The Truth About Having a Mental Illness
The truth about having a mental illness is this: It is hard and it is draining. There are so many things that are going on in your head and so…
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The Truth About Having a Mental Illness
How To Choose Podcasts Worth Listening To
How often have you felt overwhelmed by all the mediums vying for your attention? I can remember a time before podcasts and social media. Books, radio and TV have always…
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How To Choose Podcasts Worth Listening To
How to Break Up With Your Toxic Self in 5 Brave Steps
Do you often believe that you are not good enough? Do you constantly disappoint and judge yourself? Is blaming yourself for making mistakes and expecting perfection a daily ritual? This…
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How to Break Up With Your Toxic Self in 5 Brave Steps
Growing Through ALL That We’re Going Through
"Don't "GO" through life, "GROW" through life. Realize the journey of life is not about being right or pretending to know it all. It's about learning and growing every step…
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Growing Through ALL That We’re Going Through
Time Of Self Discovery During The Stay At Home Order
Over the last 11 weeks I have had some time of self discovery during the stay at home order. During the recent stay at home order many of us have…
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Time Of Self Discovery During The Stay At Home Order
Yelling: How to Get Your Message Across
Early in the lock-down, I realized that I had no area in my house to "take" my yoga class. Work was from home, college was from home, high school was…
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Yelling: How to Get Your Message Across
Five Mental Health Benefits to Growing Your Garden
Long ago, in a time far far away... My grandfather was an avid gardener. In the acre behind their home he had created a small oasis of vegetables and fruits in…
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Five Mental Health Benefits to Growing Your Garden
Three Unexpected Ways to Expand Your Life Through Stretching
I started out on my wellness journey in May 2018. As you can imagine, when I first started, there was an overwhelming amount of information given to me on how…
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Three Unexpected Ways to Expand Your Life Through Stretching
When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned: We Adjust and Move Forward
The doctor glanced up at me after examining my daughter and gently explained, “We’re going to go ahead and make an appointment for her at the children’s hospital downtown.” Well,…
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When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned: We Adjust and Move Forward
That Glamping Life: Trading in My Tent for a Different Kind of Adventure
I am a “glamper.” I have officially traded in my tent for the glamping life. There. I said it. My backwoods, backpacking, teenaged self-of-old would shudder to hear those words…
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That Glamping Life: Trading in My Tent for a Different Kind of Adventure
What Perspective Am I to Hold on to?
These last few months have been disorienting. To gather enough focus to put pen to paper and write down my thoughts has been daunting. The struggle to identify up from…
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What Perspective Am I to Hold on to?
The Power of Remembering: Reflections from Childhood
Remembering back to my childhood, I reflected on arriving at the base of my favorite tree. I was ten years old looking up and squinting into the Texas sunshine. I…
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The Power of Remembering: Reflections from Childhood
Fun Facts and Tips: 15 Things you Didn’t Know About Money and Finance
Money is always such a serious and sometimes taboo topic. We all want more of it and spend a lot of time researching ways to get it. I thought it…
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Fun Facts and Tips: 15 Things you Didn’t Know About Money and Finance
Envy, the Little Green Monster
I'll be honest with you, until a little while ago I did not grasp the difference between jealousy and envy. I thought they were synonyms for one another. So when…
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Envy, the Little Green Monster
Too busy to notice the here and now
Learning to Live in the Moment: It Changed my Life for the Better
I slowed my stroll down the sidewalk and paused to lean against the side of the building. Casually I observed the bypassers and wondered at the look on their faces.…
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Learning to Live in the Moment: It Changed my Life for the Better
Using a Planner for Journaling: 3 Ways to Save Time
Using a planner for journaling is a great way to reduce your journaling time. One of the biggest reasons people do not journal is the lack of time. We are…
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Using a Planner for Journaling: 3 Ways to Save Time
Help and Be Helped: What Makes Accepting Help So Hard?
I love helping people. It makes me feel purposeful and fulfilled. Every time I’ve taken an Enneagram test, I’m a 2. “The Helper.” I want to bring meals to you…
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Help and Be Helped: What Makes Accepting Help So Hard?
Leaving the Fitness Industry: What I Learned About my Body and Soul
After more than 15 years of working in the fitness industry, I recently walked away from teaching indoor cycling classes. Leaving the fitness industry was one of the most difficult,…
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Leaving the Fitness Industry: What I Learned About my Body and Soul
Six Ways That Spring Cleaning Will Declutter Your Life
Spring is here! It’s hard to feel it right now amid the Coronavirus shutdowns but it’s here. With the change in seasons comes the warmer weather, flowers blooming and, for…
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Six Ways That Spring Cleaning Will Declutter Your Life
How Many Times Are You Willing to Get Back Up When You Fall?
We all, at some point in our lives, have fallen down physically or mentally, ranging from childhood to adulthood. We've collected a treasure chest full of scars from a few…
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How Many Times Are You Willing to Get Back Up When You Fall?
Being Ok With Being Ok: The Unspectacular Article
Writing is a love. A passion. A joy. But it is not always easy. While I immensely enjoy the opportunity to share my heart, to be vulnerable and authentically me,…
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Being Ok With Being Ok: The Unspectacular Article
I Don’t Have to Save the World Today and Neither Do You
So, I have this problem. It’s not, like, a bad problem, necessarily. And it’s not one of those problems where I have brief moments of anxiety, like when I misplace…
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I Don’t Have to Save the World Today and Neither Do You
Embrace the Season You’re In – Something Valuable is Coming
I curled up under a blanket on the carpeted floor of our master bedroom closet. Pulling the pillow over my head, I squeezed my eyes shut and turned on the…
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Embrace the Season You’re In – Something Valuable is Coming
It’s Not Only Okay To Talk About The Hard, It’s Necessary!
"Vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage."-Brene Brown Life is filled with so many amazing moments. There is so much to celebrate, so much to be grateful for, so…
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It’s Not Only Okay To Talk About The Hard, It’s Necessary!
Outta’ Your Head: Saying No to the Tyranny of Compulsive Thinking
Stress. Tension. Anxiety. Busyness. We have too much to do! Too many hats to wear! Too many places to be! We believe life would calm down and the problem would…
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Outta’ Your Head: Saying No to the Tyranny of Compulsive Thinking
Cultivating My (un)Grateful Heart
My heart has grown quite disengaged and resentful of late. The world seems so harsh and unkind. Messages of hate and judgment, acts of cruelty and divisive language everywhere make…
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Cultivating My (un)Grateful Heart
Saying That You are Fine When You are Falling Apart
If I had a dollar for every time I said that I was fine when I was falling apart I would be rich. I am like the queen at saying…
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Saying That You are Fine When You are Falling Apart
The Secret to Writing Words that have Power, Meaning, and Purpose
One year ago I said I would never write a blog. Two months later, here I am, still writing blogs. Oh no...Not another blog! You may want to grab a glass of…
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The Secret to Writing Words that have Power, Meaning, and Purpose
Asking for Help: The Hard. The Beauty. The Freedom.
I. Need. Help. Three words that bring rise to a myriad of feelings, emotions and physical reactions. To ask for help is to be vulnerable. It’s scary. It’s risky. And…
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Asking for Help: The Hard. The Beauty. The Freedom.
The Magnificent Mundane: Finding Belonging From Your Line of Survivors
All the little moments that get lost when you are busy running the race to achievement. It's within these moments where belonging waits to be found.
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The Magnificent Mundane: Finding Belonging From Your Line of Survivors
The Wave of Suffocation: Longing for More
The wave of suffocation had finally reached shore and was pulling me under. You see, I used to be the girl who longed for more. More books, more serving dishes,…
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The Wave of Suffocation: Longing for More
The Value Of Our History Begins In Our Thoughts
The Beauty of History The value of our History is such a beautiful thing! Because there’s so much you can learn from it. And by reading the writings left behind we…
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The Value Of Our History Begins In Our Thoughts
Fighting your Inner Mean Girl with Positive Self-Love
Up until fifth grade I felt I had led a positive, normal Midwest life. Although not together, my parents loved me. I had lots of books to keep me happy…
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Fighting your Inner Mean Girl with Positive Self-Love
Your Legacy is Still Yours to Create- How Will You Build It?
My maternal grandmother lived in a small town in Iowa. She wore curlers in her hair at night and didn’t leave the house without lipstick. Just thinking about her lasagna…
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Your Legacy is Still Yours to Create- How Will You Build It?
Curb the distractions: Journey Together with 2 Techniques
Do 24 hours a day seem not enough to handle it all? You aren't alone. Balancing family and business while maintaining a sense of self is challenging. Add in social…
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Curb the distractions: Journey Together with 2 Techniques
Let Yourself Go: Breaking Free From Harmful Self Control
How many of you cringed just reading the words "Let yourself go"? From a very early age we are exposed to external forms of control. Parents tell us when to…
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Let Yourself Go: Breaking Free From Harmful Self Control
My 2020 Personal Reading Challenge: Six Great Books in Six Months
In a world of audiobooks, podcasts, online videos and information overload – it’s easy to get out of the habit of good old-fashioned reading. Reading real books not only exercises…
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My 2020 Personal Reading Challenge: Six Great Books in Six Months
The Power of Yet: Making Space for a Growth Mindset
I don't know how many times my yoga teacher told me that I just "had" to read The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle. Many. Because I procrastinated for months…
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The Power of Yet: Making Space for a Growth Mindset
Mommy Guilt: If You Are Giving it to Yourself, Stop it
Before I was a mom, I knew that mommy guilt was a thing. I knew to be careful if I experienced this. One thing I didn’t expect was to give…
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Mommy Guilt: If You Are Giving it to Yourself, Stop it
You Reap What You Sow: How This Phrase Affected My Mindset.
There is an old proverb that mentions the idea of you reap what you sow. If you've ever heard this growing up, how did you decern it? When I heard,…
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You Reap What You Sow: How This Phrase Affected My Mindset.
Empowered Women Should Not Equal Disempowered Men
I would say that I got onto my own path of empowerment in my early 20's. I was a single mom with my daughter for 8 years, went to college…
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Empowered Women Should Not Equal Disempowered Men
Behold: A Powerful Practice to Embrace
I stepped out of the car and happened to glance down at the ground before landing on my feet. An odd-shaped rock caught my eye. I immediately beheld how the stone…
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Behold: A Powerful Practice to Embrace
The Importance of Having People Like Us and Un-like Us!
I'm a big believer in finding our circle, squad, or tribe. Individuals who have similar ideas, beliefs, and values is important because they will encourage, support and cheer us on.…
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The Importance of Having People Like Us and Un-like Us!
Creating Positive Affirmations — Change Your Mindset and Your Reality
How affirmations can be a calming force for people with anxiety or stress.
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Creating Positive Affirmations — Change Your Mindset and Your Reality
Losing My Voice, Gaining Perspective: Two Lessons I Learned from Staying Quiet
The quieter you become, the more you can hear.Ram Dass Losing My Voice; Literally Last week, I lost my voice. And I mean that in the literal sense. I went…
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Losing My Voice, Gaining Perspective: Two Lessons I Learned from Staying Quiet
Opinions: Everyone Has One But You Never Know Who is Sitting Next to You
Opinions are like... and everyone has one. We’ve all heard the saying, but I find myself baffled that while we wouldn’t dare to share our nether regions, why do we…
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Opinions: Everyone Has One But You Never Know Who is Sitting Next to You
When Grief Moves In and Unpacks Her Bags: How Grief Changed Me
When grief officially moves in and unpacks her bags, she becomes a part of every breath and every moment whether we like it our not. When she came to visit…
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When Grief Moves In and Unpacks Her Bags: How Grief Changed Me
Phobias for Fuel: Recognizing the Other Side of Fear
It's hard to know what not to fear because the other side of fear isn’t commonly acknowledged. However, it can be advantageous to do so. When I left the country…
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Phobias for Fuel: Recognizing the Other Side of Fear
Just Begin Again: The Power of Your Personal Reset Button
We've been sold the lie of perfection. Perfection lies out there, somewhere, with someone else. However, life has never been about being perfect. It's always been about being and becoming. And one of the greatest tools we have on our journey of being and becoming is our personal reset button.
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Just Begin Again: The Power of Your Personal Reset Button
Your Kids Are Going To Leave: Stop Expecting Them To Fill Your Needs
Our children are miracles. They make us proud, frustrate and challenge us and they teach us a lot about ourselves. However, they are not ours to keep. We don't own…
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Your Kids Are Going To Leave: Stop Expecting Them To Fill Your Needs
Planning a New Year’s Resolution That Will Be a Success
Our New Year's Resolution The New Year begins and we smile and hug ourselves as thoughts of thousands of new opportunities dance in our heads! Scraping the old, yucky and…
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Planning a New Year’s Resolution That Will Be a Success
Finding Yourself in the New Year: Awakening Your Creativity in 2020
It seems that everyone sets some type of goal or selects a word for the new year. Today I wanted to share some ways to find yourself in the new…
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Finding Yourself in the New Year: Awakening Your Creativity in 2020
Learn.Change.Grow; Evolving to Become The Next Version of YOU!
We all make goals this time of year, and we should – learning and growing should be something we aspire to always do. Realizing where we are right now, and…
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Learn.Change.Grow; Evolving to Become The Next Version of YOU!
Finding Comfort in JOMO – The Joy of Missing Out
I have lived half my life with the fear of missing out or “FOMO” – even when this now-popular acronym didn’t exist to describe my state of being. I have…
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Finding Comfort in JOMO – The Joy of Missing Out
Ditching Diets and Embracing Self-Acceptance Instead: The Healthiest I’ve Ever Been!
This year I’m turning 40 and I have one intention for the year: to be the healthiest I have ever been. I would venture to guess that when most people…
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Ditching Diets and Embracing Self-Acceptance Instead: The Healthiest I’ve Ever Been!
Exchanging Our Agendas for a Posture of Curiosity this New Year
It’s the New Year and we all know what that means….New Years Resolutions. While I think the idea behind the practice of making goals for the New Year is good,…
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Exchanging Our Agendas for a Posture of Curiosity this New Year
Seven Lessons I’ve Learned from Unplugging for Seven Days
I recently took a trip to Jamaica for a week. It was heaven. The weather was warm and the water was turquoise. It was everything my husband and I needed. Before…
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Seven Lessons I’ve Learned from Unplugging for Seven Days
Honor the Cycles of the Moon to Reconnect to Your Natural Rhythms
I often look up at the night sky and feel my home is up there somewhere. I can feel my soul pulling toward the stars and moon, aching to return…
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Honor the Cycles of the Moon to Reconnect to Your Natural Rhythms
Practice Doesn’t Make Perfect: Embracing the Imperfect
There’s nothing quite like one’s first-ever blog post to serve up a big helping of vulnerability, is there? But really, the craving to be more vulnerable is largely what nudged…
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Practice Doesn’t Make Perfect: Embracing the Imperfect
Word of the Year: Find Empowerment Through Words in 2020
Someone very close to me once told me that she had a 'Word of the Year' that she reminded herself of frequently throughout 2019. She wanted this word to be…
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Word of the Year: Find Empowerment Through Words in 2020
Hope Deferred Makes The Heart Sick: How to Handle Disappointment
Shattered Dreams Six months ago, our lives became shattered and fractured in one fatal swoop. All of our dreams and our sense of security vanished, leaving nothing but a nasty…
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Hope Deferred Makes The Heart Sick: How to Handle Disappointment
My first Zumba class!
I Hate Going to the Gym: 5 Tips For Making Working Out Fun
Finding Joy in Going to the Gym I have loathed going to the gym my entire adult life. I do not get that “high” that many people feel during and…
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I Hate Going to the Gym: 5 Tips For Making Working Out Fun
Cultivating Patience to Gain Self-Control: 5 Lessons From Avocado Seeds
When we try to cultivate patience to gain self-control it can be a difficult task. To cultivate means to prepare or nurture something, more so in a way of practicing.…
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Cultivating Patience to Gain Self-Control: 5 Lessons From Avocado Seeds
Vision Boards – Express Your Desires and Visualize Your Future
There is a lot of buzz around the idea of vision boards. You've been probably seeing vision board workshops popping up all over your social media accounts. Is this something…
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Vision Boards – Express Your Desires and Visualize Your Future
Looking Back: A Heart-Centered New Year’s Eve Ritual
Rituals are an integral part of the holiday season. They are shaped by ancestry, faith, and culture, varying from person to person, family to family. A tree with ornaments collected…
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Looking Back: A Heart-Centered New Year’s Eve Ritual
The Universe Gives Us Signs: Listen and Take Action!
"The universe is always speaking to us...sending us little messages, causing coincidences and serendipities, reminding us to stop, to look around, to believe in something else."-Unknown Have you ever received…
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The Universe Gives Us Signs: Listen and Take Action!
Holiday Blues: Coming Face to Face with Loneliness and Discovering Joy
It was a crisp autumn day, down under in the southern hemisphere of New Zealand. Wandering around the city of Auckland, I found myself people-watching while simultaneously soaking up my…
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Holiday Blues: Coming Face to Face with Loneliness and Discovering Joy
Looking Back to Get Ahead: Gratitude and Presence, not Perfection
Does the quest for perfection in the world and in your own heart constantly nag at you? Looking back to get ahead can become a key factor in living well…
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Looking Back to Get Ahead: Gratitude and Presence, not Perfection
Finding Those Raw, Real, Authentic Connections
Raw, real, and authentic can be hard to find Moving. We’ve all done it. Maybe it was for that dream job or maybe it was to be closer to family.…
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Finding Those Raw, Real, Authentic Connections
Pushing Pause: The Power and Gift of Our Presence
I’m unsure where this year went. It feels like just yesterday, my kids and I were filled with much anticipation and excitement for the return of our husband and daddy…
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Pushing Pause: The Power and Gift of Our Presence
This Isn’t A Hallmark Movie! 6 Ways to be Present, Not Perfect, During the Holidays
If you know me, you know I really love a good, sappy Hallmark movie, especially a Christmas one. During the holiday season there's little I enjoy more than snuggling up…
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This Isn’t A Hallmark Movie! 6 Ways to be Present, Not Perfect, During the Holidays
The Heaviness of Our Own Expectations Can Weigh Us Down
The heaviness of our own expectations can weigh us down and cause a rigidity that if our life turns out different than we planned, it can feel like failure.
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The Heaviness of Our Own Expectations Can Weigh Us Down
Going for the Win-Win: Decision Making in Relationships
We value strong, healthy relationships, but nothing can damage them more than poor decision making skills. Whether it is a spouse, sibling, long-time friend, or business partner, we want to stay close and feel connected. Going for the win-win is the solution to this problem.
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Going for the Win-Win: Decision Making in Relationships
Embracing The Woman I’m Becoming: An Ongoing Journey
"Life is a lively process of becoming"-Douglas MacArthur Do you remember what you wanted to be when you were a kid? Perhaps a teacher, a doctor, a ballerina or all…
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Embracing The Woman I’m Becoming: An Ongoing Journey
Having the Courage to be Disliked: Why it’s so Important
"It's better to risk being disliked for living your truth than to be loved for what you are pretending to be." -Dawn Gluskin Let’s face it, no matter how hard…
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Having the Courage to be Disliked: Why it’s so Important
A Diamond In The Rough: Embracing a Beautiful Learning and Growing Process
Dear Friend, I have something to tell you that maybe you didn’t know!I I see you with your head down and tears flowing. I see the discouragement in your eyes.…
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A Diamond In The Rough: Embracing a Beautiful Learning and Growing Process
It’s Not Too Late! 3 Steps to Take Charge and Make Change Before the End of the Year
There are only a few more weeks left in this year—in this decade, in fact! Have you had a chance to stop and think about that yet? At this point…
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It’s Not Too Late! 3 Steps to Take Charge and Make Change Before the End of the Year
How to Talk to Veterans: Beyond the Thank You
This Veteran’s Day season I challenge the status quo and invite you to STOP thanking us for our service. Instead ask us ABOUT our service, especially our Vietnam, Korean, and pre-9/11 service members.
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How to Talk to Veterans: Beyond the Thank You
Wake Up Girl: Your Body Size Doesn’t Define your Worth
"Dear Body, You were never a problem. There is nothing wrong with your size, your curves, your scars, your flaws, your stretch marks or you. It's not your job to…
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Wake Up Girl: Your Body Size Doesn’t Define your Worth
Finding the Light in the Midst of Darkness: A Walk In Central Park
Last month, my 40th birthday wish came true. I got to tour New York City and see a Broadway show. It was a spectacular and eye opening adventure. Walking through…
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Finding the Light in the Midst of Darkness: A Walk In Central Park
Hate: 5 Reasons We Let Negativity Take Over Our Emotions
Hate has always been a hard topic to discuss. It is usually seen as negative and can be deemed as an unacceptable emotion, making us feel like a bad person…
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Hate: 5 Reasons We Let Negativity Take Over Our Emotions
5 Natural Ways to Manage PTSD- Simple Habits for Daily Life
How to manage PTSD in a healthy and constructive way can feel impossible. There are so many unknown things happening inside our brains that it seems daunting to try and DO anything about it. I hear you. I understand.
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5 Natural Ways to Manage PTSD- Simple Habits for Daily Life
What Dancing with My Husband Taught Me
I used to be the girl who was afraid of dancing. I was afraid to be in front of other people and worried about what they might think. Picture this:…
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What Dancing with My Husband Taught Me
I’ve Been That Girl! Forgiving Myself For Not Knowing Better
"Forgive yourself for not knowing better at the time. Forgive yourself for giving away your power. Forgive yourself for past behaviors. Forgive yourself for the survival patterns and traits you…
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I’ve Been That Girl! Forgiving Myself For Not Knowing Better
The Power of Our Words in Life and How They Shape the Future
The power of words in our life is something that is so underrated that we trip and fall over it! We don’t recognize this power and neither do we teach it…
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The Power of Our Words in Life and How They Shape the Future
Mind Your Gurus: How to Manage All Those Voices We Follow
Jim Rohn, a renowned businessman, once said, "You're the average of the five people you spend most of your time with." In short he's saying we emulate who we surround…
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Mind Your Gurus: How to Manage All Those Voices We Follow
Time is a Blessing; Don’t Waste it, Allow it to Elevate You!
Time is precious. We've all heard that old proverb thousands of times, but we still take it for granted. We aren't usually mindful everyday of how blessed we are to…
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Time is a Blessing; Don’t Waste it, Allow it to Elevate You!
Three Core Life Values: Inspiration for the Game of Life and Football Fans
Fall is in the air, which means it is football season! Whether or not you love the game of football like I do, there are some really great life lessons…
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Three Core Life Values: Inspiration for the Game of Life and Football Fans
Never Is Determined By Our Attitude: Discovering The Word Never
Understanding The Attitude of Never "Never, never, never give up." Was a speech that Winston Churchill gave at his boyhood school one October and was passed on to me as…
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Never Is Determined By Our Attitude: Discovering The Word Never
Three Ways to Deal with Rejection and Live a Healthy Life
No matter what form it comes in, rejection carries side effects that can throw us off track. Rejection can take away precious moments with loved ones, distract us from doing…
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Three Ways to Deal with Rejection and Live a Healthy Life
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Validation in the 21st Century: The Impact of Social Media and Communication
Validation? Validation is a hot topic in the 21st century. I don’t know about you, but I see it almost every single day. That is the entire reason for social…
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Validation in the 21st Century: The Impact of Social Media and Communication
The Siren Song Of A Broken Heart: The Aftershock of Trauma
July is hard, August brings healing. Trauma is a strange thing. Every year I think I’m over it, I think I’ve processed enough. Then September comes, and my mind is…
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The Siren Song Of A Broken Heart: The Aftershock of Trauma
Redefining Rest: Practicing Pause, Presence, and Peace
A few years ago, I was introduced to a new idea to begin the New Year. Rather than making a resolution, I would take a moment to sit with God…
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Redefining Rest: Practicing Pause, Presence, and Peace
Be the Dog: Lessons I Learned from my Greyhound
Cat people vs. dog people I am not...strike that. I WAS not a dog person. It's been said that there are two kinds of people in this world...dog people and…
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Be the Dog: Lessons I Learned from my Greyhound
The First Time Kindergarten Mama: A New Season in Motherhood
My daughter started Kindergarten this year and it really caught this Kindergarten Mama off guard. Not the typical feeling of how much I will miss her or how hard it…
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The First Time Kindergarten Mama: A New Season in Motherhood
Motivation Schmotivation: Why It’s Not Sustainable and What to do About It
We've all been there before. You've decided to change a habit or start working towards a goal. For the first two weeks or so, you're on fire! You keep with…
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Motivation Schmotivation: Why It’s Not Sustainable and What to do About It
Self Care: It Isn’t Just About Bubble Baths
Take a minute to imagine your typical work week. At what point in the week do you generally begin to yearn for Friday at 5 pm? (And if you said…
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Self Care: It Isn’t Just About Bubble Baths
Hitting Rock Bottom: Finding the Blessings in the Hard
"Something very beautiful happens to people when their world has fallen apart; a humility, a nobility, a higher intelligence emerges at just the point when our knees hit the floor."-Marianne…
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Hitting Rock Bottom: Finding the Blessings in the Hard
The Benefits of Scheduling Your Daily Life Uncovered
Why I Began to Schedule I was never taught the benefits of scheduling my days. No one ever mentioned that there was even such a need. And so I grew…
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The Benefits of Scheduling Your Daily Life Uncovered
Show Up – Lessons in Showing Up For Yourself and Others
As the end of summer approaches, I have started hearing stories about heading back to college. It has reminded me of a lesson that I learned in college, but I…
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Show Up – Lessons in Showing Up For Yourself and Others
Releasing: Surrendering Control and Understanding
John and Stasi Eldredge have had a significant impact on my life. Through their books and through their teachings, I’ve experienced a deeper understanding of who I am and Whose…
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Releasing: Surrendering Control and Understanding
The Ugly Truth About Depression
Let Us Begin: I have debated for many months whether or not to write about depression. I have spent many nights sweating and in tears because I also knew I…
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The Ugly Truth About Depression
It’s a Hill of a Life- Lessons From my 450 Mile Bike Ride
I have a problem...I love an epic adventure. I love a new challenge...a physically-draining, heart-wrenching challenge where you have to dig down to the deepest bit of your soul to…
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It’s a Hill of a Life- Lessons From my 450 Mile Bike Ride
The Secret to Doing It All: Don’t! And Five tips to help you look like you Do!
People often ask me how I “do it all” or how I “keep it all together," and I’m just going to be honest from the start and tell you my…
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The Secret to Doing It All: Don’t! And Five tips to help you look like you Do!
What’s Eating You? The Secret Affect Stress Can Have on Your Health
Stress. We all have it, in one form or another. Whether it's running around making sure our kiddos get where they need to be or cramming to meet that deadline,…
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What’s Eating You? The Secret Affect Stress Can Have on Your Health
The Elephant and The Rope: What You Believe is Powerful!
Your attempt may fail, but never fail to make an attempt.
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The Elephant and The Rope: What You Believe is Powerful!
Lessons from the Diary of a Novice Backpacker
I sauntered up to my sixteen-year-old daughter and inquired, “Interested in having a backpack adventure with your mom?” “Just us? Not dad too?” she asked. “Just us. What do you think?” I…
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Lessons from the Diary of a Novice Backpacker
Enough! Determine What Being Enough Means to You in Two Steps
We are enough. They are enough. You are enough. You've likely heard these phrases quite a lot, but have you taken the time to figure out what "enough" really means…
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Enough! Determine What Being Enough Means to You in Two Steps
The Problem with Broken: Stop Describing Yourself That Way
I hear people say ALL the time that they are "broken." As a therapist, I would be a rich person if I had a dollar for every time I've heard…
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The Problem with Broken: Stop Describing Yourself That Way
Adding Value To The People In Your Surroundings
Have you ever been at a meeting, interacting and talking to people, when suddenly you felt the entire atmosphere of the room change? You glance around and discover that someone…
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Adding Value To The People In Your Surroundings
My Sister; Lessons She Has Taught Me Growing Up
"Sisters are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly" -Unknown My Inspiration My younger sister Osmara was born with Bilateral Microtia,…
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My Sister; Lessons She Has Taught Me Growing Up
Throwing the Flag on the Phrase, “This is Just a Season”
The calendar said it was the first day of summer. But when I looked out the window, it was cloudy, raining, and the thermometer read 43 degrees. I guess mother…
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Throwing the Flag on the Phrase, “This is Just a Season”
Coming Clean: The Most Refreshing Benefits of Being Totally Honest
The truth is not always simple, as the saying goes. Ain’t that the truth! Over the last several years, as I grow older and a little wiser, I’ve had to…
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Coming Clean: The Most Refreshing Benefits of Being Totally Honest
Summer Fun or Summer Bummer? 5 Steps to Help Summer Overwhelm
It’s summer! Does that mean it’s time for lots of fun in the sun or time to find a million ways to entertain your kids who are bouncing off the…
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Summer Fun or Summer Bummer? 5 Steps to Help Summer Overwhelm
I’m Sorry for Judging You: What Judging Others Really Reveals!
Judgement Reveals I'm sorry for judging you! Recently I stumbled upon a similar title while scrolling through my social media feed. Immediately, without even reading the article, my mind summoned…
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I’m Sorry for Judging You: What Judging Others Really Reveals!
Senses and Our Emotions
Senses Have you ever just sat and taken in the sounds and smells around you? Isn't it funny how quickly your mood can change because you go back to either…
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Senses and Our Emotions
I’m Not Where I Thought I’d be at This Point in Life and That’s Just Fine.
Some of you will laugh at me. Mostly those who are older and have already been where I'm heading. Others of you will completely relate in this moment right now.…
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I’m Not Where I Thought I’d be at This Point in Life and That’s Just Fine.
The Restoration Strategy: Furniture and Self
It was December of 2016 and my final beloved grandparent had passed into the heavenly realm. I personally have found it difficult to endure the transition of grieving loss while…
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The Restoration Strategy: Furniture and Self
An Inconsistent Journaling Journey Still Makes You a Journaler
My journaling journey started in high school, the Dear Diary style of journaling where you share your thoughts about friends, school, boyfriends, etc. I was on an inconsistent journaling journey…
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An Inconsistent Journaling Journey Still Makes You a Journaler
Permission to Pause; Permission to be Unproductive
I’ve lived almost my entire life in Colorado, and everyone here knows the weather can be unpredictable. We can get snow as early as September and as late as May.…
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Permission to Pause; Permission to be Unproductive
Military Wife Life: Tools to Survive the Constant Transition of His Career
The same day I chose this blog topic, I received a “heads up” that my husband’s name was at the top of a list for a deployment next year. He…
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Military Wife Life: Tools to Survive the Constant Transition of His Career
Discover Your Strength in the Midst of Life’s Challenges
In Plain View I’ve lived in Northern Colorado for almost three years. Growing up in Texas, I have been accustomed to a much different landscape for most of my life.…
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Discover Your Strength in the Midst of Life’s Challenges
Closing A Chapter In My Life And Preparing For A New One
I recently started a new phase in my life. A phase that, with all honesty, terrified the heck out of me. I made a decision that had been on my…
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Closing A Chapter In My Life And Preparing For A New One
Surviving May: Advice from the Mother of a Graduate
May is always a busy month. Add to the mix a child in high school and May is just crazy. Make that child a senior and the month is insane.…
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Surviving May: Advice from the Mother of a Graduate
Life Experiences – Bad Things Happen, Don’t Let It Stop You From Living!
On one hand I’m the helicopter mom, full of anxiety that something horrible will happen to my children. On the other hand, I encourage my daughter’s to travel the world and…
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Life Experiences – Bad Things Happen, Don’t Let It Stop You From Living!
It is What You Say it is: The Pivotal Power of Perspective
It was a warm summer evening and our family was taking a walk together, which is something we do often when the weather is nice. We were walking and talking…
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It is What You Say it is: The Pivotal Power of Perspective
Forgive Yourself and Find Peace – Stop Drinking the Poison!
Recently a member of my Take Care of You Community asked me to share some helpful tips about forgiveness. I was so glad she asked because this is an important…
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Forgive Yourself and Find Peace – Stop Drinking the Poison!
WAKE UP! It’s 6:00 a.m.
Wow! Wake up! It's 6:00 a.m. Don't you love when someone else tells you that? I also just love waking up really early in the morning…said no one ever. If…
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WAKE UP! It’s 6:00 a.m.
Grief Happens: Enduring Hardship
Grief is shifty and can be such a thief. Especially in moments where there are squeals of laughter peeling through the air as children chase each other. Or, shrieks of joy…
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Grief Happens: Enduring Hardship
My Authentic What Now? Finding Your True Voice When You’ve Stopped Listening
One scroll through social media or a quick internet search and you’ll have no trouble finding posts about authenticity. “Unlock your authentic self!” “Find your authentic self!” “Love your authentic…
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My Authentic What Now? Finding Your True Voice When You’ve Stopped Listening
Is your Soul in need of Refreshing? Let it Rain!
As I sit here and write, the rain is falling heavily on my roof. After a particularly challenging few months personally, I sit here with a sense of heaviness and…
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Is your Soul in need of Refreshing? Let it Rain!
Dreaming and Planning Gets You Nowhere Without The Doing Part
Dreams become reality when we begin to do..
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Dreaming and Planning Gets You Nowhere Without The Doing Part
The Women are Rising; Time to Build Ourselves Up
For the last ten years I have owned a small strategic sales consultancy. Most of my decision maker clients have been women. Working in and amongst sales and marketing teams,…
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The Women are Rising; Time to Build Ourselves Up
Attention All Self-Proclaimed Control Freaks, It’s Time to Let it Go!
At the end of March, my husband and I took our kids on a two-day getaway to Legoland. The park is only about 40 minutes from our home, so this…
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Attention All Self-Proclaimed Control Freaks, It’s Time to Let it Go!
Nourish Your Soul; How Travel Connects You with Humanity!
The trifecta in reaching your ideal state consists of a sound mind, a healthy body, and a peaceful soul. The first two are fairly straightforward and academic. We all want…
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Nourish Your Soul; How Travel Connects You with Humanity!
I No Longer Show Up For My Family
This one shift has helped me love those around me better. I am able to accept the humanity of those around me and allow that they are doing their best.
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I No Longer Show Up For My Family
Learning to Trust Yourself When You Don’t
Do you trust yourself? When you say you’re going to do something, do you know without a doubt that you’ll get it done? For me, for a very long time,…
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Learning to Trust Yourself When You Don’t
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Military Brat Parenting: Five Things I Tell My Kids in Hopes They’ll Be Better Humans
My dad was an Air Force colonel, a fighter pilot and a Vietnam veteran. In addition to being a proud (and dutiful) daughter, my upbringing in a military household shaped…
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Military Brat Parenting: Five Things I Tell My Kids in Hopes They’ll Be Better Humans
An Invitation Into Your Name
As I began to process through the writing of this article, I hit a wall. While this is not unusual, this wall felt different. Talking through my SFD (shitty first…
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An Invitation Into Your Name
Letting Go Of Things That Don’t Serve You, Without Apology.
“One of the most courageous decisions you’ll ever make is to finally let go of what is hurting your heart and soul.” –Brigitte Nicole When I was fourteen, I found…
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Letting Go Of Things That Don’t Serve You, Without Apology.
Be Silent, Be Still: The Power of Pausing in an Ever Chaotic World
Being mindful and focused is hard! Often times I sit down at my laptop intending to send some follow-up emails to clients or update my calendar for the week. It's…
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Be Silent, Be Still: The Power of Pausing in an Ever Chaotic World
Sacrifice: Not Just a Dirty Word
SACRIFICE is not just a dirty word. Or is it? What does this word conjure up for you? Perhaps its sadness or heartbreak. Maybe it brings with it, a sense…
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Sacrifice: Not Just a Dirty Word
A Penny’s Worth of Thoughts: Collecting Valuable Moments with your Children
The glimmer of sweet, sweet coins Nothing makes me happier during a run or a walk than catching a small glimmer in the street. A small glimmer that is of…
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A Penny’s Worth of Thoughts: Collecting Valuable Moments with your Children
What a Headache Taught me About my Life
April 2018 I was worried that 6 weeks of daily headaches meant I had a tumor or something major going on. I had put off calling the doctor for fear…
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What a Headache Taught me About my Life
Learning to Love the Hard Times- A Lesson From my Children
Hard times. Are they fun? Do we like them? No! Never! We normally don’t even want to talk about them! They make us cringe and tuck our tails and run!…
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Learning to Love the Hard Times- A Lesson From my Children
The Day I Cried Over Spilled Milk: My Journey of Self-Care and Embracing my “Enoughness”
In 2012 I began my self-care journey and it changed my life in ways I'd never imagined. Sharing this story has become part of my mission because every time I…
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The Day I Cried Over Spilled Milk: My Journey of Self-Care and Embracing my “Enoughness”
The One Thing That Shifted My Marriage Struggles
Have you ever had those moments where you wonder, “Why did we get married?” I would like to say this question only arose after children were born and we were dredging through the exhaustion of raising small babies. But no. This question arose in the first weeks and months of marriage and I wish someone had told me this one thing that might have shifted our marriage.
