“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” ~Pierre Teilhard de Chardin If you consider for a moment that you’re a soul having a human experience, the next step is to understand that certain qualities of the soul are always present, no matter what your human […]
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Getting Better Sleep—Essential for Your Overall Health and Well-being Tips that can help improve your sleep: Stick to a regular sleep schedule: go to bed and wake up at the same time every day, even on weekends. Create a sleep-conducive environment: Make sure your bedroom is cool, quiet, and dark. Use comfortable pillows and a
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The definition of mother in the dictionary seems kinda thin to me: to be a female parent. As a verb, it means to give birth to a child (or any other result of a creative process) and to care for and protect the child (or project). If you do a Google search on being a
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Many people, when faced with divorce or a breakup tell themselves that love made them do stupid things. Love gets a bad rap when people say things like, “Love is blind.” I’ve heard it said that love is intelligent. My question to you is this, is it love that makes us do stupid things, stumble
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At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one’s lost self. ~Brendan Francis Forming positive attachments to others is regarded as a sign of psychological stability, health, and wellbeing. We all long to belong as a way of being seen and valued. Being in a partnership is
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The quality of your relationship with yourself determines the quality of your relationship with everything else. ~ Robert Holden Whether you think of Valentine’s Day as a crass, commercialized con game promoted by corporations that want to cash in or a bliss-filled day celebrating love and romance, it’s hard to ignore it altogether. Even so,
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“You’ve got to be kidding me! You want me to WHAT?!!!!” We’ve all had some shitty jobs. The low point in my working life came when I was ordered by my boss to go to a bank (where we had a cleaning contract) and clean up a mess that a homeless person had left at
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My husband would have been 67 today. I’ve been bracing myself for this day because it’s a reminder that he’s not here to celebrate with me. Tom and I were both December babies. We had an agreement that December was “Birthday Month.” We celebrated each other the entire month, giving presents, going on vacations, visiting
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The unknown is a scary place. The Indian mystic, Osho, said “Courage is a love affair with the unknown.” Thinking about his words, I think back to my own experiences of facing uncertainty in my life. Most recently, when my husband died suddenly, his absence left me with so many scary questions about my future.
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“You’ve GOT to be kidding me. What do you mean, let love lead? It’s love that got me into this mess, so why would I do that?” My client stared at me in disbelief. He was making an important decision about a parenting plan proposal that had been given to him that week. He felt
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