Category: Personal Evolution
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How to Love Mondays
Photo by gragsie. If you’d told me 6 months ago that I’d love Mondays–that they might even be my favorite day of the week–I would have said you were crazy. For good reason, too–I’ve hated Mondays for my entire life. Here’s what’s wrong with Mondays…or what was wrong: The weekends are never long enough. I…
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Maybe this Opportunity Isn’t Meant for You
Photo by DeathWing I’m working on several projects and events that will offer some profound opportunities for others, yet it’s interesting to see how people turn down those opportunities at every chance. These are not people I’ve gone after with an offer of something grand, but rather, they’ve heard about my projects and have come…
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Body Positives: Getting Personal but Keeping It PG
***Me, late 20’s. New mom.*** In a world where we, if no one else, know all the millions of physical flaws we carry on our bodies and are reminded of our inadequacies in almost any women’s magazine, is it possible to love your body? Don’t we women constantly look for what’s wrong instead of…
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Birthday Gifts of the Intangible Sort
While yesterday was a day for celebration of my birthday, today was all aboutcontemplation. I took the day off from the workforce grind and played barefoot this morning in my yard in the windy sunshine that whispered of impending Spring. Technically, I’m celebrating all week because…well, because I want to. Because I feel like…
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Saturdays Are Made for Cheating
Photo by jouste. I thought this was a very clever Five of Swords tarot reference. On this new eating style of mine, the rule is, I get to cheat once a week. I suppose that’s a bit bizarre but there are two reasons for it: I would rebel too much against a diet that…
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Time-Lining Intentions
Photo by Morti Riuuallon I’m combining long-term intentions with daily intentions in two rather effective ways. First, I hold my “morning strategy sessions with the Universe” at usually about 5:30 AM when I’m on my way to work. I have time alone to decide how I want my day to go, what I want to…
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Why Some People Will Never Be "Happy"
Every time I turn around, there’s a new book out about how to be happy. It seems we’d have enough already, but the audience is not only vast but growing. To top it off, an acquaintance asks me if I’m happy and I find myself hesitating to answer. It’s not that I’m unhappy. Far from…
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The Miracle of Bad Things
Photo by Jonanamary This may be the most radical thing I’ve ever said, even by my own standards, but I caught a glimpse of something that shocked me. Bad things, I saw in that moment of clarity, are miracles in disguise. I’m not talking about death or illness–though I honestly know that they sometimes can…