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Affirmations for a Good and Happy Life

Posted in Essentials, Joy, Self-Care, Spirit, tagged , on February 23, 2010 | 17 Comments »

Straight from my vision book to you . . . Reading them once a day will lift your spirits and expand your joy!
Be happy.
Maintain a sense of wonder. 
Stay inspired. 
Always be learning. 
Help others. 
Do things you’re good at.  
Read books. 
Limit television. 
Exercise.
Do something creative every single day. 
Stay close to friends and family. 
Let your heart guide you. 
Trust intuition. 
Face your fears. 
Believe in [...]

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Planting Seeds for the New Year

Posted in Essentials, Joy, Self-Care, Spirit, tagged , on December 9, 2009 | 31 Comments »

Doesn’t 2010 have a nice ring to it? It’s going to be a good year for all of us, I can feel it.
For the past few years rather than creating a resolutions list, I’ve picked a theme for the new year. Choosing a theme for the next year is all about discovering your personal truth and doing [...]

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Julia Cameron’s Morning Pages

Posted in Essentials, Self-Care, tagged , , on July 8, 2009 | 9 Comments »

A while back I wrote about writer and director, Julia Cameron, who wrote The Artist’s Way.  This is a great big book full of exercises designed to free your inner artist and unleash your creativity. Before you begin her exercises, she describes two essential tools you must adapt into your life. The first is that we take a weekly [...]

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Advice for the Graduate: Part Two

Posted in Community & Connection, Essentials, Mind, tagged , , on June 22, 2009 | 4 Comments »

On Friday, I wrote about determining what your advice would be to a recent high school or college graduate. I encouraged you to think about this advice over the weekend, as giving your mind the gift of time allows your most inspired thoughts to surface. I thought about this subject a lot, off and on, as I planted flowers on [...]

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Advice for the Graduate: Part One

Posted in Community & Connection, Essentials, tagged , , on June 19, 2009 | 3 Comments »

This is a fun little exercise. Sometimes we have to play games with our minds to access our best wisdom and deepest thoughts. Over the weekend, think about what you would tell a recent high school or college graduate about the secrets to living a deeply satisfying, successful life. You may be able to write down [...]

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The Artist Date

Posted in Essentials, Self-Care, tagged , , , , on May 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »

In the spirit of play (see yesterday’s post for more information), today I want to introduce you to The Artist Date. The Artist Date is the brain child of Julia Cameron, author of The Artist’s Way. Julia Cameron is a writer and director. She also is a teacher of creativity workshops. The Artist’s Way is a [...]

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Affirmations Big and Small

Posted in Essentials, tagged on April 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Yesterday I wrote about using positive affirmations to help you with the big goals you have for your life. Affirmations also work for very small changes you want to make in your day to day life. Affirmations come in handy when you are trying to make or break a habit, change your perspective on something or [...]

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Affirmations are Building Blocks to a Joyful Life

Posted in Essentials on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Two weeks ago, I wrote in Nurturing Your Inner Child about taking a look at your life and determining, among other things, your positive attributes and the areas which require more growth. Once you have done that, a great tool for catapulting your life from good to great is to create positive affirmations.
Positive affirmations are statements that celebrate [...]

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Inspiration Pages

Posted in Essentials, Joy, Mind, Spirit on March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I love to learn new things. Whether I am listening to a morning radio show, watching a TV interview, reading a book, or hearing the words of a good friend, something is always striking me as interesting and important to remember for later. I decided one day that I wanted a place to store all of these random thoughts and [...]

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