Are you happy right now? If not, why? Are you waiting to achieve a certain goal, hit a certain income bracket, meet your spouse, have a child, in order to feel happiness? Many of us live this way, I know I have been a victim of having tunnel vision in the past and not taking time to enjoy my journey, but what is there to be done about this? The phenomena we are describing…
3 Tips to Help Boost your Willpower & Accomplish your Goals
Sometimes when we are getting ready to make changes in our life we have the best intentions but end up falling short. There are a variety of reasons we give for why we fall short on our goals, be it a time issue, emergency situations or other reasons that we simply do not get to achieving these new desires but often the reason comes down to a lack of willpower. If you are…
4 Tips for Spring Stress
During the holidays it is always easy to overindulge. Be it because of the stress or parties or the cooler weather, we all feel the need to over eat and just try to find reasons to celebrate at this time of the year. And while some spontaneous change is needed for our body and spirit, at the end of the day our bodies are grumpy old men who thrive off boring…
4 Tips to be More Joyful
We are all busy in the modern world. We have so many goals and desires to fulfill in our lives and what feels like so little time to accomplish them. We organize and strive for perfection in our daily tasks hoping that the sense of order will bring us peace and some free time, which it usually does. Yet why, when we have the time to sit and relax do we sometimes feel so…
Love Languages Quiz - Love is In The Air
We all value our personal relationships in our lives, but sometimes how we show each other we value one another differs from the expectations we have. Perhaps you have noticed this in your current relationship or relationships in your past where you are hoping for some token of love be it physical, emotional or otherwise and receive something that while you know is meaningful, doesn't…
Guided Meditations: Assessing What Matters
As we approach the end of the year it is a time for reflection and contemplation. New years are always considered times of transition and change and as we move towards the end of this one infamous year and into a future that feels delicately hopeful we all are quietly holding out breath and wondering what 2021 will bring. To go along with the theme of 2020, which for me…
Looking Back: What I Learned From 2020
With the end of the infamous year 2020, we are looking at the dawn of 2021 with reservation. Of course this is something that we all do every year, but this time the stakes feel higher. We are all waiting with baited breath to see where we will be in the next few months. 2020 has shifted our focus, lives, livelihoods, nearly every aspect of our daily lives have been affected by…
Writing Exercises: Looking Back at 2020
We are all used to the parables around the holidays about what is really important. How gifts and luxurious items are not the reason for the season but sharing and building memories with family and loved ones. Perhaps it has never quite clicked in, but this year I feel like we all have felt just how important seeing each other and being able to celebrate together really is. The beauty about 2020 is…
Writing Exercises: Winter Meditation
With the end of Thanksgiving a lot of us tend to feel winter has now started, although official winter is still about a month away. Whether you live in an area with seasons or not, the symbolism of winter remains the same. You will likely experience some colder weather and some shortages or increases in prices of certain fruits and vegetables as they become more scarce…
Winter Date Ideas
The holidays are such a romantic time. The lights, the cool weather, the layers of cozy clothes all of it lends itself to building romance. There is a childlike wonder that goes with the winter that we can build off of to create sweet and memorable moments. Though 2020 has offered us some different plans this year, there is no reason not to keep romance alive this holiday…