What is the Ultimate Healthy Lifestyle?

“A lifestyle can be defined as a more or less integrated set of practices which an individual embraces, not only because such practices fulfill utilitarian needs, but because they give material form to a particular narrative of self-identity.”~ Anthony Giddens ~ Today we will start taking a slightly different direction. To date my posts have [...]

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What changes would make your life more enjoyable?

“To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” — Henri Bergson Everything changes, you cannot stop changes. You can however direct those changes so they lead you in a positive direction. You can choose to change in ways that enhance your life and bring [...]

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Are you happy yet?

“Oh, make us happy and you make us good.” ~R. Browning, the ring and the book What does it take to make you happy? A new car, a bigger house or a pocket full of money will make some people happy, for a moment. Things do not bring lasting happiness. True and lasting happiness comes [...]

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What is your state of wellness?

“Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony.” — Thomas Merton We are living in some strange times. With all of our modern miracles in science and medicine we, as a society, are sicker now than in any time in mankind’s history. This is according to the [...]

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Does humor heal?

“Love one another and help others to rise to the higher levels, simply by pouring out love. Love is infectious and the greatest healing energy.” ~ Sai Baba I think most of us know the story of how Norman Cousins used laughter to heal himself. Here is a short article on using humor to heal. [...]

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Did you give thanks?

“The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts.  No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving.” ~ H.U. Westermayer Did you enjoy your Thanksgiving? Did you use that day to reflect on what you have in your life to be thankful for? Did you give heart [...]

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Do you need healing?

“Eventually you will come to understand that love heals everything, and love is all there is.” ~ Gary Zukav This week will be devoted to healing, self healing to be specific. It is important to understand that all healing is self healing. Doctors do not heal, healers do not heal, medicines do not heal. Only [...]

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Are you strong enough to love unconditionally?

“The only love worthy of a name is unconditional.”~ John Powell Today, another interesting article about unconditional love. Unconditional Love – Easier Said Than Done By Irene Conlan It seems appropriate that in this week before Valentine’s Day we take a look at love and relationships. Loving and being love is, after all, what we [...]

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Is your self talk sabotaging you?

“Every waking moments we talk to ourselves about the things we experience. Our self-talk, the thoughts we communicate to ourselves, in turn control the way we feel and act.” ~ John Lembo Our self talk can either help us or hinder us. Here are some thoughts on how to stop sabotaging ourselves with self talk. [...]

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How helpful are you?

“I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love.” ~Mother Teresa This week I will devote to our service, our service to others and the Universe. As we look around us we see people who are only interested in their own well-being. People [...]

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