25 Actions to Feel More Joy in Your Life!

Hugging is a great way to say hello and goodbye and fill your body with warmth.
Massaging your partner for 10 or 15 minutes, then switching turns can have long lasting benefits.
Walking arm in arm with your friend is a good way to connect with someone.
Prioritizing your actions and placing your needs on the front burner [...]

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The Joy and Frustration of Change!

The other day I shared a quote by Sally Edwards, “When was the last time you did something for the first time?” 
That quote had me thinking about how often during a day I do things differently or how set in my ways I actually am. 
Today I’m sitting here getting used to a new keyboard and [...]

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Thoughts for the New Year

This New Year promises a fresh start and the opportunity to fill our hearts with high hopes and aspirations. May this year bring gifts of good jobs, good health, abundance, and many joyful surprises. 
 
Your true purpose is expressed by whatever brings you joy.
Value you own efforts and accomplishments.
There is much to be grateful for.
Relax, breathe, [...]

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Inspiration for a New Year

When the clock strikes twelve on December 31st, people all over the world will celebrate and wish each other a Very Happy New Year. For some, the event is no more than the change of the calendar year. For others, News Year’s Eve is a time to reflect on the transformation, release, disappointments, and awakenings [...]

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Healing From the Inside Out

Begin at the place where you find yourself. Are you struggling with a life-long desire for weight loss? The ups and downs of depression? A new injury? Are you pretty healthy, doing okay? Recovering sobriety? Or keeping it together while caring for a sick, elderly, or in need family member? The important point to remember [...]

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Less Stress, More Joy this Holiday Season

Last week I was on a much needed vacation in Little Dix Bay located in beautiful British Virgin Gorda, and this week I’m feeling the rush of getting ready for Christmas. As they say, “tis the season to be jolly…also rushed, creative, cranky, jubilant, and sorrowful.” 
The holiday season can be the most wonderful time of [...]

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Silence

When was the last time you actually allowed the sounds of silence to permeate your environment?  Creating a life of meaning and joy requires that we begin to listen inwardly. To find our way in life, it is necessary that we learn to listen to ourselves—to observe regular moments of silence. 
It is only in moments [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

For those of us here in the United States, Thursday is Thanksgiving Day. Focusing on gratitude and rejoicing in the bounty of our harvest is what this event is all about. It’s a special time of the year when we gather with friends and family to simply be thankful for the food we eat, the [...]

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5 Easy Ways to Awaken a Higher Conscious Awareness

As many of you are already aware, we are living in an extraordinary time of great evolutionary change. We are in transition from one stage of consciousness to another.  The old way of life is ending and new way is being born. This transition is occurring not only in the external world, as witnessed by [...]

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Awakening Higher Consciousness

I used to consider the words “higher consciousness” and “awakening” and “enlightenment” as some of those strange airy-fairy words that would never make their way into my vocabulary. I was far too intellectual to be one of “those” fringe types of people. I have since not only come to understand what those words mean, I [...]

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