Getting through the Holidays with Grace with 5 Tips for Staying Positive As the holiday season approaches and the air is filled with anticipation of joyful festivities, for many, getting through the holidays can feel stressful. This time of the year can often bring up an extra layer of emotions and pressure. Whether it’s the pressure to meet expectations, or coping with a loss, or the hustle and bustle of seasonal preparations, staying positive during the holidays can be a challenge. “Of all the things that really and truly matter, working more efficiently and getting more done, is not one of ..read more

Simple Ways to Beat Stress and Boost Your Happiness Wanting to beat stress and feel happier is a goal that begins like every other lasting achievement… one step at a time. Decompressing and finding peace happen with your commitment to one small intention and one little action at a time. In this blog post, we’re going to explore stress management and mindfulness, and how they can have a profound impact on your overall wellness and happiness – in the three parts that make you whole: mind, body, and spirit. Whether you’re looking to prevent stress from taking a toll on your physical health or see ..read more

Use journaling to help you heal and let go of the past so you can feel more optimistic and move forward. Journaling is a powerful tool that can help you process your thoughts and emotions, gain clarity, and improve your mental health. One of the most significant benefits of journaling is that it can help you heal and let go of the past. By writing down our thoughts and feelings, we can both express ourselves and listen to our inner voice. This can be a powerful tool for self-reflection and create an opportunity for you to explore and release the negative emotions that may be holding you back ..read more

The Power of Visualization and Affirmations Visualization and affirmations are powerful tools to help you cope with life’s challenges and encourage feelings of hope and a positive attitude. These simple practices can help shape your mindset and beliefs about yourself and the world and are especially helpful when you’re struggling to cope. Visualization involves using your imagination to create mental images of your desired outcomes and experiences. By visualizing a positive future, you can activate your subconscious mind to work towards making it a reality. Visualization can help you overcome ..read more

Why We Should Practice Gratitude Practicing gratitude is an undervalued ticket to personal power and to getting yourself out of feeling stuck in your life. Let’s start by unpacking what gratitude really is. The dictionary defines gratitude as the quality of being thankful. We know feeling thankful for something, whether tangible or intangible, is a conscious and positive emotion. Trying to feel grateful is something many of us strive for. It’s generally thought of as a virtuous quality, and who doesn’t want to feel a little bit more virtuous, right?! Before we dive into harnessing the power of ..read more

How to Let Go and Move On Life is always changing. Sometimes it brings positive shifts that are easy to embrace, but sometimes change can be challenging. We all take comfort when we feel like our life has a sense of routine to it. We feel safe when life seems predictable, when we know what to expect, when we know our role and when we can depend on those around us to know theirs. Changes that we choose and make intentionally are also easier to accept and remain steady with. We love to feel in control, don’t we? Being in control is a part of what keeps us feeling like we’re in charge of what hap ..read more

You say you’re fine, but you’re really not. It’s like an automatic reply message when someone asks how you’re doing. You respond instantly saying you’re good, you’re ok, everything is fine. I’d like you to think about whether you’re moving through your days feeling as fulfilled, open-hearted, and satisfied as you’d like to be. Exactly. I feel you. You’re not as good, ok, and fine as you pretend to be! You think this is just the way it is. This is your lot in life. You accept the restrictions and the weight of your responsibilities, after all, most of them were your own choices. You recognize t ..read more

Self-Care Habits for Wellbeing in Good Times and Bad Using your happy days to prepare for your hard days seems like a waste of energy, right? But it’s when the seas are calm, and things are going well that you can build a sturdy life raft to get through the storms.  People shutter the windows and prepare their home before the storm to ride it out as safely as possible with as little damage as possible. Not that you should be waiting for doom, but let’s be real, life happens. This pre-storm prep idea goes for your mental, emotional, and spiritual health as well. The time to build self-care ..read more

What to Do Instead of New Year’s Resolution Here we are at the start of a brand-new spanking year! It’s the idea of a “fresh start” and an opportunity to do things better than you’ve done before that make setting new year’s resolutions seem so appealing… but I’m going to tell you not to, why not to, and what to do instead of new year’s resolutions this year. First, the truth. New year’s resolutions don’t usually work. You know I’m a positive glass-half-full kind of gal, but I’ve got to hit you with the reality (and you already know this!) – they just don’t stick. You’ve started each new year o ..read more

How to Stop Overwhelming Yourself Keep it Simple These last few weeks I’ve been feeling intense, heavy energy. Maybe it’s partly the pressures of the holiday season closing in, maybe it’s partly the melancholy I feel every December – or maybe it’s something bigger and beyond me – like how complicated and overwhelming we’ve designed our lives to be. If you’re feeling a similar heaviness in your energy that is showing up as feeling fatigued, less motivated than usual, maybe not sleeping well at night – and you know you’re not coming down with something – it could be that you’re sensitive to the ..read more