This article was originally shared on Midge’s web site (http://wildonewithin.wordpress.com) on December 28th, 2012. Thank you for allowing us to share this inspiring article. I’ve relinquished for many a year now new year’s resolutions—making them packs quite a self-defeating punch when we don’t stick to them. And anyone who’s been defeated knows why—we set ourselves up to fall short of these resolutions—they’re a tough...

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This blog was originally written for The Positive Imperative (www.positiveimperative.com), a web site dedicated to developing positive tools and sharing the need for congruent positivity. Thanks to Victor Sinclair for allowing this to be re-posted here. Motivation. I’ve been a student of it for as long as I can remember. The words “Yes I Can!” might as well be tattooed on my forehead — that’s how strongly I feel about this human...

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This post was originally published on FemCentral on November 4, 2012, as part of Monica Wilcox’s ongoing series on Spirituality.  Monica Wilcox writes a monthly spirituality column for FemCentral. If you have a question or suggested topic for Monica, simply leave it as a comment to this post, or email [email protected], with the subject, “Ask Monica.” “I want to quit!” He tells me. “I want to shut down the office,...

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Feeling stuck in the muck of heavy energy? Lost your flow and feeling dry in seemingly everlasting ebb?  I know how ya feel, and here is what helped me get out! I’ve been going on almost 10 days of stale energy.  This ebb seems to be an unusual SUPER EBB.  Normally, these energy ebbs come and go, and I am able to get a clear sense of the ways I can support myself through them (naps, exercise, breath work, doodling, more naps, and allowing...

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As humans, we’re all prone to making excuses from time to time. I myself used to argue for my limitations. In the past, when it came to dreams or goals, I’d come up with reasons that I couldn’t do something. Some of my most used excuses were that I didn’t have time, technical expertise, or the money to pull something off. In hindsight, I see that these excuses really sucked. It contributed to me allowing my life to suck…until, I...

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  When you know better, You do better. Despite our best efforts, life happens. Plans come tumbling down like a stack of cards. I’m typing this on my iPod on the side of the road, dressed in denims, in an ultra religious neighborhood. Believe me, this was not in my plan! But here I am, with a puncture and waiting for some person to come and assist me, for $50. The guy I called laughed at me because I actually used the call in number –...

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