Sometimes we forget about ourselves, taking care of our own needs last, if at all. Isn't it time you committed to your health and self-care? A great place to start is to ask yourself the following key questions:
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And how to stop doing that. You might not think you have a morning ritual, but you do. According to psychotherapist Katherine Schafler, most people accidentally have the exact same a.m. toxic thoughts—two, to be exact. We unwittingly think those two scarcity-themed thoughts every single day, before we do or think about anything else: "I didn't get enough
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I dug excitedly into the soil, carefully dropping two tomato starts into the holes. I gently covered the roots, watered, and clapped my hands in glee. I knew I’d soon have gorgeous, plump, juicy red tomatoes, just like my dear friend Jane’s. I did everything I was supposed to...I thought. Although I watered faithfully, it wasn’t long before I realized the
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I quietly tiptoed out of my grandparents home, dawn’s light just breaking. Green grass still damp with dew, I stopped to listen to beautiful birdsong before continuing my pilgrimage across the lawn. My destination, an old metal faucet that dripped little by little. I dipped my toes in the mud, feeling the squish of cool, slippery earth. Every morning, I
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“It was a quiet morning, the town covered over with darkness and at ease in bed. Summer gathered in the weather, the wind had the proper touch, the breathing of the world was long and slow. You had only to rise, lean from your window and know that his indeed was the first real time of freedom and living, this was the first morning of summer.” –Ray Bradbury,
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She was up at dawn preparing bacon and eggs, fresh fruit: the smell of fresh bread baking, like the bright sun shining in the early morning, was indescribable in its evocation of innocence and delight. We spent summers there, my sisters and I, in my grandmother’s kitchen, deep in the heart of Connecticut. Life was good, the days rich with the bounty of
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"Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right." Henry Ford April Fools' Day, recognized worldwide and sometimes referred to as All Fools' Day, is widely celebrated as a day that tolerates practical jokes and general foolishness. In fact, the earliest recorded association between April 1st and foolishness can be found in Chaucer's Canterbury
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“Compassion is a skill that we get better at with practice. It just takes a little imagination.” —Karen Armstrong, theologian There are many prescriptions for combating poverty, but we can’t even get started unless we first examine our assumptions, and take the time to envision what the world feels like for families living in poverty every day. It's time to
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It happens every time I teach mindfulness meditation: someone thinks they've done it "wrong". I don’t mean "wrong” in my opinion, but in theirs. Somewhere, somehow, people have gotten the idea that meditation is some magical state, achieved by the most perfect of meditators, where the mind is blank and absolutely everything is tranquil and calm. Have you
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National Eating Disorders Awareness Week is February 26th through March 4th, 2017. The goal of this week is to shine the spotlight on eating disorders and put life-saving resources in the hands of those in need. The theme this year is: It’s Time to Talk About It. In honor of this important week, I would like to share my own story with you. Allow me to take
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