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The Amazing Healing Power of Talking About Our Anxiety

“Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything—anger, anxiety, or possessions—we cannot be free.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh

I have dealt with anxiety for as long as I can remember. There are times when I don’t experience it and times when it seems unbearable. It’s sort of like a rollercoaster that just never stops. And I am the first person to admit that anxiety can take over your life if it goes unmanaged.

The toughest part about anxiety is that it can be hard

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When It All Feels Too Much

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

The Ultimate Guide to Better Boundaries

By Mariya Graestone in Blog

“Boundaries are the distance at which I can love you and me simultaneously.” ~Prentis Hemphill

I was talking with a friend about some aspect of a challenging relationship (I don’t even remember what it was now), and she lovingly informed me that I needed better boundaries. I nodded in understanding, but later I realized that I didn’t really know what that meant. Like, what do better boundaries actually look like? And how does one go about developing them?

It’s all fine and dandy to know that “No” is a complete sentence, but how does that apply to a …

Healing Isn’t About Getting Back to Where You Were Before

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

I’m Sorry That the World Wasn’t Always Kind to Your Heart

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

Lessons from a Late Bloomer Who Wanted to Be Famous

By Charli Dee in Blog

“You are not too old and it is not too late.” ~Unknown

I’ve been indecisive since I was a child. When I was small, I wanted to be a ballet dancer. My parents even bought me a ballerina cake topper for one of my birthdays. As I grew a little older, I wanted to be a singer, which led me to go to a performing arts high school. I even learned how to read music notes and play a little piano during my time at that school.

I believe my desire to be a singer was influenced by my experience

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The Beautiful Gift of Finding Presence in The Ordinary

By Kimberly Hetherington in Blog

“For a long time, it had seemed to me that life was about to begin—real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, or a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last, it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.”~Alfred D. Souza

I recently came across an old photo album from when I was in my twenties. All these snippets of my life back then—going out clubbing, those harsh Canadian winters, walking in the back field

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8 Compelling Reasons to Adopt a Whole Food Diet

By Kylee Lubis in Blog

“The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison.” ~Ann Wigmore

Why aren’t we taught optimal nutrition in school as adolescents?

I remember briefly learning about the food pyramid, which doesn’t even include water, by the way.

Do you want to know what I vividly remember? Growing up during the peak of diet culture, when models and actresses who were unrealistically skinny were the only ones who were considered pretty or good enough.

My dad died from a heart attack at age forty, and my single mother …

Sometimes You Have to Let Go

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

Your Breakthrough Is Coming

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

Share Your Truth: 4 Reasons to Stand Up for Yourself

By Silvia Turoňová in Blog

“If you want to live an authentic, meaningful life, you need to master the art of disappointing and upsetting others, hurting feelings, and living with the reality that some people just won’t like you. It may not be easy, but it’s essential if you want your life to reflect your deepest desires, values, and needs.” ~Cheryl Richardson

Last week, I was at the studio where I teach, and one of the teachers was running late. Her students began arriving, so I came out of the office where I was working and started welcoming them, directing them into the room for …

How Do You Build a Good Life

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

Pursue Yourself

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

How to Deal with Worries

By Teresa Shimogawa in Blog

“A lot of what weighs you down isn’t yours to carry.” ~Unknown

What are you worried about right now? No matter how hard we try to not worry, and even when we know that stress is terrible for our health, worry inevitably seeps into our boundaries for one reason or another. Chronic stress causes wear and tear on our bodies, potentially leading to a number of health ailments.

This terrifies me as a person with many stress points in her life, and as a widowed only parent of three young children. I want to live a long, healthy life so …

Sometimes an Absentee Parent Is a Blessing in Disguise

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

We Don’t Need to Achieve Anything to Be Valid

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

Join the Writers Rising Retreat – 10% Off for Tiny Buddha Readers!

By Lori Deschene in Blog

I believe that most, if not all, of us want the same things in life.

We want to feel seen. Want to be heard. We want to own our truth and express ourselves. And we want to believe we’re making a positive impact—to feel like we matter and that we’re leaving an indelible mark on the people around us in our short time here on this earth.

That’s what writing has done for me, and I’m guessing for many of you too.

But whether you’re creatively blocked or just full of self-doubt, it’s not easy to write consistently.

Instead of …