5 Excuses That Suck
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 decided to take responsibility for my life. I’m still a work in progress, I’ll admit, but my...
read moreInspiration on the Side of the Road: Steps you need take on your healing journey
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 – Well, what the heck is it there for if not to be used? He said that today, women should know how to...
read moreAre Your Legs Buckling Under the Pressure?
Are Your Legs Buckling Under the Pressure? The weight of the world is on your shoulders and it can be as heavy or as light as you make it. You broaden your shoulders over and over again to accept more of the world. Soon your legs start to buckle, and then you smash your knees to the ground. You ask yourself, well what the hell happened here. It is time to quickly re-evaluate. The last thing you want or need is to stay on the ground. YOU ARE IN CONTROL! First separate the things you can control from the ones you can’t. Even if...
read moreHave a real day…
This is not a pretty story. I woke up crabby and rapidly slid downhill into grumpy. There wasn’t a good reason — or even a bad one. I was just suddenly a short, blondish, Cruella DeVille. I harrumphed at my children, ignored the cat, snarled at my laptop and grinched my way through checking email. Couldn’t shower right away because my daughter wanted to. Grumble … grumble … grumble. Realized I was thirsty and my body wanted lemon water. Cold. Sour. Cloudy. Yeah. Just the fuel this morning needed. Roamed onto Facebook where...
read moreParadigm Shifts for Healing and Empowerment
Earlier this year while writing my first book proposal, I found myself getting stuck multiple times. I felt stressed, overwhelmed, inadequate- you name it and I probably experienced it. One day, while speaking with my mom, she saw the toll it had been taking on me and mentioned how she wished the process would happen more smoothly for me. I smiled and said it would work out however it was supposed to. In my mind however, I remember half consciously thinking, “That’s the story of my life. Things rarely go smoothly.” It wasn’t until a...
read moreThe 3 Secrets To Living A Love-Filled, Happy, Energized Life – Despite Illness
It was just 2 years I started writing publicly about my experience of being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. When diagnosed with multiple sclerosis I was lost, like so many are. But I soon found that taking control over my own care and lifestyle was critical if I was to become a chronic wellness superhero. You can read my thoughts about it at that time. Fast forward to a few weeks ago when I spoke to a crowd of 300+ people about my relationship with that diagnosis. I wanted to share with you some of the insights I have compiled over...
read moreThe Joy of Nothing: a life exercise
I’m one of those people who never knew what was around the next corner. I love finding new opportunities with the excitement and challenges they present. As for goals, my only real life-long goal I can remember is to make enough money to balance my checkbook and enjoy life. OK, so I won’t be a multi-billionaire with a goal like this, but I’m comfortable with that. So now, I’m middle-aged, college educated, mother of three boys, wife, gardener, and writer. I exercise, worry about loosing 20 pounds, fuss over my children’s...
read moreExplore Your Relationship to Food: It’s Vital to Your Health
We are in relationship to everything around us. The relationship we have with people and with ourselves is vital to our existence. In these important relationships we strive for balance. But have you considered the relationship we have to food? To the substance that nourishes us the most in partnership with air and water? Our society today sends a lot of messages about relationships and what we should be doing to understand, improve or change them. The volumes of marketing and sales information is designed to make us believe that...
read moreThorns and Healing – by Melissa Kane
Have you ever got a thorn stuck in your finger? The deep invisible ones are the most aggravating. My first instinct is to dig it out. Even then, there can be a tiny speck left unseen. Eventually, a sore spot forms and reddens, a painful reminder that the thorn is still there. You keep rubbing your fingers over the spot knowing what’s inside. All you can do is to wait for your body to push it up and out. Soon a puss pocket forms. Then one day, the infection will erupt, expelling the foreign body. Maybe our bodies heal all...
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