Cheers to Chapter Two

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Setting Intentions: Living Our Best Life

You’ve decided to live your best life. If this is truly your intention, then you are already on your way. What is an intention? The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines intention as a determination to act in a certain way, a clearer formulation or greater deliberateness; synonymous with intent, purpose, design, aim, and objective. If we want to live our best life, we can’t meander through our days without setting intentions. We can’t passively allow the wind and storms of life to blow us in whatever direction they choose. Nope, not having…

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Why you are the perfect age

What is the perfect age? Was is five or twenty-two or maybe we haven’t even reached it yet? Sometimes we see ourselves and our family members with our brains put on pause, not wanting to fully accept and embrace our own, or their, ages. It can be bittersweet to accept the passage of time and the evolution of who we, and our loved ones, are on this very day – not five, ten or twenty years ago – not even yesterday. Not acknowledging ourselves and our loved ones for who…

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How to Avoid Power Struggles in Relationships | Own Your Power

How to Avoid Power Struggles in Relationships There are inevitably going to be power struggles in some, if not every one, of our relationships. The answer to coping, surviving and perhaps thriving in these relationships requires less energy than you might think. Simply own your power and you won’t have to fight for it. There are relationships we can control by getting out of them, but more often, we have relationships that remain on-going (i.e. spouse, parent, sibling, boss, in-laws, ex…) whether we want them to or not. We can…

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How to fuel your spirit with the right morning routine

About a year ago, after reading several inspiring personal growth and motivational books written by powerful, successful women, I established a spirit-fueling morning routine of my own. Just ten minutes, doing the things that seemed to help me feel grounded and grateful, calm and nourished, and focused on what I wanted to accomplish that day. A few moments of still and peace before the chaos of the day begins. I found it incredibly helpful and useful for pruning down my normal nearly two-hundred to-dos to fewer than ten tasks that…

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Midlife: A Time to Build Your Dream Life

If you want to live your dream life, you can. You read that correctly. But it first requires believing it’s possible and then it demands taking some actions. After fifty, our vision gets clearer (although most of us are now wearing readers to read!) about what is truly important in life, and what can fall to the wayside. Our fifties is a decade of truth. A reckoning, a coming to terms with our authentic self and what we still desire, or perhaps newly desire. Where we want to live, how…

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Drop the Coverup: Awakening Your Midlife Body Confidence

There’s no time or place that our level of body confidence (and/or body shame) comes into play more than summertime at the beach. There’s something about the intense heat and brilliant sunshine that makes us want to be wearing as little as possible. But when we actually get on the sandy beach in the bright light of day, many of us have a bit of challenge feeling confident as we drop the coverup. Yet, every summer during our annual vacation week at the beach, I come away with the same…

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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.