Mindfulness
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Say Yes To Failure
What would you be glad that you attempted to do, even if you failed? My strongest inspiration and best learning experiences have come from my failures. The best failures happen when you are living life fully, taking risks and being open to the possibility of things not working out the way you expected. What appears to be an epic disaster gives you an opportunity to look at things differently, analyze the situation and see what could be tweaked, improved, or abandoned. If you don’t take a risk by stepping outside of your comfort zone to try something new, innovative and creative possibilities are never explored. Radical solutions are never found.…
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Be With Now
Do you live in the present? Do you have a self-care routine? Life is fast-paced, and people are under such pressure to do it all. How do you carve out time to be in the moment, and not succumb to the worries of daily life? I am fortunate now to be able to organize my life and work according to my own schedule, but for many years I jumped to the sound of the alarm clock, dressed, gathered my coffee/lunch/bag, and zoomed out the door to make it to my teaching job by 7:20. The day was a rush of schedules, deadlines, meetings, and being supportive of my middle school…
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Embracing the Fear
What keeps you from moving forward and living your best life? Is it fear? Perfectionism? I have worked through so many of my fears, yet there are still those few that lurk in the background, stealthily trying to sabotage my forward progress. For me, fear of failure, fear of getting something wrong, fear of rejection and fear of imperfection were things I worked through continuously a few years ago. I thought I had made excellent progress in calming and rechanneling these fears until I was ready to start writing this blog, and then WHAM – there they were again! In spite of accomplishing many things through the years (divorce, new…