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There’s an old saying about throwing good money after bad. It means that you’ve discovered something isn’t working but you continue to spend money on it, usually hoping that more money will improve on something useless or inefficient.
But what if it’s not money or anything physical? For me, it was [...]
The Long-Awaited Honest-to-God Secret to Being Happy
(Plus 23 More Tips for Living Your Joy)
Author: Lorna Tedder
Publisher: Spilled Candy Books
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If you enjoy making others happy (or trying to) to the point of losing your own happiness—and [...]
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For years, I’ve been a little terrified of what it would mean when Uranus transitted my Natal Venus. If you’re not conversant in astrology, please understand that I tend to think of it as a language rather than a science and that it’s all about patterns with celestial bodies as the [...]
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I’m a big fan of looking over your shoulder every now and then to know how far you’ve come. I can point to three different events in recent months that have been solid proof to me that I have my self-confidence back, and really, maybe even to a point [...]
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For many of us–especially those of us raised in an environment of real or imagined scarcity–getting into a mindset of abundance and prosperity is a real milestone on our spiritual journey. Reaching that peak is a true celebration, yet we can fall off that peak and back onto a pit [...]
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One of my colleagues, when she was 8 months pregnant, was asked with great disdain why she would consider having a child and didn’t she know that having a family life would hurt her career as a contract negotiator? I wanted to think we’d come a lot farther in women’s equality, especially [...]
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For a born romantic, I’ve never really been a fan of Valentine’s Day. Maybe that’s because, to me, the best way to show me affection is throughout the year rather than with a dozen roses on the same day everyone else [...]
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So here’s your assignment: pick one thing that society defines a certain way, however small, and re-define it for yourself.
For me, it’s…house dresses, for lack of a better word. Here you see me having a “bless’ed laundry day” at my house. What’s different? A lot of things. But it started with a change in attitude [...]
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This Special Post on the Full Moon Eclipse is sponsored by The Long-Awaited Honest-to-God Secret to Being Happy, available at half-price to readers of The Spiritual Eclectic. Click here to download.
The February Full Moon, aka the Full Snow Moon, occurs in Leo on February 9, 2009 at 8:49 Central time here in [...]
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When I first started my “What I Wish I Could Say” exercise three years ago, I had 30-something people I wanted to say something important to but for some reason could not. Sometimes it meant that they’d be too hurt by my honesty. Sometimes I feared for my job or the [...]
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I’m a huge fan of solar return charts. These are special “birthday” charts that give you an idea of the influences around you for the year following your most recent birthday, though you may feel some of these influences up to three months before and after your actual birthday year, [...]
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Roses from my garden, in the middle of freezing weather. Photo copyrighted by Lorna Tedder.
(written 1/22/09 –published in honor of Imbolc)
I’ve been told there’s a huge blessing coming for me in the Winter. Well, I’d say Winter’s here and I have a wild sense of anticipation.
This is the coldest Winter I’ve experienced in the 24 [...]
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