Marie Has Feelings with Marie Sentina Mielke Marie Sentina Mielke

In this episode it is August 6th, 2023 and I am out for a walk trying to make sense of my pain. I literally talk to you as a way to calm my inner storm and I think it helps. Quick spoiler alert- there is no quick fix to my distress and I have no answers- but there is grace. Thanks for being here with me. Sometimes, that is all we need. Xoxo

I don’t really know how to describe this one 😂 If you can relate to some of this, God bless you. I cover a range of topics from how I regularly terrify my husband to grief and loss and the Beatles. I also ignore my better judgement and disclose one of my most embarrassing stories. Enjoy!

bell hooks said it best “love is a verb” and I am on a journey to take her advice and follow her lead. I like to think that I have come a long way from how I loved when I 21 (dating two guys at once wasn’t a shining moment for me) marriage, true love, loss and birthing 3 babies sure rubbed the shine off of whatever romantic comedy I thought I would star in but I am all the better for it. ❤️

Last year I felt drawn to the word “capacity” as a focus point for how I wanted to approach hard things. I was tired of being swept away by even the smallest emotion and felt that growing my capacity for distress was the best next step. I didn’t realize that 2022 would hold so many capacity growing opportunities for me. This year, I feel like “breathe” is what I am supposed to lean into. Breathing through what is hard, resting in breath, finding nourishment and gratitude and ah-hah! Capacity! I am excited to be recording again after my unintentional sabbatical. And I am so grateful that you are here! Xoxo, Marie

So I got my first tattoo! Boom! It was going to be perfect and then suddenly it wasn’t because… the tattoo artist wasn’t there. It was a scheduling miscommunication and what unfolded next was all meant to be. January 22, 2006 could’ve been my last day. But a miracle stepped in (I not exaggerating) and on January 23rd I woke up to the first day of my life (channeling Bright Eyes). There have been so many moments since where I have thought “I would’ve missed this”. But thank God, I stayed. Thank God, so many beautiful moments have since.

I feel like I get all of my best ideas/realizations when I am driving, cleaning or in the shower. Notice how I didn’t say “sitting”. Maybe that is because I don’t do it often out of some very western inability to be still. Life seems to be throwing me endless curveballs. I don’t know if that will ever stop. But I am finding that God is showing up in even the smallest details. To me, Beauty my proof that there is a divine, ever loving God. This is my strength and my peace in the midst of so many storms. I hope you find comfort in this episode. Feel free to follow me on instagram @mariehasfeelingspodcast and to check out my program website: mindfulwarrior.info :) I am taking new clients and would love to journey with you. Sending big hugs! -marie