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- Mindfullness
- October 18, 2024
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Gentle Announcement
It’s finally time to tell you about the project I’ve been dreaming about and working on for years! My new book, Gentle: Rest More, Stress Less, and Live the Life You Actually Want is coming soon. This…
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- Mindfullness
- October 18, 2024
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6 Tiny Daily Rituals that Can Easily Change the Rest of Your Life
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” – Annie Dillard Are you willing to spend a little time every day like most people won’t, so you can spend the better part of your life like most people can’t? Think about that question for a moment. Let it sink in. […]
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- Mindfullness
- July 25, 2024
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Weekend Favorites: kitchen spaces, key to longevity and 5 decluttering tricks
Weekend Wisdom: In a noisy world, gentle words rise. Last pass. I just finished the last, last round of edits for Gentle and I’m all out of words for today. I’m ready for a big restful weekend! You too? Ok … onto the favorites 24 ways to simplify your life in 2024 (it’s not too […]
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- Mindfullness
- July 25, 2024
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10 Kitchen Spaces that Probably Need Decluttering Soon
I could be wrong but it’s probably time to declutter your kitchen. Because the kitchen is often where we spend the most time; to gather, nourish, work and relax it may require more frequent decluttering. Consider what “enough” means to you as you move through each space decluttering your kitchen. Working space by space instead […]
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- Mindfullness
- July 25, 2024
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20 Essential Things to Start Doing for Your Own Happiness and Peace of Mind
Patience isn’t about waiting; it’s the ability to keep a good attitude while working hard for what you believe in.
As you move through the days and weeks ahead, remind yourself that it takes roughly 66 days to form a habit on average. So for the next nine and a half weeks, consciously leverage the actionable reminders below to look at the brighter side of your life, and you will gradually rewire your brain.
1. Start steadying yourself with simple rituals.
When life feels like an emotional roller coaster, steady yourself with simple rituals. Make the bed. Water the plants. Rinse off your own bowl and spoon. Simplicity attracts calmness and wisdom.
2. Start filtering out the noise in your life.
Be careful about who you give the microphone and stage to in your life. Don’t just listen to the loudest voice every day. Listen to the (more…)
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- Mindfullness
- July 25, 2024
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- 11 minutes Read
10 Mindful Ways to Remain Calm When Others Seem Out of Control
You can’t calm the storm. What you can do is calm yourself, and the storm will gradually pass.
Over the past decade, there’s a way of being I’ve gradually been cultivating in myself — I’ve been taming my tendency to get riled up and argue with people when their behavior doesn’t match my expectations.
As human beings we all have an idea in our heads about how things are supposed to be, and sadly this is what often messes us up the most. We get frustrated when things don’t play out the way we expect them to, and when people don’t behave like they’re “supposed” to. We expect our family to act a certain way, our friends to always be kind, and strangers to be less difficult.
And when reality hits us, and everyone seems to be doing the opposite of what we expect them to do, we get triggered — anger, frustration, arguments, tears, etc.
If you can relate in any way at all right now, it’s time to remind yourself of the truth: (more…)
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- Mindfullness
- July 25, 2024
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8 Judgment-Free Ways to Change Your Shopping Habits
If you want to change your shopping habits, you may have experienced this shopping scenario. You find the perfect thing, add to cart and realize you have to spend a little bit more to get free shipping. So you keep shopping. Or like I used to do, maybe you buy things you don’t really want […]
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- Mindfullness
- July 25, 2024
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11 Old-Fashioned Relationship Habits We Should Bring Back
Love is great when spoken, but greatest when shown. Do little things daily to show your loved ones you care.
Yesterday afternoon I was sitting on a park bench in the early afternoon when an elderly couple pulled their car up under a nearby oak tree. They rolled down the windows and turned up some jazz music on the car stereo. Then the man got out of the car, walked around to the passenger side, opened the door for the woman, took her hand and guided her about ten feet away from the car, and they slow danced to a song under the oak tree. It was such a beautiful moment to witness.
This morning when I opened my laptop to write, the elderly couple immediately came to mind. I spent a few minutes daydreaming about them, wondering how long they had been together and what their best relationship advice would be. And just as I caught my mind wandering even further off, a new email from a reader named Cory popped up in my inbox. The first line of the email was a question: “Any good old-fashioned advice for strengthening our relationships?”
The synchronicity of my daydreaming and Cory’s question made me smile. So in honor of that beautiful elderly couple, and in service of Cory’s relationship inquiry, here are some old-fashioned habits we can practice bringing back into our relationships: (more…)
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- Mindfullness
- July 25, 2024
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Weekend Favorites: time capsules, election anxiety and a solo summer to-do list
Weekend Wisdom: “Going to bed early is how adults sleep in.” – Laura Vanderkam Oh hi! It’s early morning hiking season in Utah because it is way too hot to be active outside during the day. And guess who else hikes early in the morning? Mosquitos! Even though I got a few bites and even […]
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- Mindfullness
- July 25, 2024
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- 10 minutes Read
20 Things We Should All Be Telling Ourselves More Often
Let’s cut to the chase right now. What you ultimately do comes out of who you believe you are. You have to practice believing in yourself and ignoring the naysayers. Because while you may not be able to control the impolite and unfair things some people say and do, you can press forward and decide not to be endlessly derailed by them.
Of course I know that’s much easier said than done, but you must remind yourself that it can be done!
How?
Start by leveraging the right affirmations. After all, it’s not what others say about you, and it’s not what you broadcast to everyone else that determines the trajectory of your life. It’s what you whisper to yourself behind (more…)
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