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What Do You Want Out of Life?
[disclosure] I know I have touched on this topic before, but circumstances have brought these questions back to the forefront again… I’m sure many of you have experienced the same thing – you lose someone important (parent, child, spouse, friend) and you start asking questions –which you may have asked and answered in your life—about your purpose and your goals. So here I am –doing a quick deep dive again. Are You Where You Want to Be? It’s hard to set goals when you aren’t even sure what you want out of life. Plenty of people stumble around and wing it. For some of those people, that could work. They…
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An Unplanned Absence and a Restart
Hi everyone! It’s been a few weeks since I have published on my blog…it’s been a hectic and sad time. My mother died 2 weeks ago. Right after I found out, I got sick – as a transplant patient, that was a big deal. I almost wasn’t allowed to travel to Alabama for the funeral but finally loaded up on antibiotics and antivirals, the doctors let me leave. After the funeral, I spent the next week sorting through the house – helping my father move to Texas with us. We still have to sell it and the car. It’s been very busy! I plan to start regularly publishing again next…
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Mindful Eating: 4 Exercises to Get You Started
[disclosure] Mindful eating. There has been a lot of news about mindful eating, but you may not be familiar with the actual definition. Mindful eating is a process that you use to gain control over eating habits. Sometimes you eat when you’re tired, bored, or simply killing time. During those eating rituals, time may seem to pass quickly without your noticing, or even more distressing, you look down and realize that you completely obliterated a bag of snacks that you just purchased that day. Oops! A perfect example of “mindless eating”. Mindless eating is eating without even being aware of it or not even necessarily being hungry. It’s simply just…
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5 Exercises in the Art of Self-Reflection
[disclosure] Good morning! I hope everyone had a great weekend! Last week, we looked at 4 Questions to Ask to in the Search for Your True Self. This week, we will look at some self-reflection exercises. They can have many uses. You can use these to dig deeper while you are doing the work of getting to know yourself. They can also help you relax when you feel stressed or a part of your own meditation routine. Self-reflection exercises can ensure that you remain on the path toward success and help you defeat any feelings of self-doubt when they creep in. Here are 5 self-reflection exercises that you can use…
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4 Questions to Ask in the Search for Your True Self
[disclosure] Good morning! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! It’s been busy around here. We are starting the process of organization ahead of school! It’s hard to believe that school starts in one month here! My cousin got the call this weekend to receive her kidney transplant! Hooray! And my parents have finally decided to move to an assisted living apartment in their home town. I am happy they are moving forward but I still wished they would move here. We have looked at the importance of Finding Your Purpose and the SWOT analysis when doing the work of a self-analysis. This post provides a few specific questions that…
