A Guest Post Opportunity You Need to Know

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A Guest Post Opportunity You Need to Know

As I venture onward, I invite you to join me in writing from your heart, and speaking only that which truly resonates with your soul!

Sharing is a basic human need for belonging and community. We let others in by courageously opening ourselves up.  With courage and vulnerability, we speak our mind. Opening our hearts through communication of any means, we can actually authentically connect with others in a way that makes our brilliant souls sing.

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Anxious to Amazing in 45 Minutes a Day

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Anxious to Amazing in 45 Minutes a Day

We all feel anxious from time to time. Sometimes, anxiety may escalate to a point where curling up in fetal posting at the corner of the room feels like a wonderful escape.

When all may seems too much, dedicating a few minutes a day at the beginning of the day can change your life.

By investing just 45 minutes a day, Lucy Smith shares how she transformed her life by choosing to engage in activities that support her personal growth.

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5 Things I Am Grateful My Father Taught Me

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5 Things I Am Grateful My Father Taught Me

I thank my father for teaching me much more than words can describe. I honor his Soul and his Spirit. I am so grateful for who he has been to me.

My relationship with him, exactly as it is, shapes who I am today.

My experience of losing my faith and myself many times in the jungle of life has enabled me to find myself with great courage time and again.  Each time, I return home to my heart, stronger, and with greater conviction of the blessing that is life. 

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The Truth About Mindfulness In The Midst of Changing Times

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The Truth About Mindfulness In The Midst of Changing Times

Your life is what you are present to. When we practice getting out of autopilot, we become present, even for a moment, with what is unfolding in front of us.

Truth is, the present moment, right now is the only moment we’ve got. We no longer can do anything about the past. Each moment that passes is a fleeting moment: fragile, temporal, and never to be seen or experienced again.  The future is yet to be, and if we attempt to focus solely on our future, we will miss what is in front of us, right here, right now.  

Through the practice of mindful living, we can learn to live each moment of this precious life.

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Letting Go of Being Strong and 21 Tips to Surrender You Need to Know

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Letting Go of Being Strong and 21 Tips to Surrender You Need to Know

Immersed in faith, strength and surrender go hand in hand.  These two attributes: one of being strong, and the other of letting go,  are polarities.  Even though they may seem to be diametrically opposite, they are but 2 sides of the same coin.

The beautiful Kim Bourbeau Smith offers us an inspired post on Letting Go of Being Strong, ALL the Time.

Additionally, we offer 21 Tips to Surrender Yourself to Self Care, releasing your soul from needing to be constantly “on” all the time. The 21 tips to surrender and practice self-care will bring you back to groundedness and homeostasis when you find yourself off balance.

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6 Simple Ways to Love Your Mom

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6 Simple Ways to Love Your Mom

Come re-discover these 6 Simple Ways to Love Your Mom 🙋🏻‍♀️

Take it from an orphan, you don’t know what you’ve got in a Mama until she's gone. This post is written to the sons and daughters who still have living Mothers - Moms - Mommies in their lives. Regardless of age, the relationship dynamic or otherwise, there is always room to strengthen the maternal bond. 

True love and overflowing gratitude come from the heart. Whether you are starting, building or repairing your relationship with your mom, the heart is a very good place to start. ❤️ 

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What You Need to Know About Change and How to Be Awesome 😎

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What You Need to Know About Change and How to Be Awesome 😎

C.H.A.N.G.E. :: The 6 Step Road Map of Change 

COMPREHEND IT :: HUNGER for it :: ACCEPT IT :: NURTURE IT ::  GROW with it :: EMBODY IT

These steps will empower you to harness the wisdom within in times of uncertainty and transition.  If you feel resistant to change, remember that change is part of life, and inevitable.  We can either fight it tooth and nail, deny it and suffer, OR embrace it with open arms, make the best of it, live our faith...and be AWESOME. 

 

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6 Steps To Vulnerability And How To Stay Safe You Need To Know

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6 Steps To Vulnerability And How To Stay Safe You Need To Know

AUTHENTICITY & MINDFULNESS: Letting our guard down and becoming vulnerable is a courageous practice we must all consider if we want to coexist in a world that encourages connected, conscious, open-hearted living. To be vulnerable is to be close to or intimate with; allowing ourselves to be vulnerable or close to something is an act of courage.  It is to know undeniably that we are grounded in our Truth, regardless of what another’s version of reality is.

