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7 Useful Tips to Start and Sustain your Meditation Practice
So you want to start a mindfulness practice. You are ready to begin a meditation journey; or you are trying yet again to build a habit of being present with yourself. To this, I say wonderful! You are showing up to the imperfect practice of BE-ing in a world of DO-ing.
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The 4 Essential Aspects of Mindfulness you Need to Know
white woman meditating with arms extended
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How to Start Healing from the Past and Step into More Self Love
My journey to healing has not been linear. In fact, its been a nonlinear, cyclical process. In my experience this cyclical process, like a cross section of a tree’s trunk, keeps me holding on to the stories of my past, albeit in different ways, intensities and contexts. To me, this isn’t a bad thing. It’s…
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How Rest can Help you Exercise (and do other things) with More Presence
My journey to rest starts with Peloton–not in the, I need to rest because I just worked out kind of way, but in the I need to rest because the entire time I was exercising I was removed from my body kind of way. You see, exercise for me has become a way to be…
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The Story Behind Limiting Beliefs is the One you Need to Love
I have spent a lifetime believing the lies other people have told me. Their stories of who I am and what is right or wrong are etched into my psyche as “This is going to happen if…” “I am not good enough unless…” “It has to be this way or…”–Or what? At a certain point…
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How Compassionate Awareness can Help Improve your Self Worth
“You look terrible.” I said to myself in the mirror. “Your face is covered in acne and you are losing your strength and gaining weight.” A moment earlier, I had felt so good about myself and now staring into the mirror, all that supposed self esteem I thought I had plummeted. I was hit with…
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The Importance of Trust to Live Life Fully
Trusting is built through action. Every promise you make to yourself whether it is to treat yourself with kindness or show up in some capacity to create something in your life, relies on your commitment to act in accordance with that promise. Trust is not a given. It is earned, over time and with consistency.…
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New Beginnings Need Intention. Here’s Why.
If you look closely you will see that life is full of new beginnings. Every breath–each inhale and each exhale is an opportunity to start again. The sunrise. A sunset. The change of seasons.
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How to Set an Intention in Two Easy Steps
How to set an intention and actually stick to it. This is the method I personally use to set my intention during the new moon, during new beginnings, or whenever else I feel like I need some focus.
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10 Mindfulness Tips to Stop a Shame Spiral and Super Charge your Self Compassion
Use mindfulness to unearth the reasons for negative self talk and help yourself build more compassion so that you can be more loving and kind to yourself during a shame spiral.