Cheers to Chapter Two

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Building a Gratitude Attitude | Finding Balance and Peace this Holiday Season

It’s hard to build a gratitude attitude when it’s so easy to get thrown out of balance by the details and pressures of trying to make the holidays magical. We can overlook what truly matters because we’re so buried in busyness. If you’re like me, Thanksgiving and the holiday season fills us with joyful anticipation but also comes with a few extra helpings of stress and overwhelm. While we welcome warm family traditions, new and old, we often carry the burden of feeling like we are not enough and that…

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Setting Healthy Boundaries | Making Yourself a Priority

Do you find you basically have no boundaries and rarely make yourself a priority? Do you find yourself getting sidetracked from your goals and emotionally thrown off course by those around you? Allowing others in your life to steer your emotions and priorities is like being locked in the trunk of a car – bouncing around in the dark getting bumped and bruised with the curves and bumps of the ride, and not knowing where you’re heading because someone else is driving. No matter how innocent the intentions are of…

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When Fear Robs You of Joy

Have you ever been so full of fear that you let it it rob you of joy? Have you felt paralyzed by fear and anxiety and were unable to do something you dreamt of trying? Maybe getting on an airplane for a trip alone (that’s me!), or attending a social function alone, or public speaking, applying for a new job, moving to a new city, or maybe even eating out alone. Fear is personal. What scares us individually can vary greatly, but fear is universal in its ability to sabotage…

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Quit Playing Small – Make Yourself a Priority

It’s time to quit playing small and to start making yourself a priority. Are you playing small and allowing your life to pass by while you tend to everyone else’s needs? You say you don’t have time to take better care of yourself and your needs, and to make yourself a priority, but this is your life. And each day that passes is an opportunity you’ve lost. Serving others often comes first. I hear you. I feel that way too. But we’ve done plenty of caring for others, putting everyone…

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How Acceptance Can Lead to More Joy

Defining ourselves by our failures and setbacks keeps us feeling stuck and stops us from feeling more joy. Sometimes things don’t go as we planned. We dream, we plan, we hope, and we take actions with the best intentions and still, some of our best made plans go awry or we’re dealt an unanticipated blow or are otherwise derailed from our goals. How can we cope with the ups and downs and twists and turns of life in a way that can lead us to experience more joy? We can…

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Midlife: Time to Stop Worrying About Being Liked

Midlife is (beyond) time that we stopped worrying about being liked. Women are complicated creatures. We are problem solvers, caretakers, nurturers and frequently, avid people-pleasers. All of that is fine, except that we can take the people-pleasing gig a little too far. And when we do, we suppress our own needs and desires, frequently because we’re worrying about being liked and being likable. But that’s got to stop. And there’s no better time than right now to kick that habit to the curb. At midlife, it’s beyond time we realize…

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I’ve learned to value myself

Just 12 weeks with Marlene and it’s been a fantastic experience! Through her guidance, I have learned to value myself as a person and to accept the responsibility of making my life an amazing one. I will continue to use all of my tools and expand upon them.

Mary C.

Filled with Healing Energy

I really recommend Marlene! She is a wonderful practitioner. Her sessions always make me feel relaxed , balanced and filled with healing energy. Not to mention she is so personable and loving . She is a true healer and genuinely cares about her clients. Marlene also sends an email after the session of intuitive impressions that she received during the healing and they are so detailed and helpful . Each message resonates with me 100 percent every time.

Sandra C.

My session will help me going forward…

My distance reiki session with Marlene was very relaxing. I felt so calm, almost falling asleep. I felt a light pressure at times during the session which allowed me to see what areas Marlene was working on. After the session, Marlene provided the messages that spirit had for me. It resonated with me and will help me going forward. I am excited to book another distance session!

Katie R.

My knee felt so much better…

I wasn’t sure what to expect from a distance reiki session, but as soon as it began it was as if Marlene was in the room with me. As the session progressed, a feeling of peace started to come over me. I had been having issues with my knee and during the session, that knee started to tingle as if the energy was flowing to that particular spot. When the session concluded, I felt lighter, and my knee felt so much better. Even though the Reiki was performed from a distance, I could feel the energy emanating from Marlene.

Marie K.

Powerful and emotional

My session felt like a warm hug. It was powerful and emotional in a way I didn’t expect. I felt wonderfully relaxed afterwards. I slept so well after the session and I woke up feeling lighter.

Linda S.

Relaxing and destressing…

I know this sounds crazy, but I felt like the outline of my body was humming with a low, warm hum! I am feeling less worried and more accepting of the days and weeks ahead. I also slept much better than I had for several nights and woke up feeling warm and energized.

Diane W.