The practice of vulnerability is against the grain. However, standing firm in our Truth is precisely the reason we need to bring the idea of vulnerability and safety home to heart and integrate it in our personal practice.

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The 5 Love Languages and What You Need to Know

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The 5 Love Languages and What You Need to Know

The 5 Love Languages is a framework of expression.  

It is a system to process how we understand love, how we express ourselves (and our love), and what we understand as Love.  

Using this framework as a foundation for healthy relationship enables heart-to-heart communication about what you need (and what the other needs) to give and receive love.  Read on and take the quiz(zes) to see what your Love Language is!

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The Triumphant Practice of Blissing Out You Need to Know

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The Triumphant Practice of Blissing Out You Need to Know

The radical and triumphant practice of following your bliss is a total reversal of what we have been taught. Yet, in this consciousness of life, there is space. The practice of slowing down is against the grain.  And in the space between the space is where we find our bliss.  

We get the opportunity to truly live: present and awake.  This is what you need to know as you step away from the regimented scheduling and planning of life. 

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Choose to Be Crazy Happy: 5 Tips To Increase Positivity

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Choose to Be Crazy Happy: 5 Tips To Increase Positivity

Whether you are a baseline optimist or pessimist, there is a path to positivity. 

Awareness of whether you lean toward being the grouchy cynic or the Mary Poppins in life will help you connect the pieces from your starting point to the end result you desire.  This is especially applicable during times of resolutions, renewals and goal follow-throughs. 

Instead of setting yourself up for disappointment, choose to be crazy happy by implementing and integrating these 5 tips to increase positivity.

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Seven Invaluable Gifts to Inner Peace You Need to Know

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Seven Invaluable Gifts to Inner Peace You Need to Know

It seems that when we are busy, and our schedules are full, we may not hear quite so well, the distinct voice that is the (inner) authority within.

If you find yourself needing self-care, running on autopilot, or worse, running on coffee and eggnog fumes, you might be mindlessly trying to survive the holiday season.

When you find yourself giving too much, it may be time to receive. 

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These seven priceless gifts foster inner peace & self-mastery,  creating the mindfulness of time. These presents are a path to yourself: creating space for breathing, for your inner authority to speak to you, allowing you to shine brightly through the holiday season and not be completely depleted of the life force that sustains you.

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Be Awesome: 3 Ways to Shine on Social Media You Need to Embrace

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Be Awesome: 3 Ways to Shine on Social Media You Need to Embrace

How do you stand out in a sea of crowdedness when it seems that have to share is already online?

How do you create space for yourself in the digital world when it seems that there is ALREADY duplicates of you out there in various forms?

Well, here's the good news:  there is NO ONE out there like you.

There is only one you, ever in existence - unrepeatable, unique and vital - whose energy is absolutely needed right here, right now.

What you have to share, what you are here to do, only you can do it.  It is up to you whether you take action... here are the three things you need to embrace with a resounding "YES!"

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Presence is a Gift: Looking Deeply at What's Important When It Comes to Building Your Life

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Presence is a Gift: Looking Deeply at What's Important When It Comes to Building Your Life

Different things matter now, and I find myself looking deeply at what really is important and continuing to drink in every moment of life.  Every breath with a deep abiding appreciation for all the blessings I have in my life:  my beautiful family, my loving husband, my health and my amazing support system.

Look deeply at what's really important to you.  The desire to build a lifestyle business is a soul's call, but, in addition to making things work, presence to the inner journey is of great value. 

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Answering The Call: Knowing YOUR "Why" Makes All the Difference

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Answering The Call: Knowing YOUR "Why" Makes All the Difference

I'm Going...You Wanna Come? | I'm Ready ... Are You? 

Well, ya know that nudge that I'm always talking about on my radio show "The Call of Spirit: Tune In toPossibility?”

Sweet Jesus, the nudge is real!!

For a couple years now, that nudge has evolved a push, and not necessarily a gentle one, ya know?

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