Self-Esteem Builders
An excerpt from Reconnecting with Your Estranged Adult Child by Tina Gilbertson Ten million Gen X and Baby Boomer parents have estranged adult children. Parents wonder: How did this happen? Where did I go wrong? While time, in and of itself, does not necessarily heal, actions do, and while every estrangement includes situation-specific variables, there […]
Be Willing to Be an Exception to the Rule
An excerpt from The Language Your Body Speaks by Ellen Meredith Energy healing is based on the premise that energy is our essence and that while our bodies appear to be solid, they are in fact a constantly swirling set of energetic exchanges. In The Language Your Body Speaks: Self-Healing with Energy Medicine (New World Library, May 5, […]
Today’s Inspirational Quote
“When I accept myself, I am freed from the burden of needing you to accept me.” Accepting ourselves means being happy and confident that we know who we are and what we, not only want from life, but what we are prepared to give to life. We are realistic about our imperfections and shortcomings, but […]
Gratitude Can Save Your Life
An Excerpt from Kickass Recovery: From Your First Year Clean to the Life of Your Dreams, by Billy Manas The idea of projecting a positive vibe is not just a goody-goody way of going through life. I’m not trying to alarm you, but I have seen firsthand how a lack of gratitude led to someone […]
The Questions We Ask Ourselves
An Excerpt from Kickass Recovery: From Your First Year Clean to the Life of Your Dreams, by Billy Manas Having lived through a romantic separation recently, I had the opportunity to experience many different emotional states I didn’t necessarily appreciate. Whether it was logging onto Facebook and seeing my ex with her new boyfriend or […]
Get Your Attraction On!
An Excerpt from Kickass Recovery: From Your First Year Clean to the Life of Your Dreams, by Billy Manas I opened the notebook and began to plan a perfect life for myself with the premise that anything was possible — because that is exactly how I felt. My first idea was that I would take […]
Ask, “What’s Missing?”
An excerpt from Stop Checking Your Likes by Susie Moore Now more than ever, we as a society are addicted to our phones. Even more so, we are addicted to getting “likes” on our social media posts — and it can work like an actual addiction in our brain chemistry, activating the ventral striatum part […]
Second Opinions Aren’t Better Than Your First Feeling
An excerpt from Stop Checking Your Likes by Susie Moore Your intuition is the inner pressing of the wiser you. It’s the still, small voice inside giving you direction. It’s the oldest, wisest part of you. Notice how every time someone gives you vacation recos, they’ll describe the best activities based on what they did. […]
Today’s Inspirational Quote
“Moving forward away from your comfort zone may feel temporarily uncomfortable, but it feels a lot better than standing still in a place that no longer suits you.” It’s only natural to construct our own personal comfort zone as a cushion or buffer protecting us from the impact life and the world can have on […]
Flame Tending for the Yet-to-Be-Born
An excerpt from Seasons of Moon and Flame by Danielle Dulsky As a young woman, beloved witch, author, and teacher Danielle Dulsky found refuge, nurturance, and wisdom when visiting her grandmother’s rustic home. Next to the fire of the winter hearth and sitting outside with the wildflowers of spring, her anorexic body was loved and […]