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Karissa Sellman
@ksellm.bsky.social
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Mindfulness Teacher ▲ Wellbeing Coach ▲ Community Chaplain ▲ Deeply curious re: mind-body-spirit connections ▲ Amateur Fermentista & Film Photo Geek

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Working on tomorrow’s #gratituesday email & appreciating the magic of emergence — how a theme coalesces out of snippets of attention logged in words or pictures.

You’re warmly invited to join in my #tinyexperiment of cultivating & sharing a #gratitude practice: us4.list-manage.com/survey?u=440...
Close up of a white woman’s hand holding up a sticker illustration of a white rabbit that appears to be yelling “actually all my systems are nervous”.
April 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Working on this week’s #gratituesday email after taking last week off.

Join me, if you like (this isn’t a sales funnel — just my little service-oriented experiment): us4.list-manage.com/survey?u=440...

#grateful #gratitude #gratitudepractice #appreciation #mindfulness #ODAAT #recoveryposse
Close up of a white woman’s hand holding a ceramic medallion in front of a thrift store shelf of knickknacks. It has a teal glaze and is inscribed with the word GRATITUDE
April 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Post a warning
Sticker with illustration of small bird, side view. Text encircling bird reads I POOP ON RACISTS
March 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Theme emerging for this week’s #Gratituesday note… Hop on the list here, if so inclined: eepurl.com/gXeqO1

#grateful #gratitude #gratitudelist #gratitudepractice #oliversacks
Teabag tag resting on woven Japanese cloth with red and white geometric design. Tag reads “This life is a gift”
March 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Perfect #poem for this #rainysaturday morning. Looking forward to #nationalpoetrymonth
March 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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THESE WORDS were the comforting reminder I needed at the start of a new week / month / season that has included awkward new routines and clumsy starts. More in tomorrow’s #Gratituesday weekly.

Link bio to sign up & join me for this #tinyexperiment of cultivating a #gratitudepractice.
Screen capture of blue text on light green background. It reads ““...Some beginnings take off with great assuredness, and one can instinctively recognize that the right direction has been chosen. Without any struggle, one enters into a fluency that seemed to have been awaiting one’s choice. Other beginnings are awkward and slow, and it takes considerable time before the new path opens or welcomes one.” //John O’Donohue
March 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Was reminded today of this gem of #meditation tip I shared a few years ago
Screen capture of text that reads, #PROTIP - How to extend your #meditation sessions: 1) Set timer on your phone w/ volume at ~10% for gentle sound. 2) Be sure phone is still connected to Bluetooth speaker in a different room 😂
February 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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THIS YEAR, I'VE BEEN LEANING IN to the practice of #gratitude & finding it tremendously supportive. As a #tinyexperiment, I'm inviting people to join me: eepurl.com/gXeqO1

The next weekly goes out tomorrow.

#gratitudepractice #mindbody #wellbeing #wellness #mentalhealth #mindfulness #appreciation
Screenshot from the UCLA Health website that reads, "Research shows that practicing gratitude--15 minutes a day, five days a week--for at least six weeks can enhance mental wellness and possibly promote a lasting change in perspective. Gratitude and its mental health benefits can also positively affect your physical health.”
February 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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#GRATITUESDAY RETURNS: I've been inspired by @neuranne.bsky.social to try a tiny experiment.

For 40-ish weeks in 2022-23 I posted a weekly gratitude list. This year, I've shifted it to email.
Screenshot of a five-item list with all items checked off that reads "#GRATITUESDAY 2025-0204
- Portable speaker for kitchen dance party while making huge pot of winter vegetable soup - Handsome new-to-me vintage wool blanket back from cleaners - Discount at local small biz just because staff/owner said so - Chatty neighborhood owls - Family visit via Zoom"
February 4, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Pay attention. Speak up. Take action where you can. Do not hide in the transcendent — do not confuse #spiritualbypassing for #spiritualpractice

Some #WeekendWisdom, courtesy of Zoketsu Norman Fischer #everydayzen everydayzen.org/message-on-t...
A screenshot from the Everyday Zen Foundation website: “The new era has begun, and we must observe what happens. I said after the election in November, and I feel the same now, that it is time to pay attention to our lives, not to let our lives be overcome with the confusion of the moment. We need to take care of ourselves, have some happiness, keep our feet on the ground. And we have to pay attention, speak up and act where we can. We can’t go numb. We can’t hide in the transcendent. When something happens, it happens. To regret, blame, be confused or afraid is a luxury we can never afford. What is is. Any goodness, has to be built on the ground of what is the case, not on what might have or should have been the case.”
February 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM