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Letting Go of Your Armor

I’ve used my own strategy for escape lately. For me it takes the form of over indulgence in home-decor podcasts and planning projects on pinterest.

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Write and Burn

Have you ever heard of the write and burn method? A spiritual mentor of mine introduced it to me this week. For years I have

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Get out of the Box

I have needed this quote several times in the last week. It beautifully illustrates that to live a peaceful and happy life, we need to

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Hiding Our True Self

Impressing others reminds me of cotton candy. It’s one of life’s greatest disappointments. It looks like it’s going to be magical and tasty. Yet the

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Dealing with Expectations

So much stress comes from living by other people’s expectations. And too often we only have ourself to blame for taking them on. A few

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Dropping Perfectionism

Yesterday I was determined to have the ‘perfect’ day. I got up at 5:30 a.m., climbed a mountain, meditated, worked, cleaned the house, did four

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When Things Go Wrong

When Things go wrong, don’t go with them.” Elvis Presley. Brooke: I’m still learning the marvelous truth that we are not our feelings. We can

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Writing a New Identity

It’s been thirteen years since my first identity crisis… I found myself in a new country for eighteen months embarking on the adventure of being

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Start Life Over

New Years always reminds me of my favorite Anne of Green Gables quote. “Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is always fresh with no

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Gratitude and Regret

The dust has finally settled after closing registration to my courses once and for all. It marks the end of a big chapter of my

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