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Today We Practice Self-Care
Nurturing, Caring, Healing We are on our fifth 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-care. Stop running around buying this and that, doing this and that, saying this and that, eating this and that. Just stop for…
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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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Today We Practice Self-Compassion
You Are Your Own Best Friend We are on our third 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-compassion. Last week we talked about accepting and respecting ourselves no matter what. But we can take that one…
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Today We Practice Self-Acceptance
Notice. Accept. Release. We are on our second 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-acceptance. Earlier in the week I was having a hard time. It is hard to describe what was going on with me…
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What about You?
Make the world a better place – start with you. What does it take for you to be healthy in mind, body and spirit? You probably immediately thought about nutrition and exercise. Those are very important but what else? Maybe your gratitude practice, meditation, reading … There is so much we can do for our…
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175 Prayers of Gratefulness and Peace
Tiny Bundles of Thanks I was at an art exhibit on Friday and had the opportunity to experience a work of art by Rhett Lynch that incorporated 175 tiny bundles made from red fabric tied with a tiny piece of string and meticulously attached to a painting, in neat rows. I was taken by my…
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Can the scientific mind be grateful?
Yes, through Observation and Gathering Data The great thing about gratitude is that it doesn’t require us to believe in it as long as we experience it. You also do not have to be a grateful person in order to experience gratitude. Even if you are a realist, a scientist, a skeptic or a nihilist you can…
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Romancing your Organs – Introduction to Daoist Meditation eCourse Week 3
Romancing your Organs Introduction to Daoist Meditation eCourse Week 2 – written by Matt Parsons If you are just joining the eCourse now or have not had time to consistently practice the lessons from Weeks 1 and 2, please return to Melting your Issues and then Drawing the Wheel before progressing to Week 3. This is a…
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Drawing the Wheel – Introduction to Daoist Meditation eCourse Week 2
Drawing the Wheel Introduction to Daoist Meditation eCourse Week 2 – written by Matt Parsons If you are just joining the eCourse now or have not had time to consistently practice the lesson from Week 1, please return to Melting Your Issues before progressing to Week 2. Introduction to Daoist Meditation – Parson’s Practice Part II…
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Savoring – It’s a beautiful thing. Claim two minutes today and try it.
Don’t Lose Yourself in the Holiday Rush I don’t care how busy we are, we can all claim two minutes for ourselves. Savoring the present moment opens the door to gratitude. To help us get there take two minutes alone outside. If for some reason you can’t go outside, just go anywhere you can be…
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Transforming our Experiences through Gratitude
Change Your Mind About It We see things a certain way and it can feel impossible or even destructive to see them differently. Take the risk because seeing things differently can often be the first step towards making our lives awesome. Is there a situation in your life that you would like to transform? Try…
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Notice ➨ Appreciate ➨ Share
If you don’t notice it, you can’t be grateful for it My gratitude practice is in three parts: Noticing, Appreciating, Sharing. The first step is the most important and the most overlooked step. We can’t be grateful for something we don’t notice. The beautiful thing about noticing is that it’s a habit. The more…