Inis LaMothe, PsyD

Join me in hugging practice and how to change your critical self-talk as I walk through each exercise of Chapter 3: Being Kind to Ourselves.

Exercise 1: https://youtu.be/hO1RruLxKl4
Exercise 2: https://youtu.be/woE31Pf7Mq0

In this new guided meditation experience, we are learning to cultivate and practice the gift of receiving.

It's important for all of us to learn the right ways to fill up our cups.

https://youtu.be/GMJuJqgnYMc

Book Club!

Join me on a chat about Chapter 2: Ending the Madness.

https://youtu.be/DgR0p_ToPcQ

This tree is magnificent! Hard to get a full sense of it from the picture. Must be a couple hundred years old. Enormous branches. Enormous broken branches. Big gashes and scars on her bark. Can you imagine what she’d seen and experienced in her lifetime? She bares the marks of a long full life. And it’s beautiful. This is true with humans as well. We don’t get old without the scratches, bruises, and scars. I think we need to honor this more.

In this second exercise of chapter one, thinks about some of the things you may not like about yourself. It could be a personality trait, the way you look, or just how you handle certain situations.

Now think about how your best friend, someone who you connect with and knows you very deeply - how would they speak to you about these thoughts?

You might find yourself shifting your perspective...

https://youtu.be/Y8TD3PuK-qU

Welcome to my book club!

Join me as we read Kristin Neff’s book “Self Compassion” Watch the Chapter 1 video and then check out this one for an experience to help you begin cultivating self-compassion. Self-Compassion is a path to forgiveness, love, and is shown to reduce depression & anxiety.

https://youtu.be/1fwyQePOr-M

Hi friends. I'm reading a great book about self-compassion and doing a "book club" about it on YouTube. Here's the link to the video invite & my first chapter reflections. Please join if you're into it and share with anyone you know who might be interested in reading along. 💜

Book Club! “Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself” Chapter 1

Book Club! “Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself” Chapter 1 I hope you’ll read Kristin Neff’s book with me. It’s powerful and can bring enormous relief for the challenges of life. Read along, share your self reflectio...

Daffodils in the middle of the blackberry brambles! BLOOM wherever you are ❣️

Mindfulness is a key part of drawing yourself back into a better headspace during stressful moments. Tuning into your emotions and physical being will help you learn to control your breath and regulate your energy.

Try my new guided experience:
https://youtu.be/6kdQz4ej9_U

Forgiveness is one of the most important and most challenging spiritual practices you'll face. Learn to put the shame and judgement behind you to begin your path to self love.
Check out the video here.
https://youtu.be/CrEc9qsRuHA

As I'm still within the process and transition of my journey, I want to share my seven big takeaways up to this point. I want to emphasize “to this point” because I still don’t feel like I’ve landed quite yet!...

To Be or Not to Be Pt 5: 7 Big Lessons As I’m still within the process and transition of my journey, I want to share my seven big takeaways up to this point. I want to emphasize “to this point” because I still don’t feel like I’ve…

When you fall off, get back on.

Although a simple saying, it may not seem so simple when it comes to a wrench thrown in our plans.

When life gets overwhelming and you stray away from your relaxation or meditative practices, remember to take time to recenter yourself.

https://youtu.be/9ggiGFcIlh4

Sedona adventures

Climb new trees in new places whenever you have the chance!

As we live, travel and explore our purpose, a few lessons are bound to be learned along the way.

In my newest video and the final part to my hero's journey series, I want to share with you seven lessons that resonated with me the most.

I hope you enjoyed this small look into what makes me, me. I sure enjoyed sharing it with you!

https://youtu.be/YiiKEHgKfDU

Usually when I get in that struggle place, there's a point where I kind of smack into the wall. That forces me to slow down for a minute to contemplate and to look for possibilities or direction. I must let go because I can't make the thing happen. It finally puts me in a place of surrendering....

To Be or Not to Be Pt 4: Go Where You Are Called Usually when I get in that struggle place, there’s a point where I kind of smack into the wall. That forces me to slow down for a minute to contemplate and to look for possibilities or direct…

In the last video, I shared about coming home from my winter 2023 trip feeling changed and in continuous change.

I had no idea what the next steps were when I got home.....

https://youtu.be/Gh2Viw4wzfw

This piece is about my next step of the hero’s journey, bringing the change home. After you’ve gone through something big in your life, there’s a point when things calm down again. It’s easy to slip back into your old patterns. However, if you can integrate your experience, you’ll grow into an expanded version of yourself. Where is your happy place?...

To Be or Not to Be Pt 3: Bringing Home the Change This piece is about my next step of the hero’s journey, bringing the change home. After you’ve gone through something big in your life, there’s a point when things calm down again. It’s easy to sli…

Where is your happy place? Where is the place that brings you peace?

