Folding Time: Lessons on Aging, Attention, and Letting Go

About this episode

Stacy reflects on time, aging, and the lessons nature teaches about patience and acceptance while marking her year by folding one thousand paper cranes.

Send us Fan Mail Approaching her final year in her fifties, Stacy reflects on time, aging, and what nature teaches us about patience, acceptance, and release. Instead of rushing or self-correcting, she chooses to pay attention—marking the year by folding one thousand paper cranes. A quiet meditation on slowing down, letting go of old timelines, and fully inhabiting the year that’s here. Support the show Help Support Full Spirals and give the Arts a Voice! Buy me a coffee HEREJoin the commu...

People in this episode

Host: Stacy

Topics covered

• aging
• attention
• letting go
• patience
• acceptance
• mindfulness

Keywords

• aging
• time
• mindfulness
• paper cranes
• letting go
• acceptance
• patience

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