Entries by Meg

Change and Beauty

“The world is as beautiful as it ever was. It is changing, but then it always has. This is a good time to change and remain beautiful with it.” This quote from Alice Walker has been lying on my desk for about a week. Reading her book “We Are The Ones We Have Been Waiting […]

True Contentment

These are challenging times and here’s the test of these times: Do we allow our contentment, our joy, to be determined by outer circumstances only? On a recent trip which took me through Los Angeles International Airport, the Pharrell Williams’ song “Happy” played while I was at the boarding gate. It is a contagious piece […]

Authenticity

It’s the beginning of a new year, at least according to the Gregorian calendar and with that comes an almost compulsive need to make “resolutions”. I do not engage in resolutions nor do I work with the usual intention setting, mind maps, vision boards, or other similar processes because they interfere with the natural flow […]

Transitions

Times of transition are upon us and they will be for some time to come. Times of transition such as we are experiencing are not meant to be comfortable; they are chaotic, dangerous and workable. These times are workable. What do I mean by that? I used to think “workable” meant a happy ending, everyone […]

The Light You Carry

Recently I was prompted to reflect upon something that I was passionate about as a child. The memory that immediately surfaced was a young one who loved to be outside in the warm summer sun cracking stones open. I was endlessly fascinated by what was on the “inside”: what sparkled in the sunlight as I […]

The Art of Failing

There’s a Japanese proverb that says “Fall down seven times, get up eight”. Between “failing” and “falling” there is only one letter difference. From my audio book “Freedom From Habits of Body & Mind(c)”  I write: “We live in times of great instability. For many there is not much consistency. There are both inner and […]

Safety

“The most important thing for you to know is this: There is nothing that has ever happened to you that damages, weakens, or stains the essence of who you are. No negative experience great or small can harm your true nature. To rest into the truth of that offers both safety and possibilities.” When we […]

Refuge & The Beauty Way

I write and think about refuge quite a bit. One of a few of the most important questions I’ve ever been asked is: where do you take refuge? Refuge is a state of mind as much as it is a place These days the ante has been upped and now the most important thing to […]

Enoughness

“It is possible to learn to nurture what keeps us within the gravitational pull of our own “enoughness”. It’s not a matter of adding anything to who we are but rather uncovering the goodness within.” ~Meg Rinaldi There are those in this world who do not have the basics. The uneven distribution of resources is […]

Self Acceptance Matters

Self acceptance begins from a place of love. There’s such woundedness around our love-ability, our ok-ness. My heart is broken wide open again and again to hear people share their beliefs about themselves. Being seen and accepted in our vulnerability is one of the first steps in coming to accept ourselves as we are. The […]