Weekly Affirmation – Grateful for Friendship

I am grateful for friendship.   Friends make life more worth living.   Sometimes our families are not that loving and it is the love we find in friendship that helps us love ourselves finally.   Friends are the family that we make when our own family falls away or disappoints us.   This week’s affirmation […]

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Secrets to Emotional Well-Being

5 Essential Secrets to Emotional Well-Being Emotional well-being is something that we all struggle with at times.  Your emotions help dictate your state of mind. This means that to keep your state of mind intact, it’s necessary to have emotional balance. That way, you can make it through even the toughest times. You can enhance […]

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Not Everyone Looks Forward to Thanksgiving

Not everyone looks forward to Thanksgiving.   Some people, myself included, associate the holiday not as a joyous one but one to survive.   This year, I am feeling it deeply.   I grew up in a huge messy family.   We all have splintered across the US. The memories of cooking for days, going to the Broadway Market […]

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Ways to Talk to Strangers Comfortably

Ways to Talk to Strangers Comfortably We spend our childhoods being told to never speak to strangers but then discover as we grow up, we need to do just that, repeatedly. Some strangers are more comfortable to talk to, such as shop clerks or servers in restaurants. Others though, are often more complicated, such as […]

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It is neither Positive nor Negative

We often misread energy that is around us.   Often it is our lack of understanding of this energy and that it is neither positive nor negative, it is our perception of that energy.   What is positive to the spider is negative to the fly in its web. There are two types of reactions to energy […]

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Don’t Create Swirl

Swirl in Life? Unless you are creating something artistic, swirl is not a good thing.   Recently in three aspects of my life people have created unnecessary swirl.   Creating problems and conflicts where there were none in the first place.   Synonyms include agitate, churn, and stir.   Recognize it in your life? Each instance of swirl has […]

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Affirmation – Follow Your Heart

Okay as I right follow your heart, I have great anxiety.   Truth be told, my gut is telling me to say no to something right now.   And I want to resist it, because of so many reasons.   So I had a conversation with my husband.   For the first time in my life I was told […]

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Betrayal Hurts Deeply

Dealing With Betrayal Betrayal hurts deeply, I know this first hand. Having people in our life that are close to us is an important thing for various reasons. The sense of security and understanding felt in our inner circles of confidants allows us to deal with the ups and downs of life without the dreaded […]

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