This video is my next step of the hero’s journey, bringing the change home.

https://youtu.be/eQ5ah9602Vo

This is part two of To Be or Not To Be, a little bit about my story and what led me into this whole change in life, getting a trailer, and traveling....

To Be or Not To Be Pt 2: me, 2 cats, 17’ trailer, 3 months, 8866 miles This is part two of To Be or Not To Be, a little bit about my story and what led me into this whole change in life, getting a trailer, and traveling.

Join me as I share part two of my story which not only includes me but two cats, a 17’ trailer, 3 months of travel spread across 8,866 miles...

https://youtu.be/BOUeJ4Q44kw

Hello, fellow Seekers! This is Part 1 of a 5-part video/blog series sharing a little about my journey over the last couple of years. I made the title, To Be or Not to Be, because I think it's one of the things we Seekers bump into often. We ask ourselves, “Who am I meant to be?” “Is it safe to be who I really am?” And, “how do I best express myself in this world?”...

To Be or Not To Be Pt 1: The Call to Journey Hello, fellow Seekers! This is Part 1 of a 5-part video/blog series sharing a little about my journey over the last couple of years. I made the title, To Be or Not to Be, because I think it’s…

I want to share with you the story and process of how I began following this new path to which I’ve been called.

It’s one of the “hero’s journeys” in my life. I’m sure you’ve had a few of your own. Maybe you can relate to the struggles, fears, uncertainty, and pressure from Life and the Universe to change.

This is part one of five. Check it out here and stay tuned!

https://youtu.be/QLt00nVt4rc

The other day I was hiking in the Siuslaw National Forest and while wandering, I discovered this 500 year old Grandmother Sitka Spruce. What better way to be present and connect with nature than with a 200 foot tall tree? Join me on the journey....

Meditate with Grandmother Sitka Spruce The other day I was hiking in the Siuslaw National Forest and while wandering, I discovered this 500 year old Grandmother Sitka Spruce. What better way to be present and connect with nature than wi…

Check out this 500 yo, 250 foit tree! For today's guided experience, I sit in the roots if Grandmother Sitka Spruce for a moment of peace and mindfullness.

Find your own personal tree, relax, and join me for a new guided meditation.

https://youtu.be/RxghgZQGiG0

Spiritual development is not about trying to make yourself be a certain way, the right way, the spiritual way.

It's really about coming to know and love the truth of your true Self.

Being curious about and accepting of all your experiences in the moment is essentially what encompasses mindfulness.

Are you 𝒸𝓊𝓇𝒾𝑜𝓊𝓈 to learn more?

Blog: https://inislamothe.com/2024/01/30/bring-curiosity-to-everything/

Video: https://youtu.be/sRnSyk6hvF8

Yes, exactly right. Too many people feel too much stress (fear) - fearing they aren’t safe or might lose everything. Americans feel desperate. Desperation feeds hate, violence, and a willingness to suspend our values on the promise that “he will take care of us”. Trump is not going to take care of you. Peaceful community CAN take care of you. It’s the only way you will feel safe. It’s the only thing that will ultimately save humanity. How do you want the world to be for your kids? Act like it now!

We need a Department of Peace because it is unsustainable to respond to increased human conflict by simply building more prisons or dropping more bombs.

FDR said we need to do more than end war; we need to end the beginnings of all wars.

Wherever large groups of people are desperate, there are seeds of conflict. As long as we are unwilling to do everything possible to ameliorate the despair, we are supporting systems of incarceration and war that are ultimately a continuation of the violence.

We need a President who sees and understands this and is not afraid to say it. The Doomsday Clock is ticking closer to midnight, while we go along blindly with a system that spells more and more risk to the survivability of the species.
If there is any higher message to our age, it is “Turn around.”



Photo by Deb Nunziato

If uou're seeking to understand yourself, the universe, and how you fit - bring curiosity to everything. Mindful presence gives you a little space in there between your thoughts, feelings, experiences, and what you witness in others. You get a little space in there where you can observe yourself....

Bring Curiosity To Everything If uou’re seeking to understand yourself, the universe, and how you fit – bring curiosity to everything. Mindful presence gives you a little space in there between your thoughts, feelin…

You know that saying curiosity killed the cat?

My cats are in complete joy when curiously exploring nature. They have so much fun. A cat’s whole life is about exploring.

We're like that, too. Seekers are explorers. Curiosity is the thing that helps us know ourselves and come to know others and truth.

That's why it's important to bring curiosity to everything. Check out my video about curiosity here.
https://youtu.be/sRnSyk6hvF8