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We Have Reached the End. After Three Months, I Say Goodbye to the Monastery
This ending is just a beginning
Jan 21
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Joanna Riquett
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New Year’s Resolutions for Mental Health
If you’re someone who enjoys making lists and resolutions, I invite you to try this way of approaching them.
Jan 12
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Joanna Riquett
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How to Soothe Your Mind: Letters from the Monastery
A simple three step guide that might take all your life to learn
Dec 15, 2025
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Joanna Riquett
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Undertow: Letters from the Monastery
A small offering from the eye of the storm.
Dec 8, 2025
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Joanna Riquett
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Recognizing Food Anxiety: lettres from the monastery
How pausing revealed an anxiety I didn't know before
Dec 1, 2025
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Joanna Riquett
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Gardening Our Minds: Letters From The Monastery
Learning to catch snakes and tending the garden
Nov 24, 2025
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Joanna Riquett
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This We Have Now – letters from the monastery
A Rumi poem to begin the week
Nov 17, 2025
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Joanna Riquett
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Crossing the Door of Discomfort: Letters From The Monastery
When discomfort becomes the threshold to peace
Nov 10, 2025
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Joanna Riquett
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Among Fallen Leaves: Letters from the Monastery
Between past and future, learning to see with beginner’s eyes
Nov 3, 2025
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Joanna Riquett
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Letters from the Monastery: Arriving and Settling In
Writing from Lower Hamlet, where practice, friendship, and the changing seasons weave their quiet teachings.
Oct 27, 2025
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Joanna Riquett
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Letters from the Monastery: The Journey Begins
I’m writing these words from the train taking me to Plum Village, where I’ll be spending the next three months for the Rains Retreat.
Oct 22, 2025
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Joanna Riquett
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Knowing I Have Enough: My Birthday Wish
A short reflection on growing up
Sep 24, 2025
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Joanna Riquett
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What Does It Mean to Return to the Present Moment?
An x-Ray of my mind as I discover the different between mindfulness and dwelling in the present
Aug 20, 2025
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Joanna Riquett
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Questions That I Have Received
...and what I'm discovering in the process of trying to answer them
Aug 13, 2025
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Joanna Riquett
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