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What does it mean to follow your joy? For many years, I’ve been advised to try it. But, for one reason or another, I generally end up...
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Gita Matlock
- May 24, 2020
- 2 min
Untamed Voyager
I used to believe that it must be hell to believe in hell. How sad to fear for the eternal damnation of our loved ones. Now I know it can...
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Gita Matlock
- May 22, 2020
- 2 min
Let Us Treasure Hunt
When life calls for change, who or what do you turn to for guidance? The ten question quiz? A psychic, a friend, a hero? Perhaps you are...
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Gita Matlock
- May 18, 2020
- 1 min
Quarantine Apathy
As the rain pours and the evening draws to a close, I am swallowed by a prevailing sense of apathy that has grown for weeks in...
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Gita Matlock
- May 6, 2020
- 2 min
Lost and Found
I am a chameleon. I have been through so many personas in my short 39 years that it makes my head spin. In a pre-memoir exercise, I’ve...
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Gita Matlock
- Apr 25, 2020
- 2 min
Feel All the Feels
For much of my life I have received advice like: “Let your anger go. It only hurts you.” “Forgive those who hurt you.” “Release...
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Gita Matlock
- Apr 23, 2020
- 2 min
A Golden Ticket of Time
Dear my people, I have been called to go on a journey, one that my heart has yearned to take for many years. Until this moment, I was not...
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Gita Matlock
- Apr 21, 2020
- 3 min
Death in a Time of Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has brought our mortality into stark relief. Whether we are among those most vulnerable or not, death seems to...
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Gita Matlock
- Apr 20, 2020
- 7 min
Man in the Mask
My personal ghost story… The gray morning sent its glow through my sheer blinds, slowly rousing me for the day. I rolled over, groaned,...
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Gita Matlock
- Apr 20, 2020
- 2 min
My Inside Wild
Untamed by Glennon Doyle is changing my life. For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to be a writer. Words flow out whenever I need...
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Gita Matlock
- Apr 10, 2020
- 3 min
Vigilant Yet Fearless
5 Ways to social distance for the long haul This global pandemic is surreal. Each moment brings with it waves of feeling that are so...
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Gita Matlock
- Dec 3, 2019
- 2 min
Lead From Where You Sit
One of the most valuable bits of advice imparted to me by a former boss came with her thick southern drawl in response to my lamenting an...
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Gita Matlock
- Oct 30, 2019
- 2 min
Learning to Do Me: How to Act on Your Ideals
I have always thought myself an open book, authentic and honest. Yet, I find myself misunderstood by many of my nearest and dearest....
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Gita Matlock
- Oct 7, 2019
- 3 min
Can We Change?
For the last two years this question has returned to me again and again: can we really change? What can we change about ourselves and...
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Gita Matlock
- Jun 5, 2019
- 3 min
Simple Truths
My life is dedicated to spiritual growth in every way that I can imagine. Yet, there are many moments when I suffer deeply from doubts....
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Gita Matlock
- Mar 12, 2019
- 3 min
How Yoga can Help an Empath
I am an empath. Sometimes I wish I weren’t, but most of the time it is one of my greatest gifts. Empathy is, “the ability to understand...
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Gita Matlock
- Feb 6, 2019
- 3 min
Life Marches On
For five years I have had the great joy of working with fellow devotees of Yogananda at Ananda Sangha Worldwide. Together we have built...
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Gita Matlock
- Jan 11, 2019
- 3 min
A Spoonful of Sugar: How to Transform Work Into Play
Chit chatting this morning over the water cooler, a colleague said to me, “We spend the first ten years of our lives having fun. It’s all...
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Gita Matlock
- Nov 9, 2018
- 3 min
Say Yes to Stress
How Stress Creates Success There are times in life when stress crosses a tipping point. Last month I reached my maximum overload....
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Gita Matlock
- Oct 21, 2018
- 3 min
Meditation for Kids: The Antidote to “Screen Time”
Children today are bombarded with an overwhelming amount of media. The average American child consumes a little more than two hours of...
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