Come To Your Senses with Mary Lofgren

Creative work thrives safety, rhythm, and support. In this episode of Come to Your Senses, we explore how gentle structure can help creative people stay focused, reduce overwhelm, and finish meaningful work. If you struggle with distraction, overthinking, or inconsistent creative energy, this episode offers a calmer, more sustainable approach to productivity.
Topics include:
How to use gentle structure to support your creative focus
How to work with your energy and turn mental static into embodied clarity
How to leave yourself wanting with creative projects, and increase desire to return
Tools of embodiment to support a steady, sustainable pace.
This episode is perfect for reeling yourself in when you feel pulled in too many directions, and enjoying a focused flow of delicious creativity. 
My new book, Sensing the Sacred: A guided journal of sensory spirituality and daily ritual, is available now. Learn more: https://marylofgren.com/sensing-the-sacred

Do you ever hold back to avoid heartbreak, even though what you really want is to love wholeheartedly?
In this episode of Come To Your Senses with Mary Lofgren, I'm sharing  what fostering dogs has taught me about love, presence, and showing up with an open heart, even when loss is inevitable. Fostering has been an unexpected masterclass in relationships, attachment, boundaries, and letting love move through my life, and I'm excited to share what gems of wisdom I've learned with you today.
Here's to all the ways that only love can break, and open, our hearts. 
Topics include:
What fostering dogs taught me about relationships, love, and healthy attachment
How to love, even when you can't fully attach
Dating, boundaries, and intuition
Being willing to fall in love (again and again)
This episode is perfect for anyone who loves dogs, has known heartbreak, believes in loving fully, and wants to live with more emotional freedom.
LINKS FROM THE EPISODE 
The Healing Heartbreak Support Kit - Balm for a broken heart
My new book, Sensing the Sacred: A guided journal of sensory spirituality and daily ritual, is available now. Learn more: https://marylofgren.com/sensing-the-sacred

This episode looks to Imbolc, a seasonal living holy day to keep warmth, hope, and tending alive. We explore seasonal living to help us stay human, foods to fortify and delight you, and rituals you can take to tend the spark of light alive within yourself.
Themes we explore: Imbolc, seasonal living, hope, staying human, Brigid, Celtic seasonal festivals, end of winter, candle ritual, seasonal wisdom, feminine spirituality
Mentioned in the episode: 
Live with Mary: Seasonal Nourishment Circle in Oakland, CA
Pear Porridge Recipe by Harriet Davidson
Full show notes available at marylofgren.com →

My new book, Sensing the Sacred: A guided journal of sensory spirituality and daily ritual, is available now. Learn more: https://marylofgren.com/sensing-the-sacred

Does it ever annoy you when people tell you you need to slow down?
Especially when there’s so much to do, and so much you want to do, slowing down can feel like the last thing you need.
Or maybe you crave a more intentional pace, but feel like you need to turn your life into Pinterest perfection.
Today’s episode explores what slowing down actually means in the body.
Think less retreating from life, more feeling safe enough to actually inhabit it.
We explore:
Why “just relax” isn’t helpful advice
What you’re really seeking when you want to slow down, and a more honest way to get there
Three luxurious ways to tend your feminine nervous system
Make like a sloth and climb on in.
Themes:
slowing down, nervous system regulation, feminine nervous system, presence practice, how to relax, stress relief for women, somatic healing, polyvagal theory for beginners
Links from the show:
Join The Sanctuary 
LORE: Lifestyle of Reverence Everyday 
Anchored by Deb Dana 
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My new book, Sensing the Sacred: A guided journal of sensory spirituality and daily ritual, is available now. Learn more: https://marylofgren.com/sensing-the-sacred

Today's episode is a love letter from the pages of my journal, written for you in those moments where change loses it's luster, and staying with it feels steep.  Think of this as a trail snack - like a handful of seasoned almonds - nutrition for the soul that offers presence, poetry, and a lantern to guide your next steps. 
My new book, Sensing the Sacred: A guided journal of sensory spirituality and daily ritual, is available now. Learn more: https://marylofgren.com/sensing-the-sacred