/?output=FEED&user_id=87913&about=1&r=4 en Denise Frakes Fri, 12 Sep 2025 13:35:34 GMT 68c01d15395f24bf826636e2 https://www.denisefrakes.com/post/finding-grit I'm many things but gritty isn't the word that comes to mind. Last weekend I ran the 10K - Beat the Blerge I took a chance and said yes... Fri, 12 Sep 2025 13:29:24 GMT 68c418ff65c4abb322da75ba https://www.denisefrakes.com/post/hard-boiled-egg-chocolate-pudding If you didn't already know, I make weird/healthy dishes all the time. Bean brownies are a normal food. Flaxseed bread- normal. This... Tue, 26 Aug 2025 13:05:47 GMT 68ac59617dcb025915d9111c https://www.denisefrakes.com/post/take-a-risk Do I take risks? What kind of risk? Social? Emotional? Physical? Mental? Spiritual? Until I wrote those categories, I'm not sure that... Wed, 25 Jun 2025 17:24:06 GMT 685c2591d2c786af5d5ba7b3 https://www.denisefrakes.com/post/what-if-everyone-you-met-was-your-teacher When we were helping facilitate Ayurvedic retreats at Harmony Hill, our retreat leader, Patty W., shared a philosophy I love—and try to... Thu, 19 Jun 2025 00:08:56 GMT 68534d2ad8437c49c9ced476 https://www.denisefrakes.com/post/tend-what-matters "If I don't walk the land, I miss things --the chance to head off a disease or to cultivate at just the right moment to ensure a... Wed, 28 May 2025 23:44:37 GMT 67e9f4bdf96b48cc2d218950 https://www.denisefrakes.com/post/in-search-of-a-juneberry "The ripe fruit of a juneberry is dark purplish, almost tricking you into thinking it’s a highbush blueberry, but it’s not. Rather,... Thu, 10 Apr 2025 16:54:12 GMT 67f7f2ddc9ecd4484131e175 https://www.denisefrakes.com/post/soap-scum-free-showers Is there such a thing? Yup and it's delightfully easy. Does anyone look forward to cleaning soap scum off shower? No matter how bored... Fri, 01 Nov 2024 15:08:18 GMT 6724e59f278383af0e6c91ad https://www.denisefrakes.com/post/wabi-sabi-the-art-of-being November 1st begins Wabi-Sabi Season. Each moment has beauty within...if we know how to see Fri, 31 May 2024 13:02:51 GMT 6659c81c68ab81a75fa0c8b8 https://www.denisefrakes.com/post/good-stewards Less is more. Is it? Not always but in a world of overconsumption more is essential. Is the whole world overconsuming? Is it just a... Tue, 21 May 2024 14:14:49 GMT 664c9eeeae6e020ff2489fb1 https://www.denisefrakes.com/post/sea-lions-one-flipper-up What would you think if you saw a sea lion floating on one side with a flipper in the air? A sea lion in distress? That's what we... Sat, 20 Apr 2024 17:07:00 GMT 6623e9a3dcdb1f9f291df8ef https://www.denisefrakes.com/post/one-thing-leads-to-another Have you ever heard of the broken window Theory? A few years ago, I was doing a green cleaning talk for the City of Fed Way. Reece from... Thu, 14 Mar 2024 13:35:11 GMT 65f2fbba42acd2d544282e2b https://www.denisefrakes.com/post/inspired-clutter-clearing "And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was greater than the risk it took to bloom." Anais Nin Start Kindly. Say nice... Mon, 12 Feb 2024 15:18:52 GMT 63d927bf2db85c913d91a8eb https://www.denisefrakes.com/post/poems-that-wake-you-up-and-remind-you-to-live The Poet Pablo Neruda is a new discovery for me. This poem went right to my heart, like any good poem does. Poems wake us up. What's... Sun, 21 Jan 2024 17:13:55 GMT 65ad4ae652a87a015b799f2c https://www.denisefrakes.com/post/habits-are-seeds Habits are like seeds. If you can grow a plant...you can grow a new habit. Habits have behave like plants. You give them care, give... Thu, 18 Jan 2024 17:24:11 GMT 65a93ee7477b7d4e6250c521 https://www.denisefrakes.com/post/4-habits-of-joy-and-the-beginning At the end of December, the day my mom went back home to Colorado, I was sad. Of course, I was going to miss her. But this feeling was... Sun, 14 Jan 2024 15:09:11 GMT 65a3f4fb85b2fd009e735f16 https://www.denisefrakes.com/post/the-habit-poem The first time I read this I knew. Do you ever have that? You read or see something and wham!, it goes straight into your heart. ... Mon, 01 Jan 2024 16:35:08 GMT 6592e3ed708d5332820e100c https://www.denisefrakes.com/post/beginning-again-2024-hello Yesterday I was at Fred Meyer's. Popping into a grocery store this time of year is fun to watch. How things shift. This... Sun, 24 Dec 2023 15:22:19 GMT 65884a0fdc853f240444f46a https://www.denisefrakes.com/post/with-kindred-spirits Good morning, How are you? I was just listening to the wind and finishing up my morning writing. Whenever I write, you almost always... Fri, 08 Dec 2023 14:18:22 GMT 65731e38d12fd3579a02b10f https://www.denisefrakes.com/post/cleaning-out-the-bones-unconventional-clutter-clearing Cleaning is ordinary...until you decide it's poetry...and then it becomes extraordinary We do what we know. I coach, teach clutter... Thu, 09 Nov 2023 14:50:00 GMT 654cde695473cf127b4ccfae https://www.denisefrakes.com/post/why-uncluttering-is-my-go-to-mental-health-tool “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” — Buddha Yesterday, I did a reboot.... Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000 certification-87913-eft_master_practitioner https://goe.ac/courses/eft_master_practitioner.htm BIG +10 congratulations to Denise Frakes for completing Energy EFT Master Practitioner with GoE trainer Silvia Hartmann! Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://goe.ac/courses/eft_master_practitioner.htm?tab=feedback#review-6368 https://goe.ac/courses/eft_master_practitioner.htm?tab=feedback#review-6368 Denise Frakes writes: "This course should be a requirement for everyone. It should be taught right along with maths and English. A basic understanding of how we are wired would sure make life easier."