When Worry Gets You in the Gut

When Worry Gets You in the Gut

In addition to joy and love there can be a sense of anxiousness and overwhelm during the holidays. Stress, if left unchecked, causes challenges for almost every system of the body including the digestive system. To help manage stress during the holidays you can practice a simple meditation technique using hand gestures called mudras; a tool at your fingertips!

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How Self Reflection Can Lead to Joy

How Self Reflection Can Lead to Joy

This exercise in self-reflection has 2 important outcomes:

First, you learn what charged you up and what depleted you in the past year so you can do more of what charges you up in the new year. Secondly, you see a clear picture of your gifts. The best part about this exercise is, if you ever doubt yourself, you have strong evidence to support the validity of your special and unique gifts right there on paper!

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Bolster Self-Esteem by Banishing Shame

Bolster Self-Esteem by Banishing Shame

My sisters are funny as hell. The three of us recently spent a weekend in Syracuse, where my artsy sister lives in a beautiful house built in 1929. There’s lots to laugh at when we get together. We are all over 60. But there’s a sinister emotion under those ripples of laughter. Shame.
Banish shame with these 3 tips. Your self-esteem will thank you for it!

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Do You Feel It?

Do You Feel It?

There is a stirring in the air. A pulse. Seemingly silent and still all winter, the great Potential is now making itself known. Spring is here.

The contrast between winter and spring somehow seems more stark this year because we are also coming out of pandemic-enforced stillness. We’ve been holed up in our homes for much of the time, only coming out for essential things.So if you are feeling a little hesitant to jump into spring and a vibrant busy life again, it’s totally understandable. Read on to find out how you can tap into the vibrant energy of spring.

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The Best Relationship You'll Ever Have

The Best Relationship You'll Ever Have

Most of us, at one time or another have found ourselves in an awkward situation with a friend or partner. It might be a disagreement or a differing point of view or perhaps even just a misunderstanding. No matter the origin, this kind of disharmony can cause a lot of angst.

I had this very situation happen to me recently and I came to a sudden realization; The best relationship you’ll ever have is the one you have with yourself.

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Has Guilt got you Down? This antidote may surprise you.

Has Guilt got you Down?  This antidote may surprise you.

Guilt is my constant companion. I wish I could kick it out the door on it’s very large behind, but it sticks to my proverbial foot like dog poop.

Knowing that all this guilt is detrimental to my overall wellbeing, I started thinking about solutions. I came across it while I was contemplating the wonderful Thanksgiving dinner that I overate and over drank at. The solution may surprise you. If you suffer from guilt, even occasionally, read on to find out what the antidote is!

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Coming Out: Life After Covid

Coming Out: Life After Covid

With the increase in the number of vaccines available, it seems we can slowly let out our breath and let cautious optimism take root. But I wonder, what will it feel like to go back out in the world once restrictions are loosened? Will we feel like a weight has been lifted off our shoulders and we are finally free like victors of a great war, or will we have a sort of post-Covid PTSD? If post-Covid PTSD is a possibility, how do we set ourselves up for coming out after Covid to feel okay or better yet, like the celebration it should be?

I think we can start by practicing these 4 things…

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Elemental Help for Depression (tips for Kapha)

Elemental Help for Depression (tips for Kapha)

Feeling a little depressed right now is understandable. The question is, how can we pull ourselves out of this? Ayurvedic practitioners refer to depression as an elemental overload of earth and water or “kapha dosha”. The combination is sticky and heavy and thick. A perfect description of what it feels like to be a little depressed!

The Ayurvedic solution is to bring in more of the other elements to counter the excess winter earth-water “glue” that keeps us stuck in our beds until noon. Here’s how that advise translates into things you can do to feel better and it is what I did to feel better.

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10 Meditation tips for tapping into your creative powers (aka problem solving powers!)

10 Meditation tips for tapping into your creative powers (aka problem solving powers!)

In a time when it feels like making long term plans, or even making plans for the next week is pretty much pointless it’s easy to feel stuck. One of the best ways to get unstuck is to tap into your creativity. This is the key to being able to pivot in another direction. One of the best ways to tap into your creativity is through meditation. Here are 10 tips for tapping into your creative powers.

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