Moving to a new city can be terrifying. It’s scary to leave your comfort zone and move to a new city, where you don’t know anyone and don’t know your way around, however research shows that “householders who desire to move and who do move generally report greater residential satisfaction with their new residence than […]
We all have those days, weeks, months, or even years when we just feel like everything is going wrong, everything is a struggle, and the world is out to get you. When you finally find the strength to climb to the top of one mountain, you find an even bigger mountain to tackle or a […]
Reconnect The longer you are in a relationship, the easier it is to lose that spark. Planning time for you and your lover to be alone is extremely important in helping you to reconnect. Running errands or going grocery shopping together is not always enough to reignite the spark. It may be difficult if […]
Who turns this into that? Sound into noise? Aroma into odor? Taste into pleasure or disgust? Who turns yes into no? Grace into unkindness? Who turns the present into the past? Who turns the now into the not-now? As-it-is into as-it-should-be? Silence into boredom? Stillness into restlessness? The ordinary into the menial? Who turns pain […]
In order to truly get a handle on stress we need to look at it from a holistic approach, looking at all the pieces of the puzzle that make us whole. The six areas include physical space, physical body, social, emotional, mental, and spiritual. Physical Space – De-Clutter and Organize Your Life Take […]
We hurry through the so-called boring things in order to attend to that which we deem more important, interesting. Perhaps the final freedom will be a recognition that everything in every moment is “essential” and that nothing at all is “important. By Helen M. Luke If you have any questions or comments, we […]
There is only one mistake you are making: you take the inner for the outer and outer for the inner. What is in you, you take to be outside you and what is outside, you take to be in you. The mind and feelings are external, but you take them to be intimate. You believe […]
Most people think of formal meditation as sitting in a crossed-legged position, with your eyes closed, and palms up resting on your legs. In reality, there are many forms of meditation and it is important for you to find the right practice that works for you. Having a variety of options to choose from allows […]
We often are scared to take risks because we are afraid to fail. But if you never fail, you will never grow to be what you can become. Mistakes and failures take us to the next level, closer to reaching our goals. Don’t quit because someone turned you down or something went wrong. If you […]
Sit down wherever you are And listen to the wind singing in your veins. Feel the love, the longing, the fear in your bones. Open your heart to who you are, right now, Not who you would like to be, Not the saint you are striving to become, But the being right here before you, […]
Life can sometimes hand you lemons and everyone expects you to make lemonade out of them. Mental and emotional strength is important in order to handle life’s up’s and down’s. Being mentally and emotionally strong is something that takes practice but can help you to take life’s lemons and turn them into life strengthening lessons […]
Smoothies can be a delicious and nutritious way to help nourish your body. Whether for breakfast in the morning or an afternoon meal, it is a great way to enjoy healthy eating. The berries in this recipe, strawberries, blueberries and raspberries, contain antioxidants, anti-inflammatory benefits and phytochemicals that help to get rid of belly fat […]
1. Be Your Own Best Friend Be your own best friend first and if someone else comes along that you connect with, great, but in the meantime you have yourself to count on and have fun with. Speak well of yourself, give yourself positive words of encouragement and stop blaming all of your imperfections […]
Enough. These few words are enough. If not these words, this breath. If not this breath, this sitting here. This opening to the life We have refused again and again Until now. Until now. By: David Whyte