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The End of the World

March 27, 2025
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(image: some 2025 journaling of mine) Here are a few ideas that I hope will uplift you in this moment. 1.  “The End of the World” Is a Mythic Tale Told…

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Future Generations Will Be Proud of Us

March 18, 2025
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(poster above is for my art documentary- you can come to a screening -please see below or watch it HERE) Here are a few ideas that I hope will uplift…

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Self-Expression IS Healthcare

March 10, 2025
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“Breathe Into Your Heart” from my heart-opening 30 day project with BEAM- join us for the next one in April!  Dear Creators of WONDER and MAGIC- Thank you for being…

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THINGS ARE NOT NORMAL

March 4, 2025
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Normally,  I share some brief ideas to help you show up and grow. But things are not normal. WARNING: This is long-ish and feel free to take a nap instead of…

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Feeling Helpless Can Be Cured by Helping

February 25, 2025
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“Friends and Flowers Sustain Us.” Sarah Seidelmann 2024.  Acrylic and oil pastel on canvas,  6 by 8 feet. $3,200.00 Please hit reply with interest to purchase.  This work was featured…

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We Need YOUR Spiritual Practice

February 19, 2025
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“Invite the Buddha within you to arise and breathe you. Rest in 5 to 10 of these together breaths and notice the difference in your heart”~Alice the Elephant, Pachydermal Advice…

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The Story of Sedna Was Written for Times Like These

February 11, 2025
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photo: Flowers on our table Here are a Few Tips to Help You Show Up and Grow in Your Own Life! 1. The Time for Sedna’s Story to Be Remembered…

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Nowhere to Go But IN

February 7, 2025
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(original art by me, Sarah Seidelmann above) Here are a Few Tips to Help You Show Up and Grow in Your Own Life! Originally posted Jan 30 It’s been another…

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Take A Deep Breath and Drink Water

January 28, 2025
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(Image above: Fear Monster from my journal) originally published Jan 22, 2025 2025 is not playing. New fires continue to erupt in California and there is so much fear and vitriol…

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The Surprising Cure for Fear

January 20, 2025
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(originally published at Elephant Journal in 2017) As we descended by taxi into Peru’s sacred valley, we paused on a ridge, stepped out of the car, and blew our prayers into…

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How to Cope When Things Feel Hard

January 20, 2025
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(art above from my new project: Pachydermal Advice from Alice for Opening Your Heart ) It seems like a heck of a time to be living right now.  My heart…

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We Do It When It’s Time

January 13, 2025
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(art for purchase via Ghost Ship Gallery “The Pugs and Peonies Whispered Their Good Advice”) Here’s this week’s list of my favorite GROWTH FOOD for humans! 1.  WE do it when…

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Dopamine Decor is What Boosts Your Brain

January 6, 2025
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Me in my home studio (photo courtesy of Kelsey at Ghost Ship Gallery!) (art above is available- contact [email protected] to inquire) 1. YOUR SPACES MATTER:  Your home’s environment matters for…

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The Elegant Power of Separation for Relationships

December 29, 2024
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Paula Moderson-Becker, self portrait Though maybe it seems like a strange topic for the holiday season—I wanted to touch on the elegant + mysterious power of separation.  Sometimes leaving is…

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Remember Your Special Role to Reenergize

November 25, 2024
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“She Finally Found the Thing That Worked” Acrylic, collage and oil pastel on canvas. Original is available. Here are a few ideas from me to help you SHOW up and…

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Can You Live in a Posture of Giving?

November 20, 2024
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“It was time for her to FLY.”  Acrylic on paper by Sarah Bamford Seidelmann SOLD Here are a few ideas from me to help you show up and grow in…

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Your Daily Habits Are Forming You

November 11, 2024
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My new ONLINE exhibition opens Friday Nov 15 at 8 am Central and subscribers to my newsletter will be the first to see it!  Subscribe now to receive early exclusive…

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Fat AND Happy

November 5, 2024
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Here are a few ideas from me to help you show up and grow in your own life! 1. You Have A Gift, Honor It.  I ADORE the poem I…

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Studio Sale In Duluth This Week and Tips to Help You Show Up and Grow In Your LIfe

October 28, 2024
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We do not become healers. We came as healers. We are. Some of us are still catching up to what we are.   We do not become storytellers. We came…

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This Week’s Resources for Healers and Helpers!

October 15, 2024
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(art above by Sarah Seidelmann- “Maximalism Suited Her/Resting Tiger Face) inquire at Ghost Ship Gallery – [email protected])  This Week’s Resources for Healers and Helpers! 1. Quote That Rocked Me this…

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5 Pachydermal Tips to Bring Peace to Your Holiday Season

October 10, 2024
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  (image of Alice the Elephant) Though it may seem unlikely that an elephant could know anything about navigating the wild and woolly holiday season that is now upon us…

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How Am I Complicit In Creating the Conditions I Say I Don’t Want?

October 10, 2024
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Art above.  Here are a few ideas from me to help you show up and grow in your own life! 1. Powerful Questions Help.    How am I complicit in creating the…

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Somebody Put Up A Boundary With Me and I Liked It!

September 30, 2024
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Last  week I received an email with disappointing news!  A rather famous author and person I admire put a boundary up with me! In May, this same lovely person had…

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Tales from My First Artist Residency

September 24, 2024
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Greetings from My Final Week of My Artist Residency! 1.  Alpacas Get FOMO Too.    I went with a friend to visit a local alpaca farm (watch the REEL here!) and when we…

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Read This Poem Every Day Until It Sinks In

September 8, 2024
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(Image: Our documentary is an OFFICIAL SELECTION for the Duluth-Superior Film Festival and will screen on Sunday Oct 6th at 12:30 pm at Zinema in Duluth! I would love to…

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You’ve Got Nerve to Reinvent Yourself and Other Feel Good Ideas

August 28, 2024
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My Dad was born during the Great Depression and Taught Me Stuff. He encouraged us to turn off lights and to buy our cars used.  In grad school, I subscribed…

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Unda Presha: My 5 Best Ways to Show Up and Grow This Week

August 14, 2024
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Like me, you want to SHOW UP and GROW in your life!  Let’s do it! Here are my best ideas for the week! 1.  UNDAAAH PRESSHAAH….(cue the David Bowie Tune)…

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6 Things I Learned from the Life of Georgia O’Keefe: A Visit to Ghost Ranch

August 9, 2024
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I returned from Ghost Ranch full of inspirations!  If you’d like to tour my sketchbook (8 min!) that is here.    A few Things I learned from Spending Time with Georgia…

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The Power of Sunrise and Allowing the Good to FLOW Into Your LIfe

July 30, 2024
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Here are some ideas to help you SHOW up and GROW in your own life..and have a little FUN! 1.  Something REALLY wonderful happened 🌻, then, I freaked out. 😰  …

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What to Do When It’s the GOOD Stuff That Scares You

July 22, 2024
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Sometimes, our biggest growth opportunity is revealed when gifts, opportunities or  some other AMAZING GOODNESS appears right in front of us.  Have you ever had something so good happen–that it…

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