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Stay in the Right Lane: Let Yourself Slow Down and Enjoy Life

By Brad Jeffress in Blog, mindfulness & peace

“I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.” ~Diane Ackerman

Wow! My last weeks of my career. Though many days and weeks over the last thirty-four years have seemed to last forever, it truly is astonishing how fast time goes. And don’t we often try to make it go even faster?

Our jobs are stressful. We are often under tight time constraints and deadlines. We have clients and associates who want and need things yesterday.

We …

Don’t Make Yourself Small for Anyone

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

3 Things That Turned My Suffering into Blissful Peace

By Clare Elderkin in Blog, mindfulness & peace

“To experience peace does not mean that your life is always blissful. It means that you are capable of tapping into a blissful state of mind amidst the normal chaos of a hectic life.” ~Jill Bolte Taylor

I’d just spent over six years trapped in my own worst nightmare. Then in a split second, my whole reality shifted to an experience of exquisite peace and bliss. Walking through the streets of my home city, I seemed to be radiating unconditional love out and into everything around me.

I didn’t know it then, but I’d just tasted the ultimate state of …

Before You Roll Your Eyes at Early Christmas Decorators

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

The Best Approach to Self-Care: How to Attend to Your Unmet Needs

By Emilie Pelletier in Blog, healthy habits

“Caring for your body, mind, and spirit is your greatest and grandest responsibility. It’s about listening to the needs of your soul and then honoring them.” ~Kristi Ling

There’s something I haven’t told many people. I kept it to myself because it clashed with my “identity” and the image I hoped to project (hello, ego!).

I’ve been creating content and working in the spirituality and personal development fields for a number of years. Although I don’t strive to become like Buddha, there’s a part of me (call it my spiritual ego) that expects certain things of me, such as to …

It’s Okay to Allow Things to Unfold as They Will

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

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You Won, You Win

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

How Embodiment Can Make You Feel More Alive (and 5 Ways to Do It)

By Thomas Lai in Blog, healthy habits, mindfulness & peace

“Embodiment is living within, being present within the internal space of the body.” ~Judith Blackstone

When I was a little boy, I would dance whenever I heard a catchy pop song on the radio. There are photos of me throwing down dance moves, exuding joy and vitality. At some point, though, I lost my ability to dance.

If I were to guess what happened, I would say that I stopped dancing when I became self-conscious. I was no longer just being; suddenly, I became aware of being someone with a body.

So a long and complicated relationship with my body …

Love and Acceptance

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

The One Thought That Killed My Crippling Fear of Other People’s Opinions

By Annie Das in Blog, love & relationships

“Don’t worry if someone does not like you. Most people are struggling to like themselves.” ~Unknown

For as long as I can remember, I have been deathly afraid of what other people thought of me.

I remember looking at all the other girls in third grade and wondering why I didn’t have a flat stomach like them. I was ashamed of my body and didn’t want other people to look at me. This is not a thought that a ten-year-old girl should have, but unfortunately, it’s all too common.

Every single woman I know has voiced this same struggle. That …

Just Breathe

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

10 Ways to Calm Anxious Thoughts and Soothe Your Nervous System

By Manpreet Johal Bernie in Blog, change & challenges, mindfulness & peace

“Everything you want is on the other side of fear.” ~Jack Canfield

Freezing in fear is something I have done since I was a child.

My first home was an unsafe one, living with my alcoholic granddad. Once upon a time, I didn’t know life without fear.

I learned young to scan for danger. How were everyone’s moods? Were the adults okay today? I would freeze and be still and quiet in an attempt to keep myself safe and control an eruption.

Unknown to me, between the ages of conception and seven years old, my nervous system was being programmed. …

It’s Amazing How a Little Kindness Can Open Someone’s Heart

By Priscilla Dann-Courtney in Blog, love & relationships

“We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over.” ~Ray Bradbury

I have a weekly ritual of stopping by a small Vietnamese market close to our home. Thursday is delivery day for Lady Finger bananas, which are sweet little bananas from Mexico.

When I first frequented the shop, the small, dark-haired owner behind the counter would comment rather sternly, “Only bananas, that it!” …

I’m Glad They’re Happy

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

How Releasing Control Opened Me Up to a Limitless Life

By Nikol Rogers in Blog, change & challenges, letting go

“What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.” ~Richard Bach

I have always wanted to create a family.

As a child, I lovingly cared for my dolls and fell head over heels for my college boyfriend. Kneeling before me with a ring, he said, “I want you to be the mother of our children.” I swooned as we walked down the aisle at the tender age of twenty-two, convinced I was set for life. I had the husband, and I would have the family.

I entered into our marriage with the expectation and security …