Some people are born with an innate sense of what others feel. They have a good imagination and consciously direct it to put themselves in another person’s shoes. Perhaps at one point in the etymology of the word empathy, it meant that “you know what another feels because you have been through the same thing.” […]
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When you want to know the things kids need to be happy, you have to first look at what makes them unhappy. When I gathered a teen focus group to help me come up with a title for my upcoming workbook for young people, this is what they listed as the major problems they were
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How are you handling holiday stress? One definition of stress is feeling a big responsibility for something, while you also feel like you have little to no control over it. Like with many of the things that come with the holidays: Family or work parties you are expected to attend. Dealing with old traumas related
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Read about why forgiveness is important, what happens when you don’t forgive and how easy it is to forgive. Forgiveness is so helpful in healing.
Why Forgiveness is Not As Hard As You Think But Oh So Powerful Read More »
Want to know how to create a soul-expanding, body-aligning future? Put some time and energy into planning, opening and nurturing it! One excellent tried and true (not to mention fun!) way to commit to this process is to create a vision board. In this post, I’ll show you how. But before you get crafty and
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Many years ago, I went to a workshop with medical intuitive, Christel Nani, and she was teaching us how to open our chakras by changing our limiting beliefs. This is when I first witnessed the benefits of singing. There was a man in the audience who stood up with a question. Through wet eyes and
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Fear. It’s everywhere. We are intimately aware of it as it is part of our everyday lives. For some people, fear immobilizes them. They stay home, hesitate, avoid or pull back from risks, opportunities, or relationships due to this fear. This was me for a long time, especially when I was in my worst anxiety
How Do You Think of Fear? Fear as Motivation, or Obstacle? Read More »
Since my recent TEDxWilmington talk was only 10 minutes, I wrote a few blogs to cover what I didn’t get to share in it. Today, I am expanding on kids’ resistance and complaining when asked to do chores because that shizzle is real! You can check out some of my other TEDx blogs here: Dealing
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