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Hazards on the Road to Self-Empowerment
Have you be been making positive changes in your life? Maybe you have completed your degree, received a promotion at work or eliminated some bad habit like eating fast food. You know you want a better life for yourself and you have developed some good habits to move you in that direction, but what you did not expect is how uncomfortable you would begin to feel in old, familiar relationships. You know, the ones that stay exactly the same no matter how many years go by? You weren’t told about the increased sense of isolation and loneliness you would feel when you attempted to go “back” to old places with…
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Creating A Simply Abundant Life
I have spent the last few years of my life eliminating unnecessary spending on activities, things, and people who do not contribute to my life in a meaningful way. I started down this path in order to live a life that was more intentional, fulfilling, harmonious and abundant. Traveling on this inner road to happiness, I discovered an awesome book by Sara Ban Breathnach titled Simple Abundance (I highly recommend it!), and lately I have been listening to podcasts that promote minimalism as a lifestyle. Now wait a minute, I know what you are thinking: why would anyone in his or her right mind be interested in deprivation? And furthermore,…
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The Importance of Mothering Ourselves
It took me a long time to recognize that one essential ingredient of self-love is acknowledging and caring for the child that still lives inside of me. It was especially critical for me to put this idea into practice, because my own mother was emotionally unavailable in my youth.
