blog. I invite you to sign up for my lovely little newsletter to receive my Valentine blessing about forgiveness on Saturday. In preparation for Valentine’s Day, please join me in this journey of...
by Mary Rives | Jan 26, 2015 | Inward Journeying, Uncategorized, Writing
Winter greetings from a snowy mountain outside of Taos, New Mexico. Thanks to generous friends (who are off prancing on a beach in Mexico), I’m all nestled in their adobe abode with a sweet pup and my kind husband. After less than two nights here,...
