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Dealing with Negativity
Hey! You! Get Off of My Cloud Do you have some negative people in your life at work, at home, in traffic, online or pretty much everywhere? Yeah, we all do. Actually each and every one of us are negative at times ourselves. One of my exes was so negative at a time when I…
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We Are a Family – Gratitude Is Our Middle Name
Grateful Together – Let’s Unite in Action We are united by our values … Well at least one of our values. We all believe in gratitude. This I know for sure. Yes, we are different. We come from different backgrounds and we believe in different gods or no god at all. We live in different…
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Ask and Thank to Connect
Asking Without Shame One of the themes of the curanderismo class that I mentioned last week has been asking permission. Asking permission of the four directions, our ancestors, and mother earth to gather, to heal, to connect. Asking permission of plants to give of themselves to become medicine. This asking struck me as similar to…
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How Will It Get Any Better Than This?
A Fountain of Gratitude Some days are so ridiculously blessed. Over the top abundant gratitude. Today was one of those days. It started with me waking up excited to start my day because I was so grateful to attend a curanderismo class. For those who don’t know, curanderismo is a traditional healing practice. I have…
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One Fact Took Me from Appalled and Judgmental to Humbled
When you see a person, see the good I once worked at a middle school and was part of a team of people from vastly different backgrounds. There were middle school administrators and teachers, University directors and staff, college students who led after school activities, medical providers and me as the health educator. This was…
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Do you remember your dreams?
Saying Thank You for my Dreams For the longest time I have been intrigued by my dreams. I like to remember them, talk about them, and explore the meaning behind the images. The problem is that I often do not remember them. Even though I know how I can remember them if I really want…
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Today We Practice Self-Love
Love Love and more Love We are on our fourth of six weeks of focusing on our inner selves to be the change we wish to see in the world. This week is all about self-love. So here we are at self-love though it seems this should have been the place to start. Can…
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Stop Telling That Tired Old Story
You know that one story you tell? We all have those stories. Our own horror stories about being picked on as a child, an old boss who didn’t support us, an ex who betrayed us, being left out, gaining weight, being a victim of a crime, a car crash we were in, eating something that…
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Learning love and gratitude as we go.
Have you ever loved a stranger? 1000gratitudes was a beautiful experience. So much love and gratitude across the internet and in Albuquerque at the gratitude party. My heart was open wide primed with a day full of experiencing and posting my gratitude. At the party I felt so much love for every person who came through…
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Grateful Christmas – Think it. Live it. Be it.
It starts with thinking and soon I am being This Christmas, think about each and every person you are giving a gift to. What are you grateful for about this person? What have they brought into your life? What have you learned from them? What do you love about them? As you are wrapping their…