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When art started pouring in for Life is a Verb, I was knocked down by the love and generosity of all the people who contributed. Beautiful, gorgeous, meaningful art from around the world. My friend Mike Wagner said it was like watching a literary and artistic barn raising. It was magic. Here's a reminder of how that all happened. Now,…
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Every summer I migrate to Portland for a few weeks to teach (and to escape to the Oregon coast a few times because it is INSANELY GORGEOUS. See photographic proof accompanying this post). This year, in addition to a class on experiential learning on the campus of Reed College for a week, I'll do a book event in Manzanita on…
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Imagine yourself in a wonderful bed and breakfast in Lincoln, Nebraska, you in one Victorian bedroom and your friend in another, hosting a call with folks on the phone about what blocks us and keeps us out of intention. (Isn’t the phone a marvelous invention? Let’s hear it for the phone!) Add some exciting technological challenges, lots of beeps as…
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WOW! So many people from around the world signed up for our free teleseminar tonight that we had to get another phone line to accommodate the learning community that will form! That means there is plenty of room for you! I hope you'll join us and/or send this information along to others – PLAYING WITH BLOCKS: what keeps us out…
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I wonder if you can find me in this photo, me wearing THE MINISCULE BLUE JEANS in "Burn Those Jeans"…. I'm going to Hastings, Nebraska, tomorrow to work for a few days with educators (my favorite gig!) and community members, one of whom is the girl in the pea coat in this photo with me from Freedom High School. I…
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I'm spending a lot of time this year exploring what keeps me from achieving my 50@50 (or other, less aging-rapidly) goals. What are the three blocks that we most often construct to keep ourselves out of intention? If you transformed those blocks, how could your life radically change? I hope you'll join me and my creative partner (and coach), David…
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I mean, seriously, what kind of crazed stalker hormonal menopausal sleep deprived hot flashing fan (who may or may not have gone to every bookstore in town last night to find the new Vanity Fair with someone on the cover) would I be if I didn't at least say a wee happy birthday today to a little known actor named…
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There is much to say about this turning of the 50, but this post is a simple "can you come?" kind of post. Since I first mentioned that I want to eat at Topolobampo on my 50th birthday, many folks have emailed to ask if I was serious. Absolutely. Unfortunately, Topolobampo is closed on The Big Day (the 32nd anniversary…
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First posted in April 2007, I just heard this group again live in the NPR studios and was reminded how much I love, LOVE this video. Please let me always ALWAYS be the woman who would turn around and start dancing. A good Saturday morning start. Enjoy!
It's finally here, the official 2009 Life is a Verb Flying Pig Half – Marathon Team T-shirt! Now available for sale in the 37days shop, I hope you'll take a look! Perhaps wearing this happy shirt will inspire you to join us for the May 2, 2010, half-marathon in Cincinnati where I, Patti Digh, soon to be 50-year-old (in 71…
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Patti Digh is the author of six books, including bestsellers Life is a Verb and Creative is a Verb. She travels the world teaching others about mindfulness: to live fully, love well, let go deeply, and make a difference. Patti's comments have appeared on PBS and in The New York Times, Fortune, the Wall Street Journal, the London Financial Times, and many other international publications. She writes a thank you note every morning.
