If you’re ready to dream big and make real changes in your life, this is going to be the year of the small habit. Happy January! It’s that time of year again when we feel the urge to make big changes, start fresh and commit to life-altering resolutions. The trouble is that often, resolutions just don’t stick. Not being a Debbie Downer, just keeping it real. We honestly want to make changes to our life – to be healthier, to exercise, to make more money, to be more organized, to…
Nearly all health practitioners agree that getting adequate quality sleep is critical to our general mental and physical wellness. But so many of us just can’t sleep. Either we don’t make our quality or quantity of sleep a priority, or regularly getting a good night’s sleep is a chronic struggle. How can we kick butt at living fully, feel our best, and being energized goal-getters if we are exhausted from a lack of sleep? Exactly! So…since it’s that time of year for my annual holistic health post and we are…
How to Tap into Your Inner Power You have everything you need already inside of you right now. It’s just a matter of learning to tap into your inner power and endless resources of courage, strength and wisdom within. All the power to feel whole, live fully, and figure out the steps toward your goals and dreams is always waiting to be intentionally released by the person in charge of how you experience your life: YOU! Learning to recognize and release limiting beliefs that keep you stuck and make you…
Heavy heart? Feeling sad? Try these 8 simple tips to lighten your heartache. This past week was challenging for me and I found myself needing to yank up my positive-thinking panties a few times to keep my chin up while treading heavy emotions. It made me think that I’m probably not alone and that you might need a few feel better strategies to help you get centered and back into a lighter, healing, and more positive mindset. Here are a few simple tips to lighten up a heavy heart if…
Grudges bring us stress, negative thought patterns and an inability to move forward. We’re staring down the barrel of a new year so this is a perfect time to clean your emotional slate by letting go of grudges. It’s time to bring those unhealed wounds of past hurts or insults to the surface, throw some light and attention on them, and then intentionally let them go. Letting go of past hurts doesn’t mean they are erased. Those hurts, slights, disappointments and traumatic events will always be there. They are part…
Stop feeling guilty and start taking care of yourself! We are indoctrinated to feel guilty when we take time for self-care. Pointing our attention to ourselves, can make us feel selfish and self-indulgent, even when it’s as brief as five minutes a day. We are socially trained to think and feel that taking time for ourselves – for the nourishment, care and growth of our mind, body and spirit – is selfish. Well, snap out of it, sister! It’s time to view self-care differently. After all, it is really just…