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The One Thing That Shifted My Marriage Struggles
Awaken to Who You Are
Stepping up to the microphone, the girl's hands trembled. Her mind focused on deep breathing and the mental exercises needed for calming her nerves, as well as her voice. She…
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Awaken to Who You Are
Cambodia – The Journey to Visit my Daughter and Myself
An unexpected work trip to China opened the door of opportunity for me to visit my daughter in Cambodia in March, for 5 days. What were the chances that during…
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Cambodia – The Journey to Visit my Daughter and Myself
Discover Your Piece to Create Peace in your Home.
Finding the pieces to create a peaceful spot in your home for you to rest and recover. I’m a sucker for all things that make me feel organized or peaceful.…
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Discover Your Piece to Create Peace in your Home.
4 Ways to shift your Journaling Mindset
Do you get excited to start writing in a new journal only to find it sitting untouched a month later? Are you intimidated by the blank pages, or just don’t…
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4 Ways to shift your Journaling Mindset
Growing Forward: 3 Life Lessons I Learned That Aren’t Taught in School
Recently I was reminded that in order to grow forward, we must embrace our past. It is a part of me that made me into the person I am today,…
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Growing Forward: 3 Life Lessons I Learned That Aren’t Taught in School
Finding Your Purpose
The Journey to Find Happiness Within
Happiness Have you ever stopped and asked yourself why everyone is chasing happiness? How can one word have so much meaning that it has literally become interwoven into our ever…
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The Journey to Find Happiness Within
Don’t be a Hater – 5 Reasons to Start Loving your Body Now!
"Dear You, Make peace with the mirror and watch your reflection change." - Sohini Did you know that you don't have to like everything about your body to love it?…
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Don’t be a Hater – 5 Reasons to Start Loving your Body Now!
Looking for friendship? Spend time with people you like
Have you ever struggled with friendships? You're not alone. Making friends is uncomfortable for most of us. Let's take the pressure off of friendship.
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Looking for friendship? Spend time with people you like
When the heat is on: Surviving life’s challenging seasons
Summer in my rugged, beautiful homeland of Australia is always HOT, but this summer has been THE most intense heat I can remember of all the summers I've encountered in…
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When the heat is on: Surviving life’s challenging seasons
Healing energies, the link between a hot stone massage and Hawaii
I recently discovered why I receive such amazing & similar healing energies from both a hot stone massage and from being on the island of Hawaii. How, you might ask,…
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Healing energies, the link between a hot stone massage and Hawaii
The Benefits of Giving Back: Why Volunteering is Good For You
When was the last time you went out into the world and actually gave your time – more than an hour – to an organization or a group of people…
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The Benefits of Giving Back: Why Volunteering is Good For You
4 Easy Steps to Creating Your Vision and Why You’ll Want to Do It NOW!
“Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life because you become what you believe.” - Oprah Winfrey Have you ever thought about what your vision for your life is?…
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4 Easy Steps to Creating Your Vision and Why You’ll Want to Do It NOW!
Growing Up Together – Part 2 – It’s not just about the Writing
In my first blog I introduced myself and a few of my inner writing companions; Tendency to push away, Giving up and Calm who all pop up at different times…
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Growing Up Together – Part 2 – It’s not just about the Writing
Life is Like a Box of Chocolates?
Have you ever wondered why they even use the saying life is like a box of chocolates? Think about it? You take a bite of a piece of chocolate. You don't…
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Life is Like a Box of Chocolates?
Which Comes First: Self-Acceptance or Personal Growth?
TRUE OR FALSE? You can't accept yourself and desire personal growth at the same time. Go ahead and think on that for a second. I’ll wait.
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Which Comes First: Self-Acceptance or Personal Growth?
Mind Games: The Subtle Art of Telling Yourself to Get Lost
How often do you find yourself in a dialogue…..with yourself? Daily? Weekly? If you are anything like me, this dialogue happens so often throughout the day you may not even…
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Mind Games: The Subtle Art of Telling Yourself to Get Lost
Growing Up Together: Part 1 – Setting The Scene & Being Honest
If you’ve arrived here in this sacred space you are probably like me; a fellow change-maker, peace-creator and sprinkler of love on our planet. I answered a call from the…
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Growing Up Together: Part 1 – Setting The Scene & Being Honest
Eat the Cookie! How We Self-Sabotage in our Efforts to Better Ourselves
So, there I was sitting there on my couch, staring at the half empty package of Double Stuff Oreos, and thinking (not for the first time), “Well I blew it!…
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Eat the Cookie! How We Self-Sabotage in our Efforts to Better Ourselves
Our Mind is the Enemy: Control Thoughts Before They Become Actions
*Disclaimer- Experiencing depression and anxiety are incredibly real and frustrating situations. If you find that you cannot pull yourself out of dark thoughts, you need to talk to someone immediately…
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Our Mind is the Enemy: Control Thoughts Before They Become Actions