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Category Archives: Life’s for the Living

Love Lessons; Vital Capacity

Melody Schaper Posted on May 12, 2016 by Melody SchaperMay 12, 2016

Vital Capacity I heard this term many years ago in an exercise science lab at ASU. It refers to the amount of oxygen a person can bring into their lungs in one breath and the amount they can release. Of … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexander Technique, Authenticity, breathing, Compassion, Development, Grace, Life's for the Living, Living and Loving Fully, Love Lessons, Softness, Transformation, Uncategorized | Leave a reply

Love Lessons; My Right to Choose

Melody Schaper Posted on February 14, 2016 by Melody SchaperFebruary 14, 2016

I’m going to do it again.  I’m going to write this and push publish.  I’m not going to edit the life out of this and attempt perfection, because when I go back and read these blogs I know they will … Continue reading →

Posted in addiciton, Alexander Technique, ALS, Authenticity, birthdays, Compassion, Daughter's, Development, Divinity, Down Syndrome, Enneagram, Essential Self, Fear, Flight, Forgiveness, God Force, Grace, Honesty, Laban Movement Analysis, Leadership, Life's for the Living, light, Living and Loving Fully, Love, Love Lessons, Mariah Fenton Gladis, mosaics, Motherhood, Movement and Meaning, Parenting, Passenger, Patience, Poetry, Primary Control, Psychotherapy, recovery, Sisterhood, Sisters, Softness, Somatic Awareness, Transformation, Uncategorized | 5 Replies

Love Lessons; Surrounded in Softness

Melody Schaper Posted on January 18, 2016 by Melody SchaperJanuary 19, 2016

I got a job for the holidays in one of my favorite women’s clothing store.  I wear their clothes and love what they have to offer. The literature I had to read to begin working there said the idea was … Continue reading →

Posted in Authenticity, Compassion, Daughter's, Development, Divinity, Down Syndrome, Essential Self, Fear, Forgiveness, God Force, Grace, Honesty, Leadership, Life's for the Living, light, Living and Loving Fully, Love, Love Lessons, Motherhood, Movement and Meaning, Parenting, Patience, Psychotherapy, Sisterhood, Sisters, Softness, Somatic Awareness, Transformation, Uncategorized | 1 Reply

Love Lessons; God

Melody Schaper Posted on January 11, 2016 by Melody SchaperJanuary 11, 2016

It’s been a while since I’ve written and it feels odd not to be connected with you.  I don’t know who you are and yet I still miss you.  It’s funny that I miss you when I am the one … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexander Technique, Authenticity, birthdays, Compassion, Development, Divinity, Down Syndrome, Enneagram, Essential Self, Fear, Forgiveness, God Force, Grace, Honesty, Laban Movement Analysis, Leadership, Life's for the Living, light, Living and Loving Fully, Love, Love Lessons, Motherhood, Parenting, Patience, Poetry, Psychotherapy, recovery, Sisterhood, Sisters, Softness, Somatic Awareness, Transformation, Uncategorized | 6 Replies

Love Lessons; Imperfection

Melody Schaper Posted on December 23, 2015 by Melody SchaperDecember 23, 2015

I am not prepared for Christmas.  I haven’t bought enough presents.  I haven’t bought the right presents.  My house is a wreck, it’s messy and partially decorated and there is clutter in every room. My desk is piled up with … Continue reading →

Posted in addiciton, Alexander Technique, ALS, Authenticity, birthdays, Compassion, Daughter's, Development, Divinity, Down Syndrome, Enneagram, Essential Self, Fear, Flight, Forgiveness, God Force, Grace, Honesty, Laban Movement Analysis, Leadership, Life's for the Living, Living and Loving Fully, Love, Love Lessons, Mariah Fenton Gladis, mosaics, Motherhood, Movement and Meaning, Parenting, Passenger, Patience, Poetry, Primary Control, Psychotherapy, recovery, Sisterhood, Sisters, Softness, Somatic Awareness, Transformation, Uncategorized | 4 Replies

Love Lessons; True Gratitude

Melody Schaper Posted on November 24, 2015 by Melody SchaperNovember 24, 2015

I am grateful, very grateful for much in my life.   I am blessed in many ways and yet, when I try to write about this it sounds trite and inauthentic.  I say all the things I should say, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexander Technique, Authenticity, Compassion, Daughter's, Development, Divinity, Down Syndrome, Enneagram, Essential Self, Fear, Flight, God Force, Grace, Honesty, Laban Movement Analysis, Leadership, Life's for the Living, Living and Loving Fully, Love, Love Lessons, Motherhood, Movement and Meaning, Parenting, Passenger, Patience, Poetry, Primary Control, Psychotherapy, Sisterhood, Sisters, Softness, Somatic Awareness, Transformation, Uncategorized | 3 Replies

Love Lessons; Real love

Melody Schaper Posted on November 15, 2015 by Melody SchaperNovember 15, 2015

My partner, Neil Sicherman and I work with executives and leadership teams using the Enneagram as a map to help them move towards their potential.  When we work with the Heart Triad; Types Two, Three and Four, the teaching is … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexander Technique, Authenticity, Compassion, Daughter's, Development, Divinity, Down Syndrome, Enneagram, Essential Self, Fear, Flight, God Force, Grace, Honesty, Laban Movement Analysis, Leadership, Life's for the Living, Living and Loving Fully, Love, Love Lessons, Motherhood, Movement and Meaning, Parenting, Passenger, Patience, Poetry, Primary Control, Psychotherapy, Sisterhood, Sisters, Softness, Somatic Awareness, Transformation, Uncategorized | Leave a reply


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