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What I Would Say to My Younger Self

Posted on November 26, 2019

Fifteen years ago I was a college graduate with big aspirations and very little worldly experience. In the intervening years, I have grown up a lot. Here are a few of the…

Blissing Out At the Cafe (Revisited)

Posted on November 23, 2019

Early this year I wrote about my enjoyment of spending time writing at the neighborhood cafe, which I characterized as blissing out. Indeed, that’s how it felt. The experience could be so…

Stand In Your Truth, Aka “The Health Advice that Incensed Me”

Posted on November 15, 2019

I got an email from our health insurance provider claiming to sort out hype versus fact in popular nutritional trends. I saw intermittent fasting in the title and knew I had to…

Expirtate the Unwanted!

Posted on November 12, 2019

No matter how much I write about it, the principle of little things adding up always fascinates me. To this day, I repeatedly find myself thinking of Andy Dufresne in The Shawshank…

Day 408: The Movie In Your Mind

Posted on November 11, 2019

Hi there. Chris! We love talking to you. Hello! How are you? Honestly, a bit tired. I was not feeling that inspired with an idea, so I thought of leaning on Ye…

Day 407: Focusing to Shift One’s Mind State

Posted on November 10, 2019

I have written extensively about the subjects of the Law of Attraction, specifically about getting into alignment. I love this concept greatly, and I think about it quite a lot! In fact,…

When You Care More About Liking Yourself

Posted on November 9, 2019

Hello! Good evening. Tonight I would like some clarity on how to keep my head on straight when other people disagree with me…. especially when I care about what they think. Today…

Day 400: The Art of the Fast (It’s Not Just For Food)

Posted on November 3, 2019

First of all, I couldn’t resist: it’s Day 400 of my 365 Day Blogging Project. Okay, so maybe I took nearly two months off from writing in this blog. I was re-grouping,…

Day 395: My New Attitude

Posted on September 9, 2019

Recently I have been attempting to think about certain subjects that are important to me. In the past, these subjects grew heavy and filled with negative thoughts. I wasn’t quite so clear…

Day 393: Back in the Cave with the Approval-Seeking Dragon

Posted on September 7, 2019

A few days ago I wrote some thoughts prompted by a passage from Wayne Dyer’s “Erroneous Zones.” I decided to do a similar thing tonight 🙂 This passage deals with how children…

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