“Your mind lies. Your body doesn’t. Listen to your body truth.” ~several yoga instructors over the years A while back I made a choice that changed my life and not in a good way because I didn’t listen to my body truth. My head talked me into it. That conversation went something like this: Me: …
So for over a year, I’d been going too fast, taking on too much, and a few months back, I just burned myself right out. I lost all my mojo & didn’t want to do anything at all: hung out at my house, in my pajamas, watching TV a lot. Here’s what I did to get …
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ~ Howard Thurman, civil rights leader Well, I came across that quote the day before I left for vacation. First off, if you like water, sand, and the …
“Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you’re right.” ~ Henry Ford So this post goes along with one I wrote on doing versus trying. I’ll do my best not to make this a snooze because there’s some science. I think it’s incredibly important, though ~ it changed the way I approach …
Sometimes people get lost in their own lives. There’s no map and they don’t know how to follow their own internal compass. They don’t know which way is true North. Maybe you’re one of them. Maybe you, too, have listened to parents, siblings, teachers, friends, and/or bullies ~ just to name a few ~ tell …
Well, I burned through a few boyfriends on the way to my husband, mostly because I had no idea what I was doing. If I could write a manual, a kind of how-to dating manifesto, and give it to my single self, here are some things it would say: 1. Find yourself first You need …
“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” ~Henry David Thoreau About a year ago, my dad died. He’d been battling cancer for a decade and we’d all been lulled into a false sense that he’d just keep on beating it. So I never said the important things I wanted to say because I’d …
Well, my birthday just passed. I’m 25! Again! For the *mumble, mumble* time! I thought it might be a good time to reflect. So if I could talk some sense to my 20-year-old self, here are some things I’d say: 1. Learn your lessons the first time Albert Einstein famously said that the definition of …
“To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.” ~ Mohandas Gandhi So in last week’s post about stepping out in faith (find it here), I told you about how I’ve wanted to be a novelist since I was five years old. Here’s my earliest memory of writing: crafting a story in the …
“Security does not exist in nature nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.” ~ Helen Keller One of the best self-help/motivational books I ever read for stepping out in faith was If …
