Being where you are is one of the best ways to squash comparison syndrome, stop judging yourself, and realize happiness is right here waiting for you.
But it goes deeper than you might think — so let’s break it down.
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How to Re-Train Your Brain to Focus on Happiness, not Stress
Most of us are really good at focusing on the negative experiences in our lives. Even if you feel like a positive person, negative experiences probably still dominate your thoughts and are hard to brush off.
To add some balance, nourishment, and positivity, here is a tool that will help you train your brain and body to focus on the positive. Cuz it’s a lot harder to change the world if we’re all a mess.
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11 Ways to De-Stress and Re-Center
It’s paramount that we keep our immune systems healthy and our minds and hearts calm right now. So I’m layering in heart-centered activities and tools anywhere I can to try to beat the stress! Here are 11 of my favorites!
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How to Fill the Void
Are there things you tell yourself that if you just had, your life would be better? A new house, a loving partner, a new job, a box of kittens? Do you constantly judge yourself for your shortcomings? Procrastination, a messy house, being a space-case? Do you find yourself bargaining down an unending train for your happiness? Once I achieve XYZ, then I’ll be happy. Then
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Duality and The Sly Fox
A sharp stone. A dull blade. A longing to stay and a need to go. Light and dark. Love and hate. More than I have now, but less I can pay late. The world swims in mercury pools of Duality. Bending to our every form, thick cold layers of silver doubt. Thrice she knocked on my door, and at the third rap, I finally heard
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Letting the Mud Settle : What I Learned on My Solo Retreat
If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook you might have seen that I went on a solo retreat last week! Nothing but me, myself, and I and only the trees, king fishers, and waves of the Salish Sea to guide me through each day. It was pretty lovely!! But also incredibly frustrating! Haha! Things have been pretty crazy busy in my work-life for the past
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Three Tips for an Awesome Morning
How do you start your day? Do you have a routine or do you feel frantic and discombobulated like I used to? For the longest time, when I woke up my mind was already on my to-do list for the day. It’s was hard for me to handle the “hassle” of getting myself and everyone else ready for the day when my mind was already
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Why I Paint People of Color
I just had the most amazing conversation with a woman about my painting of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and it brought us both to tears. It was during my most recent show at Splash Gallery, the “Spring Unveiling”. For this event, each of our 18 artists literally unveils a new piece of artwork and talks about it in front of all the event
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What I Learned from Being Sick
Three weeks ago I got super sick. Normally I can kick a cold pretty easily. Often times I don’t even get sick all the way. I have my regimen I do when I start feeling the crud: I take special herbs and vitamins, use my neti pot, cut out sugar, increase water and sleep, and manifest my buns off toward wellbeing. But this time was
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Why you should stop “multi-thinking”
As per my agreement, I have written every day this week. Woo! But man, it’s been SO hard! I’ve really enjoyed adding the daily practice to my life — writing in the mornings, painting in the afternoons. (la la laaaaa) But the actual act of writing has been frazzled, disjointed, and frustrating. I’ve been super busy AND have that PMS-induced anxiety, fatigue, and Rage (with a capital
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