Category: Self-Care
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A LETTER FROM A BETTER ME: A COMMITMENT TO SELF-CARE
(Podcast available 7/11/22) Dear Self, Today, I will make a commitment to take 30 minutes or more a day for me. In that time, I will not have my phone on and will do everything in my power not to be distracted by the outside world. I will use this time to show myself love,…
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Differences between Taking Responsibility and Blaming
Learning the differences between taking responsibility and blaming was one of the most powerful tools I’ve learned to live a fulfilling life. Now, I’ve been getting lessons on this one since I was a teenager. I think my mom’s favorite lines were, “I can’t make you do anything.” Along with, “I can’t make you feel…
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2020 Commitment to Living Life as a Better Me
Happy NEW YEAR! The last two years I’ve committed to a focus. Last year, I launched the 90-Day A Better Me Series, which I wrote every day for 90 days. The year before, I focused on creating a vision of what I wanted in my life. I made a vision board and took steps to…
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Feel-Good Friday Book Series: The Yamas & Niyamas
FEEL-GOOD FRIDAY BOOKS THAT GAVE ME SEEDS TO THRIVE (Click link for the introduction to the series) Sometimes we are taken on unexpected journeys. A few years ago, I went on a yoga and hiking retreat in Sedona, AZ. During the retreat, we were given the book, The Yamas & Niyamas: Exploring Yoga’s Ethical Practice…
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Feel-Good Friday Book Series: Healing the Shame that Binds You
FEEL-GOOD FRIDAY BOOKS THAT GAVE ME SEEDS TO THRIVE (Click link for the introduction to the series) Today I picked a book that got me to the core of my deepest darkest obstacles that were holding me down, Healing the Shame that Binds You by John Bradshaw. I remember feeling so desperate to find out…
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Feel-Good Friday Book Series: The Tao of Pooh
FEEL-GOOD FRIDAY BOOKS THAT GAVE ME SEEDS TO THRIVE (Click link for the introduction to the series) I’m so grateful that this book was written for multiple reasons. The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff was my introduction to the Tao. As a lover of Winnie the Pooh, Hoff gave me the perfect vessel to understand the…
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How Beliefs Work to Help or Hurt Ourselves and Others
Over and over, I’m reminded of how many times us as individuals believe something and try to make what we believe true for someone else. Our thoughts about doing it can be well intended. We can think that our beliefs save someone else from themselves or others. We can think that our education gives us…
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Do You REALLY Want to Live Better?
7 Steps to Living Better NOW 1. Living Better Doesn’t Happen in the Future Living better happens right now in this very moment. It doesn’t start this afternoon, tonight, or tomorrow. If you are not willing to make a change right now, your story of wanting without getting will continue. Right now, you can write…
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Friday Feel-Good Book Series: Books that Gave Me Seeds to Thrive
New Series Starts September 20, 2019 Hello Friends, Followers, and Visitors: I’m starting a new series! I decided Fridays was a good day to tell you about the books that gave me seeds to thrive. Each Friday, I will tell you about a book I’ve read on my journey and why I would recommend it.…
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Breaking Toxic Patterns: Why Do I Keep Doing this to Myself?
Why Won’t These Seeds Thrive? Trying and Failing to Make My Internal Garden Thrive I lived in the darkness for a long time pretending to love, but I wasn’t capable. I read book after book, went to multiple therapists, and would even go to seminars trying to find the help I needed. I kept searching…
From A Loving Place 