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Love this insightful discussion of Fear(less) Possibilities.  From Eileen Mc Kusick-“Electric Body – Electric Health”When we experience painful transitions, whether it’s birth, a sudden or jarring change in family life during childhood, a big move, or an unwelcome change of job or relationship, it creates a tremendous fear of consequences of taking our next steps. Your nervous system goes into hyper vigilance and will tell you that any movement into the unknown is going to bring hurt. It’s not safe. And what makes us feel safe or unsafe plays a huge role in what we choose to do. If your

“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”– Abraham Lincoln Years ago, while attending Overeaters Anonymous meetings to help heal the eating disorder I’d had since adolescence, I became familiar with the above mentioned quote. It both annoyed me and intrigued me.How, I wondered, am I supposed to be happy when I’m coming home alone each night to an empty apartment? How can I be happy when I’m still so overweight and out of shape? How can I enjoy life when I have so little money? I wanted to dismiss those words as a

So…Which version are you? Jump out of bed with energy and excitement or do you roll over and hit the snooze alarm to put off the inevitable? I’ve been both. Until I started carving 60 minutes each morning for me, myself, and I! So here goes… I’m borrowing this acronym article from Rebecca Pendelton to help all of us laugh our way thru a hard but exceptionally effective way to create a personal platform from which will rise a self-transformed phoenix. Too much? Hang with me…it’s worth the ride. After a bit of trial and error, I’ve landed upon a fairly

Setting an intention is like drawing a map of where you wish to go—it becomes the driving force behind your goals and visions. Without an intention, there is no map, and you’re just driving down a road with no destination in mind. That said, an authentic intention cannot be forced. You can’t set an intention that you don’t believe in. So Here are 7 clear intentions and then their Afformations to help you design your best version of 2022 . I intend to manifest happiness naturally.☆Why do I manifest happiness so naturally? I intend to respond first and then react.☆Why do

An affirmation is a short and powerful statement that you say to yourself in order to reinforce your beliefs and behavior. For instance, if you repeat “I am worthy” to yourself in the mirror every morning, you’re better equipped to start your days from a place of confidence and empowerment. And, just like affirmations can help you access sentiments and attitudes for self-improvement and self-love, they can also function as a vehicle to help you release that which doesn’t serve you. Shower affirmations can help you cleanse yourself of unwanted energy (as the water is literally cleansing you). What is

We have all heard of Affirmations…Yes? How successful are they at moving our personal needle of transformation? A study published in the Journal of Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience used MRI to reveal that practising self-affirmation activates the reward centers in our brains. It fires up our neural pathways and makes changes to those areas of the brain that makes us happy and positive. We are told repeating positive affirmations can help us  control feelings of frustration anger or impatience raise our confidence before an important meeting or presentation overcome bad habits  improve our self-esteem   improve our productivity What is an

Hey there…Hoping this note finds you well?Have you had a chance to read Mel Robbins Book High Five?  She has a quirky sense of humor and is a NY Times Best Selling Author.Enjoy- Mel’s 5 Life Lessons from her fake nails- 5. Stop taking yourself so seriously. This week, put fun back on the top of your list and do something unexpected…just for the fun of it.4. Try something new — it’s liberating. If you are like me, you eat the same foods, get the same haircut, cook the same five dinners, go to the same restaurants, and wear the same style of clothes.