Emily Moody, MSW, MFT, MA

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Quotes

You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.

~ Chinese Proverb February 17, 2015

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

~ Henry David Thoreau February 17, 2015

We look for happiness in all the wrong places. Like a moth flying into the flame, we destroy ourselves in order to find temporary relief. Because we often find such relief, we continue to reinforce old patterns of suffering and strengthen dysfunctional patterns in the process. ~

~ Pema Chödrön February 17, 2015

At the time, I did what I knew to do, and when I knew better, I did better.

~ Maya Angelou February 17, 2015

"No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it."

~ Albert Einstein February 17, 2015

This being human is a guest house.

Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!

Even if they are a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.

He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,

meet them at the door laughing and invite them in.
Be grateful for whatever comes.

Because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.

~ Rumi February 17, 2015

The time will come 
when, with elation 
you will greet yourself arriving 
at your own door, in your own mirror 
and each will smile at the other's welcome, and say, sit here. Eat. 
You will love again the stranger who was your self.
Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart 
to itself, to the stranger who has loved you all your life, whom you ignored 
for another, who knows you by heart. 
Take down the love letters from the bookshelf, the photographs, the desperate notes, peel your own image from the mirror. 
Sit. Feast on your life.

~ Derek Walcott February 17, 2015

If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.

~ Pema Chödrön February 17, 2015

For a long time it seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time to still be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.

~ Alfred D. Souza February 17, 2015

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

~ Anais Nin February 17, 2015

Be Ground
Be crumbled, so wildflowers will come up where you are.
You've been stony for too many years.
Try something different.
Surrender.

~ Rumi February 17, 2015

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My husband and I took Emily's Mindfulness and relationships course in 2014. Throughout the workshop, Emily created a very safe and cordial environment. We both left the workshop with valuable tools and skills that have helped us communicate with less judgement and more kindness and compassion in the couple.

Personally, I found these skills to be helpful in other relationships as well, with family, friends and work colleagues. My husband also wished to express that this was his first experience in a Mindfulness or personal development workshop, and he felt immediately at ease. He thought that Emily was very welcoming of all participants regardless of their experience. I would definitely recommend this workshop. Thank you Emily!

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Quotes

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

~ Henry David Thoreau

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