Navigating Holiday Stress: Strategies for Healthy Family Dynamics

It’s holiday season again, and family dynamics can bring anxiety. Strategies for stress reduction are crucial. Remind yourself that “No” is a complete sentence.  That is exactly what we are doing this year — saying no to the stress.   In fact, we have over the years found the simpler the holiday the better it is […]

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Empowering Excellence: The Transformative Power of Three Words

There are many things that you will find empowering excellence in your life.  What I have learned over the years is the smallest of things that have the largest impact.  Sometimes you never know where it will come from.  Embarking on a new year offers a canvas of possibilities, a chance to set intentions and […]

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What is Candle Reading?

Glimpses Across the Veil: Spiritualist Candle Reading Why candle reading?  Come the deep midwinter, enigmatic candles flicker in frosted windows—beckoning bonds to those bereft by death’s bitter blade. Seeking solace, the suffering gather in hushed spiritualist temples to attend the candle readings, where love eclipses loss in tallow, smoke, and flame. In this solemn ritual, […]

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Embracing Empowerment: A Previvor’s Journey through DIEP Reconstruction

I started writing this back in September, when I wanted to post for Breast Cancer Awareness.  It just didn’t sit right with me and there was so much going on at the time.   As October came and the absolute agony of all the pink, I decided to leave it in draft mode until today.  Perhaps […]

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