A Guiding Hand
A Guiding Hand is a collection of cards with words, phrases, and images inspired by the Northern Lights. It emerged from a decade-long Arctic Circle pilgrimage, where the creator observed and photographed the Aurora Borealis. The cards aim to provide insight and guidance for personal and professional challenges in today's world. The accompanying blog further explores the cards' meanings, offering practical advice for positive psychology practitioners. The author draws one card weekly and writes a blog post inspired by it, holding the readers and themselves in mind, with the intent to offer a guiding hand amid modern crises and challenges.
A Guiding Hand
To Quicken, First Slow By Andrew Machon
The text raises the importance of rest and reflection in our daily lives and work. It questions whether we prioritize self-care and creating sanctuary spaces for contemplation and restoration. It highlights the need to balance our focus on supporting and giving to others with caring for ourselves. The text points out that constant busyness without reflection leads to a lack of pace and space in our lives, resulting in a diminished ability to make choices. It encourages conscious doing, which involves slowing down, reflecting, and selecting what truly matters to us. The reader is prompted to pause, reflect on their most important goals, and consider the value and personal investment associated with achieving them. The text also emphasizes the potential to support and bring vitality to others while maintaining clarity in our own chosen goals. It concludes by advocating for the practice of slowing down before moving forward, enabling progress that is consciously chosen and promoting well-being and the gift of choice to others.