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Investment Self-Care and Love Languages
The top of the Self-Care pyramid holds Investment self-care. This is more targeted activities meant to “invest” in your future. Where...


And More Meditation Techniques
I have saved my favorite ones for last. I chose these two techniques alternatively depending upon how distracted my mind is in the...


Other Ways to Meditate
Meditation can feel a bit intimidating when you first start. It feels weird. Unnatural. Uncomfortable. You might feel silly. And all of...


Practicing Mindful Breathing
We’ve all heard the advice, “try deep breathing” or “take a breath.” Maybe you’ve tried and “failed” at it, claiming it doesn’t help you....


Focus and Mindfulness: The Present Moment
The Art of Being Present


Focus on Today
Feeling Overwhelmed by the Future?


Focus on the Essential
I read a book a few months back that really stuck with me. Essentialism by Greg McKeown has really formed the way I try to shape my day....


The Four Tendencies: The Questioner and The Rebel
This week concludes our study of Gretchen Rubin’s book, The Four Tendencies. We are closing out with a closer look at both the Questioner...


The Four Tendencies: The Obliger
This week we are diving into The Obliger. The Obliger readily meets external expectations, but resists and struggles with internal...


The Four Tendencies: The Upholder
Hopefully you have taken the Four Tendencies Quiz, but if you haven’t done it yet, here it is again for your convenience. As we dive...


Self-Care: Words of Affirmation and Physical Touch
OK. We are on our last week of our discussion of Self-Care. The biggest thing I want you to take away from this month is to find a way to...


Self-Care: Receiving Gifts and Quality Time
This week we will dive into two more of the 5 Love Languages to explore Receiving Gifts and Quality Time.


Restoration Self Care
Last week I introduced the Self Care Pyramid developed by Elizabeth Tollis (earlier edition). We discussed the base of the pyramid -...


Spring Feelings
I don’t know about you all, but I know I feel a certain energy in the Spring. The world around us is literally sprouting anew! I want to...


Living a Coherent Life
This week we are focusing on putting it all together to live a coherent life. What does that mean. When you can take your life view and...


Your Work View
I hope you took the time to write out your Life View last week. If not, go ahead and do that (I’ll wait). This week we will focus on your...


Your Life View
Last week I asked you to revisit the values activity. That was a precursor to our work this week on building your Life View. Knowing what...


Steps 3 and 4 in Creating Habits
In our habit forming sequence of


Step 2 in Creating Habits
The next step in the four-step process of habit formation is Craving. James Clear in Atomic Habits continues by saying that habits are...


Step 1 in Creating a Habit
As we progress through our work this month on creating habits, systems and routines, make sure you have done the vision work (if you need...
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