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Why It’s Okay to “Fail” at Meditation 90% of the Time

By in Blog, mindfulness & peace

Man Meditating

“Giving up is the only sure way to fail.” ~Gena Showalter

So you want to meditate.

You can’t help but notice the benefits touted everywhere: a clearer mind, more focus, better sleep, and better health and happiness. What’s not to want?

But then you try it out. And dang, it’s not easy.

When you sit down on that cushion or chair, your previously normal human brain has turned into a crazy swirl of thoughts.

Did you have this many thoughts before? Isn’t this meditation thing supposed to be about clearing your mind and getting focused?

The next thought that …

Don’t Carry Your Mistakes

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Dont carry mistakes

Source: Lessons Learned in Life

Words to Live By

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Words to Live By

Slow Down, Calm Down, Don’t Worry, Don’t Hurry

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Slow Down Calm Down

Source: Buddha Groove

5 Ways a Creative Practice Can Help You Through Grief

By in Blog, change & challenges

“The discipline of creation, be it to paint, compose, write, is an effort toward wholeness.” ~Madeleine L’engle.

Heartbreak, sadness, and loss are uniting experiences across humanity—all of us are likely to experience grief in some form.

In grief, it can be common to feel lost, demotivated, depressed, and also, to experience a loss of self-esteem; it’s difficult to feel good about yourself when you’re processing all of the emotions that go along with grieving.

Developing a regular creative practice can be a helpful, healing way through loss. I used a creative practice to help find my way through a …

10 Steps to Find Yourself Again After Loss

By in Blog, change & challenges

Sad Woman

“I don’t think of all the misery, but of all the beauty that remains.” ~Anne Frank

Despite pink and orange being my two favorite colors, there was a period in my life when I only wanted to wear black, from head to toe.

On Super Bowl Sunday 2002, my life changed forever. My husband of fourteen years died in his sleep of a massive heart attack, and I became a suddenly single mom of a six-year old and an eleven-year old.

Although we all acknowledge that death is a part of life, few of us spend any amount of time …

If Your Life Has No Ups and Downs

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If Your Life Has No Ups and Downs

Source: Spirit Science

Worry Is a Downpayment on a Problem You May Never Have

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Worry Is a Downpayment

Source: Healthy Place

10 to Zen

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10 to Zen

Source: Buddha Heart

Why Stress Is Good for You and How to Respond to It

By in Blog, change & challenges, mindfulness & peace

Stress

“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” ~Viktor Frankl

These days we can’t seem to get away from stress. We all feel it, and we all hate it. Even my sister’s two dogs are on a special diet for their stress-induced digestive issues, and I’m pretty sure they hate stress too.

Recently it hit me: Our relationship with stress is dysfunctional. No wonder we’re stuck in an anxiety-ridden existence!

Stress is Love

Stress has gotten a bad rep, but it …

Help Bring Tiny Buddha Productions to Life

By in Blog, meaning & passion, work fulfillment

Tiny Buddha Productions

When I was a little girl, I could watch movies for hours on end.

I would lie underneath my blanket fort and get lost in The Neverending Story, The Princess Bride, and The Goonies—movies that bring the hero on a fantastic adventure far beyond the restrictive world they know.

My life felt small and limited, and not always bright or easy. Movies gave me an escape from that, and a sense of freedom within the expansiveness of my imagination.

As I got older, I gravitated toward mysteries and psychological thrillers—such as Identity, Memento, and Black …

Inner Peace

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Inner Peace Begins

Source: Lessons Taught by Life

Silence Is More Powerful Than Having the Last Word

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Silence Is More Powerful

Source: Spirit Science

This Is My Life

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This is my life

Source: Simple Reminders

You’re Only Human

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You're Only Human

Source: Live Life Happy

There Is Always Something to Be Grateful For

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Always something to be grateful for

Source: Power of Positivity

One Small Positive Thought in the Morning

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One Small Positive Thought

Explain Your Anger

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Explain Your Anger

Source: Live Life Happy

Getting Over a Painful Experience

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Getting Over a Painful Experience

Source: Healthy Place

Set Yourself Free: 5 Things You Gain When You Forgive

By in Blog, letting go, love & relationships

“When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free.” ~Catherine Ponder

Somewhere in the middle of my freshman year of college, my best friend from high school broke up with me. Out of nowhere, she just stopped talking to me. I tried relentlessly to reconnect, but she stopped responding and never gave me an answer why.

For years it was the most painful heartbreak I had going in my life. It’s still what I …

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