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About Colleen Mariotti

Colleen is a mother of three, teacher, leadership coach, writer, and co-founder of Livology. The observations on this site come from a deep desire to share, practice and continue to learn and grow by being present in the world every day.

What Happens When You Hold Your Breath?

October 2, 2019 by Colleen Mariotti

“What will our children do in the morning if they do not see us fly?” -Rumi When we inhale, our diaphragm tightens and contracts as pressure builds in our expanding chest cavity. This sets our lungs up to suck air in through our nose and mouth on its path to our air sacs and eventually […]

Filed Under: Abundance, Appreciation, Family Adventure, Living Simply, Personal Growth, Uncategorized Tagged With: culture, Live More, Patience

Take A Road Trip to Refresh Your Perspective

April 29, 2019 by Colleen Mariotti

But when they changed their plans time and time again, the dates became confused, the periods were mislaid, and one day seemed so much like another that one could not feel them pass. Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude Where does the time go? Is it that time already? How time flies. In […]

Filed Under: Appreciation, Family Adventure, Uncategorized, USA Tagged With: Each Day, family, family travel, Geography Of The United States, Live More, New Perspectives

Unplug to Save Energy

March 26, 2019 by Colleen Mariotti

My great aunt used to unplug all her appliances when she wasn’t using them. She would even turn off the water running to the washing machine when she wasn’t doing laundry. I have been thinking about her a lot lately and how she would softly float between outlets and say, “I unplug to save energy.” […]

Filed Under: Living Simply, Mindfulness, Personal Growth Tagged With: Handheld Devices, Save Energy, Unplug, Unplug Appliances, Washing Machine

One Simple Ingredient

February 28, 2019 by Colleen Mariotti

There are many people we love unconditionally but there are only a few places in the world where we have felt unconditional love. The most loving ground we have ever stepped foot on was the Ananda Kurjana Ashram and Orphanage in Indonesia. It is a place that exists because of love, grows out of love, […]

Filed Under: Abundance, Appreciation, Bali, Family Adventure, Slow Travel Tagged With: Australian Farms, Gratitude Practice, Human Behavior, Patience, Simple, Simple Ingredients, Unconditional Love

How Do You Write the Next Chapter? Vietnam Then and Now

January 17, 2019 by Colleen Mariotti

I remember reading Love in the Time of Cholera when I was pregnant with Max. My favorite line in the novel, written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, is “He allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, […]

Filed Under: Appreciation, Personal Growth, Vietnam Tagged With: Family History, International Development, Vietnam

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