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Kym Kennedy

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Week 32 – Appreciating & Celebrating

You can listen to this on my podcast – 7:43 mins

Greetings!

I’m Barbara J. Faison, Your Meditation Ambassador, and if you are new here, welcome! In January I started a weekly newsletter which also serves as a blog post on my website, barbarafaison.com and the audio is my podcast called the Why Struggle podcast with Barbara J. Faison. So weekly you can read or listen.  My intention is to offer ideas, insights and inspirations to help you struggle less and enjoy life more. However you might be engaging with me, I am grateful for you listening and/or reading!

I’m celebrating Kym Kennedy, Spiritual Teacher, Radical Forgiveness Coach and Scrabble Enthusiast. Back around 2008ish, I met Kym at the Single’s Ministry at Hillside Church. Kym has introduced me to so many of my current practices, one of which is a powerful tool called radical forgiveness. A tool is only helpful when you decide to use it.

Over the past 15 years I have learned so much from watching Kym truly embody using her tools and practices while offering her loving guidance to me and so many others. Kym has been a friend, mentor and supporter of my work as a meditation ambassador and I am grateful for her kind, loving encouragement.

Kym said she wanted to laugh for her birthday and celebrate with friends… and that’s what we did. Sunday was Kym’s birthday so a beautiful gathering of friends celebrated with her birthday at a brunch at the Uptown Comedy Corner. One of our friends, Lisa Zunzanyika gave Kym, a framed gift that was the word LOVE made from Scrabble tiles that read, ”LOVE only worth 7 in the game but priceless in this house.”

Gathering together with friends, enjoying the music and laughter was a lovely way to celebrate Kym. It reminds me that LOVE IS IT. LOVE IS what life is ALL about. 

I am so grateful for the love of my family, friends and supporters. Today I am celebrating this unpredictable journey called life and my dear friend, Kym Kennedy for who she is and all the lives she continues to touch by just being who she is.

Oh, and Kym and I won gifts as part of a raffle. Kym won a piece of jewelry and I won a delicious body scrub by Wazuri. We were having so much fun we forgot to take a group picture… you can see a video some of us singing to I Like it by Debarge here.

So who or what are you celebrating? Feel free to reach out to me at Barbarafaisonllc@gmail.com or direct message me on social media, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn are best.

What new things have you been up to?

Feel free to reach out to me at Barbarafaisonllc@gmail.com or direct message me on social media, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn are best.

Relax, Listen, and Trust Your Inner Guidance.

The card I pulled for us today is the

#10 LISTEN – I GIVE myself GRACE

WHEW! That is truly and ongoing practice!

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Our next Breathe with Barbara LIVE session for is on 8.9.23, on Wednesday from 8 – 9 PM eastern via Zoom.

You can register for the events at http://linktr.ee/barbarafaison.

There are many resources available to support a meditation practice in person and online. 

  • Our Breathe with Barbara LIVE Sessions are the 2nd and 3rd Wednesday of each month from 8 – 9 pm eastern. My live sessions include gentle movement, breathing, meditation and silence. I would love for you to join me, the sessions are only $15. 
  • If you prefer having a teacher for instruction, I offer one on one sessions as well as group sessions (min of 3 people). Feel free to reach out to me via email or on my website barbarafaison.com/contact-Barbara, pick the option that works best for scheduling a brief conversation.
  • If you prefer using APPs, I encourage you to check out the Insight Timer app, it is the #1 app for free meditations for sleep, anxiety, and stress, and I have over 40 meditations, book excerpts, and my courses (for premium members) and more out there. The link is InsightTimer.com.
  • I have meditations on other APPS including Aura, Meditation Station, Spotify, Pandora, YouTube, Apple Music, Amazon and more. Just search for Barbara J. Faison as the artist and you will find me there.
  • Check out the National Meditation Playlist on my YouTube Channel, I have continued to add new meditations there. It’s a great way to practice daily, there are over 33 meditations on the list.
  • You can also find links for upcoming events and where you can meditate with me. All the links are on my linktr.ee/barbarafaison.

I’d love to know about your experience with meditation. Are you new, or would you like to learn?

If you prefer having a teacher for instruction, I offer one on one sessions as well as group sessions (min of 3 people). If you know any groups or organizations who want to offer a session, perhaps a lunch and meditate, or a program, I love referrals and would be happy to speak with them.

Feel free to reach out to me on my website barbarafaison.com/contact-Barbara, pick the option that works best for scheduling a quick conversation. Or you can message me @barbarafaison on social media, Instagram, LinkedIn, or Facebook are best.

All of the links are on my linktr.ee/barbarafaison.

If you need a quick breath break you can take one right here.

Thank you for your support and being on this journey with me.

Feel free to share your thoughts or ask a question – via email at barbarafaisonllc@gmail.com.

Keep breathing…
Barbara J. Faison
your mindfulness & meditation ambassador