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Nicole Asbjorn
@theequanimousmind.bsky.social
Poet, novelist, and PhD researcher writing about identity, postcolonial thought, and the soft work of becoming.
www.theequanimousmind.com
When the water smooths the stone, it’s not destruction — it’s return.
My latest piece, The Road Not Taken, is for anyone learning to flow again after loss.
Read it here: www.theequanimousmind.com
#Poetry #NatureWriting #Healing
October 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
We don’t always see people as they are — we see them through the lens of our past.

My newest piece, Blueprints, is about recognizing those projections and choosing something more generous in their place.

🔗 www.theequanimousmind.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Change takes time. 🌱 Sometimes it feels like reaching into a paper bag—not knowing what you’ll pull out, but trusting it’ll nourish you.

My new post: Hand in a Paper Bag → www.theequanimousmind.com
October 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
✨ Moving from lack to luster is more than a shift in circumstance—it’s a transformation of perspective.

I wrote about finding radiance where scarcity once lived.
Read here ➡️ www.theequanimousmind.com/lack-to-luster

#Mindfulness #Growth #WritingLife
September 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
🌿 The spaces we create between chaos and calm can become both a home and a haven.

I wrote about the liminal place where rest, reflection, and becoming meet.
✨ Read here: www.theequanimousmind.com/the-in-between-a-home-a-haven

#Mindfulness #WritingLife #TheInBetween
The In-Between: A Home, a Haven
09/05/2025 “Hope is the thing without feathers,” Dickinson writes. I understand what it means now. Hope is like a flightless bird because while it lifts your spirits, it cannot fly; it is just a co…
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September 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
New on the blog: Recognizance 🌿
What we don’t notice about ourselves quietly shapes our world. Today, I explore how noticing—truly noticing—can be an act of liberation.

Dive in: www.theequanimousmind.com
Question for you: What part of yourself are you finally ready to recognize?
August 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
everyone rushing to the finish line while i’m over here gently painting my eyebrows and trusting divine timing 💅🏽✨

new post on The Equanimous Mind: PAINTED FACES — honoring slow growth, sacred pacing, and not letting capitalism bully your timeline

read here → www.theequanimousmind.com
August 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Just published a new piece on The Equanimous Mind — “Grief, My Darling” — my ode to sorrow as both companion and catalyst.

If grief has ever hollowed you out only to remake you softer, wiser, more daring — this one is for you.

🌿 Read: www.theequanimousmind.com
#writing #grief #healing
August 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Despair erodes in silence, but resilience can be built in whispers.

My new piece, A Buttress Against Despair, reflects on how we can craft quiet strength when life frays at the edges.

Read here: www.theequanimousmind.com
The Equanimous Mind ™
An inner dialogue with doubt, clarity, and truth--a reflective lens on the human condition.
www.theequanimousmind.com
August 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
just published a new piece on the blog called Catapult.
it’s about movement, change, and the violent grace of becoming.
for anyone who’s felt launched by life—too soon, too fast, too far.
🌀 read here: www.theequanimousmind.com
#writing #blog #healing #transformation #theequanimousmind
The Equanimous Mind
An inner dialogue with doubt, clarity, and truth--a reflective lens on the human condition.
www.theequanimousmind.com
August 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
New on The Equanimous Mind:
Savage, Brave Actor — a meditation on performance, power, and the courage it takes to stay in character when the world wants you silent.
🎭🖤
www.theequanimousmind.com
The Equanimous Mind
An inner dialogue with doubt, clarity, and truth--a reflective lens on the human condition.
www.theequanimousmind.com
August 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Sometimes surrender is the way across.
I wrote about a moment that softened me, called Golden Bridge.
Maybe you’ve had one too.

🖇️ www.theequanimousmind.com/2025/07/29/g...
#poetry #meditation #healing
August 3, 2025 at 2:33 AM
new post on The Equanimous Mind:
“bird camouflaged in the thicket”
about hiding, shame, softness, and wanting to be seen without being chased.
🕊️ theequanimousmind.wordpress.com/2024/07/24/b...
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July 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
started a quiet blog called The Equanimous Mind.
first post is up: soft, small, and about needing a space that doesn’t perform.
🕳️ theequanimousmind.wordpress.com/2024/07/24/a...
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July 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Hello friends,

I’m excited to share something I’ve been quietly building: a new blog called The Equanimous Mind — my own little hole in the wall on the internet, where I reflect on life, growth, identity, and the strange magic of being human.

👉 www.theequanimousmind.wordpress.com
The Equanimous Mind
An inner dialogue with doubt, clarity, and truth--a reflective lens on the human condition.
www.theequanimousmind.wordpress.com
July 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM