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5 Journal Prompts to Help You Let Go of Anxiety and Find Peace

By Lori Deschene in Blog, mindfulness & peace

“You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you.” ~Dan Millman

There was a time when my mind was completely consumed by worries, and I lived in a perpetual state of panic.

I worried about things I’d said and whether people were judging me, things I should be doing and whether I was using my time well, the state of my life, the state of the world, and just about anything else one could worry about.

Life always felt scary and uncertain, so I always felt unsafe, and worrying gave me the …

How I Healed My Strained Relationship with My Mother

By Jennifer Cochran in Blog, love & relationships

“Give without remembering. Receive without forgetting.” ~Unknown

It was Sunday, April 12, 2015. I had just finished my grocery shopping and was about to leave the parking lot when I noticed a call from my dad.

I called him back so we could talk for a few minutes. He said, “Troy died.” I thought of his friend Troy, who I’d met a couple years prior, and said I was sorry to hear his friend had passed. My dad realized I had not heard him correctly. He said “Troy, your stepdad, he died this morning.”

I felt like someone had punched …

Never Change to Be Accepted by Others

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

They May Not Be Avoiding You

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

I’ve Learned That I Deserve…

By Maria Shriver in Blog, happiness & fun

When I was growing up, my parents never spoke to me about what I “deserved.” They spoke to me a lot about what was “expected.” They were very clear about that.

They expected me to be tough, hard-working, well-read, and smart. They expected me to help others, especially those struggling on the margins. They sent me to work in impoverished parts of the world, so I would realize I was very lucky and really had nothing to complain about. They expected me to go to church every week, to be honest, to help my brothers, my cousins, my community. …

6 Powerful Steps to Stop Binge Eating for Good

By Maria in Blog, change & challenges, healthy habits

“As long as you are breathing, there is more right with you than wrong with you, no matter how ill or how despairing you may be feeling in a given moment.” ~Jon Kabat-Zinn

Binge eating is hard. For me, winter time has always been hardest.

The winter of 2011 was particularly bad. It was then that I sat, hands clasped around my knees, thinking about how best to kill myself.

Hopeless only scratches the surface of what I was feeling—that same feeling I’d had on-and-off for fifteen years. I was twenty-three. I’d spent half my life in darkness.

I …

Be Selective with Your Battles

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

Focus on the People Who Inspire You

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

I Hope That Works Out for You

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

Walking Through Fire: Change Can Be Scary, But It’s Worth It

By Shannon Marshall in Blog, change & challenges

“What matters most is how well you walk through the fire.” ~Charles Bukowski

I used to be scared to walk through the fire.

I was scared to do deeply unsettling, terrifying, hard things.

I was scared to face my biggest fears and struggles head on.

And for the greater part of my twenties, I did everything I could to avoid the heat.

In particular, there was one fire that scared me to my core.

As I graduated college, I was the happiest I’d ever been: I’d met my very best friends, traveled to small, colonial Mexican towns, studied meaningful subjects, …

This Too Shall Pass

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

From Tiny Buddha’s Worry Journal

The Most Precious Kind of Friend

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

A Truth to Be Accepted

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

What Ultimately Changes the World

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

I Love the Weirdos

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

Don’t Forget to Appreciate How Far You’ve Come

By Rose Nguyen in Blog, happiness & fun

“Remember how far you’ve come, not how far you have to go. You are not where you want to be, but neither are you where you used to be.” ~Rick Warren

We’re always talking about how we should live in the now and “be present.” We shame ourselves for looking back at the past or into the future, thinking that we shouldn’t look too far ahead or worry about what’s to come, and we shouldn’t get too caught up in events that have already happened. We want to be focused on being the best person we can be …

Uncertainty Isn’t Always a Bad Thing

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

One of the prompts from Tiny Buddha’s Worry Journal

The Little Things in Life Are the Ones That Matter Most

By Linda Broder in Blog, love & relationships

“It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.” ~Muhammad Ali

I followed a little boy in Walmart today. He didn’t look like my son and yet I trailed him and his mother all over the store. I curled my fingers around the shopping cart so I wouldn’t be tempted to reach out and touch him.

He didn’t walk with Brendan’s bounce or jerk his head back, trying to slide his glasses back onto his nose. He didn’t have his sarcastic smile or those tiny freckles scattered across his cheeks.

But he …