Yesterday I was clever so I wanted to change the world, Today I am wise, so I’m changing myself. When 2018 started, I was completely determined to make it MY YEAR! I turn 60 this year and with the beginning of each new decade of my life, I like to start it off with a […]
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“You will always belong anywhere you show up as yourself and talk about yourself and your work in a real way.” ― Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone I don’t know about all of you but 2018 can’t get here fast enough! 2017 has been […]
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The holidays usually invoke these emotions, dread, joy or both. You dread the family member you have to spend time with and joy comes from spending time together. It’s an oxymoron, right? Not really when we think about all of the other emotions that get stirred up during this time of year. We may love […]
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“You pay for stress all the same way, no matter how good the reasons.” ~ unknown I’ve been a massage therapist for 25 years and I see stress up close every day in the work I do with my clients. Stress is something we all experience, some days or weeks more than others and it’s […]
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“Because I know that at the end of my life, sharing pics & quips & LOLs & emoticons & working diligently to create a “presence” on social media networking platforms & eagerly seeking “likes” & “shares” & “hearts” and so forth is not a time investment that I will feel proud of. To the contrary, […]
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This is a follow up from our last post about moving a little clutter out of your life. You have found a couple of things that you need to move out of the way so you can get very clear on the things you want to do in your life. And the next question is, […]
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“Ask yourself if what you are doing today is getting you closer to where you want to be tomorrow” ~unknown Here in the South spring is in the air. Warmer days, nights still cool, more daylight and the call to plant, clean and clear clutter has a strong draw on all of us. Putting your […]
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“Make an empty space in any corner of your mind, and creativity will instantly fill it.” ~Dee Hock It all started around the end of October 2016 when I hit the wall. My mind and my body finally said “ENOUGH” and I was forced to listen. I was done, fried, nothing was fun and everything […]
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(Spoiler alert-yes this is about the election but not who won or didn’t, so please read on) Like a lot of you, I watched part of the elections returns, sitting in awe as I listened to the calls of what state went to whom. My state (NC) very much a battleground state was too close […]
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“Love casts out fear” ~ Dorothy Day There is so much going on in our world right now, turn on the TV, internet or just turn on your phone and you are hit with a firestorm of negativity fueled by hate, dislike or unhappiness. Where’s the LOVE? It’s right here where it has always been, […]
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