I have created a list of 52 different self-care challenges for you to work on this year. You can do them on your own or with your family. These challenges are meant to introduce different forms of self-care for your exploration. If you feel a challenge makes your life happier, try to keep up with the activity even after the week has ended. If you don’t feel you have gotten value from the activity, you can let it go and focus on the next challenge. You may want to revisit it again in the future to see if your feelings about it change.
Read moreAuthentic Positivity
Positive thinking, in the way I use it, isn’t about thinking happy thoughts that deny reality. It is about accepting reality as it is then choosing to focus my thoughts on possible solutions and positive aspects rather than dwell for long on troubling issues.
Read moreSending a Clear Message about Positive Thinking
I read a rather confusing article about the Law of Attraction yesterday. The first half of the article seemed to condemn the Law of Attraction as part of the problem of systematic racism. The second half pointed out the non-discriminating nature of the Law and its potential to bring positive change.
Read moreThe Scariest Thing About the Law of Attraction
I believe that part of the resistance some people have to accepting the power of the Law of Attraction is that it means accepting that we have had a hand in everything that we’ve attracted into our lives and that the responsibility is fully on us.
Read moreThe Right Resources Will Come
The reader I held in my mind while I was writing, and who I will focus most of my marketing on, is one who will be able to relate to my personal story, which takes up a good portion of the book. As I publish my book though, I hold in my heart everyone who just wants to start feeling better. I know that my book will not speak to all these people, but I send my love out to them with faith that the right guidance and resources will come to each and every one.
Read moreIf I Can Help Just One
When I decided to author a book, I had no idea how it would unfold. I knew I wanted to teach about using the Law of Attraction to manifest a better life. How I wanted to do that took a while to figure out.
Read moreLeaning into My Empathy
Often, I can protect my energy from the effects of others’ emotions. I will distance myself from people important to me when they are struggling if there is nothing that I can do physically to help, in hopes that by distancing myself from their current, low vibrational situations I can more easily hold their truth of ultimate good in my mind and heart for them. Sometimes, it feels important though, to let myself grieve with them.
Read moreSetting Healthy Boundaries in a Healing Practice
Setting healthy boundaries within my practice helps make my business sustainable, keeps me from experiencing burnout, and protects my energy for my own well-being. Without the boundaries I have set, I would not have been able to continue in this line of work. I recommend all practitioners take the time to evaluate their own boundaries often, and make adjustments when needed, to protect their own energy and keep their businesses running smoothly.
Read moreReturning From the State of Flow
When I return to the full power of my physical senses after being in a state of deep spiritual awareness and connection, it is just not a comfortable transition for me. Maybe I need to learn to stay in my body more during the spiritual connection, but at this point in my development, trying to tether myself to my body inhibits that state of flow for me. I have found ways to make the transition less uncomfortable, though.
Read moreMy Mission to Spread Hope
As long as I was feeling hopeless and focusing on how rotten my life was, I couldn’t do anything to fix it. It isn’t enough just to tell people to think better thoughts, though. Better thoughts just won’t come when someone is experiencing too much pain. First the pain needs tended to. Responsibility needs to be accepted. Hope needs to be found.
Read moreRaising My Point of Attraction After an Accident
I took a deep breath and focused on relaxing. Once my body was calm, I turned to calming my mind.
Read moreMy Experience Meditating with ADHD
This morning I had an aha moment… perhaps my ADHD diagnosis has something to do with my struggle to stick to a regular meditation routine? I felt a bit silly for not having realized before that the way my brain is wired may well have everything to do with the fact that I find trying to enter stillness for long periods on a schedule next to impossible.
Read moreTao in a Paddle Boat
I am part of a small Eckhart Tolle study group, and we are currently studying the Tao de Ching. This week we set a collective intention to go with the flow when challenges arise, trying not to offer any resistance. Out on the water I got the perfect opportunity to practice.
Read moreTake Just One Deep Breath
My favorite practice taught by Eckhart Tolle is that of the One Conscious Breath. Eckhart teaches that practicing mindfulness doesn’t have to be a long and involved process. Just one deep breath is enough to ground us in the present moment and center ourselves in consciousness. One deep breath is enough to interrupt the constant stream of thinking and give our minds a break.
Read moreDo You Ever Stop Thinking?
How often do you take the time to consciously stop the stream of thoughts? It is important to enter a state of no thought often in order to give our minds a break. Some of the benefits of a no-thought practice is that it helps us to ground ourselves in the present, lowers stress, and improves memory and attention span.
Read moreDo the Reiki Principles Resonate Today?
I say the Reiki Principles each morning and night and often several times throughout the day. They are a big part of my everyday life. But sometimes, the words just don’t resonate. And that’s okay…for today.
Read moreWhat Can We do to Help Ukraine?
I know what is happening and I don’t deny the reality of it. I don’t try to pretend it isn’t real or try to put a positive spin about lessons being learned on it. It is a horrible reality. I have committed to making financial contributions to Save the Children Ukraine. Beyond giving financially though, my contributions are limited to what I can give energetically.
Read moreWhen Inspiration to Manifest Fizzles
Have you ever had this happen? You get an idea, and it feels great. You start working on it and you get totally in the flow. Everything is going along and great…. just rolling along… and then all of the sudden it isn’t. The flow has been interrupted. Usually, our own thoughts do the interrupting. Is this as good as I think it is? Maybe this isn’t really a great idea after all. This seems to be taking too long to manifest. Are challenges a sign this is wrong for me? Maybe I should just give up.
Read moreAre Your Desires Aligned with Good?
I took a course by Eckhart Tolle in which he taught of the importance of manifesting from the Spirit rather than the ego. This raises the question of how to tell if one is creating from Spirit or ego. Egos can be pretty tricky. How can be sure that what we wish to create is in alignment with Spirit and not just an egoic desire?
Read moreThe Secret to Wellness
I’ve learned the secret to wellness. It is listening to your own inner voice. We all have it. Sometimes it is ignored too long, and it becomes and a garbled little whisper… but it is still there. When we become still, concentrate, and focus on it, we can hear.
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