Encouragement & Inspiration
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Breathing Differently Can Make You Happier
“When you breathe, you inspire. When you do not breathe, you expire.” Quote from an 11-year-old’s science exam John Grinder, co-creator of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) talks about the link between respiration, physiology, internal state, and high performance. He calls this ‘the chain of excellence’. I recently read a book by Osho, the wonderfully non-PC mystic and guru. In the book, Osho instructed the reader to pay attention to their breathing rate when they were sad and notice the timing of the in-breath and out-breath. He explained that next time they were happy, they could re-induce the sad state by merely repeating the breathing pattern. Fortunately, he added, it works the…
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Take Back Your Power
There is a great deal going on in the world today. Many of us are feeling the stress of lock-downs and what we hope are temporary closures of our employers and businesses we frequent. A few minutes ago I heard myself saying, out loud to myself … “I feel so lost and confused!” I wasn’t even sure why I felt that way, let alone why I had said it out loud and so emphatically. I stopped what I was doing immediately and grabbed a cup of coffee and sat myself on the couch to take control of the thoughts, feelings, and emotions that were beginning to wash over me. Many…
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How Much Emotional Baggage Are You Carrying?
Everyone experiences unpleasant stressors in life. These can be a result of family issues, workplace stress, problematic relationships, illness, and more. Emotions arise as a result of these stressors and can have immense effects on mental and physical health. This so-called “emotional baggage” must be evaluated and analyzed in order to maintain feelings, emotions, behaviors, and overall health. Emotional baggage is often detrimental to emotional health. The amount of baggage carried by an individual is often underestimated in its level of influence; therefore, the necessary coping skills and strategies are not employed in response to these stressors. Acceptance is often alternatively employed to passively accept the existence of baggage. This…
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Introduction to Affirmations
What Are Affirmations? Affirmations аrе a positive statement that can help to imрrоvе the way you feel about уоur lifе. Thеу аrе a declaration оf whаt уоu wаnt, how you wаnt tо fееl, how you want to act , or how you want to bе. An еxаmрlе of аn аffirmаtiоn iѕ “I lоvе аnd accept myself.” The use of аffirmаtiоnѕ iѕ a powerful tооl tо hеlр уоu сrеаtе a life уоu love. Affirmаtiоnѕ can сhаngе negative beliefs that hаvе bееn deep-rooted in уоur subconscious. Evеn if you dоn’t believe whаt you are ѕtаting, уоur ѕubсоnѕсiоuѕ hеаrѕ it and can bring it about. When said often and with deliberate intention and…
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Guided Meditation – Finding Peace in Chaos
In our fast-paced world, it is increasingly difficult to relax and de-stress. We pull up the internet and Google can return 22 million results in less than a second. This constant barrage of information, along with the hustle and bustle of our tech-driven era is enough to make anyone anxious. So how do you find calm amid the daily chaos? Guided meditation is one of the ways I most often recommend to my clients. All of my in-house Reiki sessions include guided meditation as part of the process and it has made a huge difference in helping people relax and come down out of fight/flight mode and be able to…
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Grief – Surviving the Holidays
Many struggle through the holidays carrying a burden of grief. It may be grief caused by the death of a loved one, or it may be the loss of a way of life (divorce, break-up, job loss, career change), it could be the diagnosis of a terminal illness, or any life-altering event. There are 7 stages of grief and we need to work through each of them to move forward: shock and denial, pain and guilt, anger and bargaining, depression, the upward turn, reconstruction and working through, acceptance and hope. Grief is very personal. Some people work through them faster than others and the order is not the same for…
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Darkness to Light
My house is quiet as it’s early and everyone else is still asleep. It’s not all that cold this morning, but I decided to use the fireplace as a focal point for meditation. The fire just started talking with its sizzling, crackling, and popping. The little white lights on our holiday tree add to the peaceful feeling. During this Season of Lights, we reflect on the growing darkness as we approach the time of Winter Solstice, the longest night of the year. In about a week, the days will begin to lengthen once again. This ongoing cycle reminds us that darkness is but “for a time.” When the days grow…
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Happiness and Health: The Two Most Important Things in Life
The world appears to be obsessed with money and material things. Keeping up appearances … the size of your house, the type of car you drive, and even where you travel on your holidays … has many folks trying to do one better do their friends and family. I find this sad and disheartening. I have a friend who is like those mentioned above. His thoughts are consumed with money. He is always talking about money … how to earn it, how to spend it, how much he doesn’t have, how much “so and so” makes, all the things he’ll change when he wins the lottery, etc. He spends more on…
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Relationship Woes
Every once in awhile, I receive a call from someone wanting to talk to a psychic. I’m intuitive, but don’t claim to be psychic and don’t feel we should ever rely on someone else to “tell us what to do” which is often the way those conversations start. I offered to do a coaching session. The young man wanted to know the difference between a psychic reading and a coaching session. I explained that coaching would help him make a decision for himself and asked what he was concerned about. A relationship. Should he choose Woman A or Woman B? And he immediately started telling me a little about both.…
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Angels at WalMart
While others seem to have negative experiences with people at WalMart, it seems to be where angels show up for me. It happened again yesterday when I was out grabbing groceries. We’d been putting off a grocery run for about a week due to other activities but couldn’t delay it anymore. I’d already stopped at Aldi and picked up most of the things but needed to pop in at the WalMart Neighborhood Market for a few fresh fruits and veggies that Aldi didn’t have. I stay away from the big WalMart, but this little market is always pleasant and it’s on my way home from Aldi. As I finished picking…
