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Eat your way to inner peace
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Ch20 Live Lightly, Live Deeply
In meditation class once, I remarked that I was perceived as too intense at work. People had told me that I made them nervous by running too fast, asking too many questions and being too demanding. “I...
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Memorial Day wish
On this holiday when we remember the price of war, let it remind us of the value of peace. Filed under: Inspirations, USA, Writing Tagged: blessing, Memorial Day, peace
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Mindfulness Tip: Stand Tall
You can literally shake off worries about the past and hurrying into the future, by making a quick adjustment of your posture. Stand up straight and you’ll suddenly notice where you are and who and...
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Ch30 Appendix: Resources and Inspirations
Here is a sample of favorite inspirational teachers that took me by the hand and guided me. On your journey, reach out to these and other authors, support groups and classes that fit your life! Find a...
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Ch28 We are Infinite, Connected and Have Big Paws
Not content just sitting in the house or chasing other cats, Pickles always said, “I have big paws. I want to do big things.” When he was adopted by the Firehouse, he learned new skills and finally his...
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Ch29 Choose Inner Peace and Fun!
At the beginning of this book, I asked you to think about how you would define a successful life. Now, I hope you will see that whatever your definition of success is, it rests on a foundation of, or...
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Popcorn and movies don’t go together
There was something about eating at the movies that seemed like a free pass. At home, there’s no way I would have made myself a huge bucket of popcorn and poured artificially-colored yellow motor oil...
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Ch12 Meet Your Parasympathetic System
If you’re stressed out, your parasympathetic system is out of shape. Most of Western physical education is directed to our sympathetic nervous system: the fight-or-flight abilities. If you can run...
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Ch18 Express Yourself Creatively
“You know those things you’ve always wanted to do? You should probably go do them!” - Anonymous A surefire way to cut the noise in your head, or at least change it up, is to pursue your dreams and...
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Editorial: Facebook Doesn’t Share Enough …unless you pay
In an effort to share what Facebook does and doesn’t do to help you in your quest to spread your professional message, I thought I’d pause today and give you some data. First, note that in WordPress,...
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365 Posts and/or Poems in 365 Days?
I began writing a poem a day in the first week of April 2013. Then I continued this trend on, sometimes writing more. Sometimes writing less. Now that it’s March 2014, I realize I might be quite near...
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I’m Going to Hay House Writer’s Workshop! (…or H-E-L-P is not a four-letter...
I have to admit, my ego often gets the best of me. I usually think “I’m all that!” (Just ask anyone close to me and they’ll concur.) So, when you’re a card-carrying egotist, it’s hard to accept when...
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A Mother’s Day Perspective: I Didn’t Ask to Be Born …or Did I?
Let’s be honest. As a kid, Mother’s Day feels like a big, splatty serving of guilt pudding. Thank your mom for …everything. Your mom works so hard for you. She cooks and cleans and does your laundry....
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Can’t you see…How unique and beautiful you already are?
If you can’t see that about yourself, whatever you do, do NOT look in the mirror. Look deeper. (And if you feel like poopoo, you probably invited the party pooper, perfectionism to the party!)Filed...
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Eat your way to inner peace
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Eulogy to my mom: The Most Important Thing
My mom passed away at age 89 on October 8, 2016. Four days later, on my birthday, I was one of the family that spoke. Here’s my eulogy: My name is Joan Magnie Gregerson and I’m the seventh of the eight...
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Gifts from Gma: Letting go of stuff
“Gma” is the nickname my kids gave to my mom. Some of us kids have been posting announcements on the caring site we set up for her. Here’s one I sent this morning about clearing out the house where she...
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I have to admit, my ego often gets the best of me. I usually think “I’m all that!” (Just ask anyone close to me and they’ll concur.) So, when you’re a card-carrying egotist, it’s hard to accept when...
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