Lately I’ve been wondering how to stop thinking so much. Because thinking is the thing that gets us all in trouble. Seriously, think about it (ha!!). When are you your most stressed out? Probably when you’re thinking about all of the stuff you need to get done before the end of the day. When are […]
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Ever wonder how to be confident? Me, too, because I used to doubt myself at every turn. In fact, I’m still not completely, 100% free from self doubt. I’m going through a bout of it right now. The difference between then (a decade ago) and now (as I sit on my bedroom floor writing this
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Recently I applied to a number of galleries, some local, one online. While I was quickly rejected from the online gallery, one local gallery responded positively within a day or two, and the other gallery, which was my top pick, emailed within a week to let me know I WAS IN! I felt elated when
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Are you ready to quiet your mind and let your soul speak? A couple of weeks ago my husband and I started doing what we call Reconnection Time. After our daughter is in bed, we meet in our own bedroom and talk about our day. We talk about what went well, what we wish we’d
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It’s my intention to lead a heart centered life. And sometimes that takes practice. What It Feels Like When Your Heart Isn’t Leading the Way This morning I couldn’t fall back to sleep because my worries were taking over. My mind was off and running, telling me about all the things I had to get
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You want to know how to stop negative thoughts and feel better, cause that’s what we all want, right? To be happy? To feel calm? But sometimes that feels impossible. Negative thoughts permeate into your world all day long. You worry about how to pay for your kids braces. You fume about the coworker taking
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Today I got my very first rejection email. This past Friday I emailed my an artwork submission to a company I thought might be a good fit for my work. I researched, I created, I photographed, I laid everything out all nice and pretty. It felt good to send it on Friday–it meant I was
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Years and years ago I learned about something called The Body Compass exercise. This was taught to me when I went through the life coaching program run by Martha Beck (she’s got a PhD in sociology, writes a column in O Magazine, and has had multiple best-selling books, but mostly she’s just awesome), and although
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