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  • I adopted my sweet and playful brown tabby on June 26, 2024 at about 2 months old from Seattle Humane. Tali received her name after my soulmate cat, Cali lost her battle with chronic kidney disease on April 4, 2024. Cali was a calico cat and will never be replaced. When I noticed an orange…

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  • Mindful Monday

    How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Draw Your Emotion You do not need to be an artist! Grab some paper and get out of your head by intuitively drawing your emotion. How big is it? What color is it? What texture is it? What shape is it? Are the lines…

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  • Foodie Friday

    Healthy Recipe of the Week I’ve been on a quinoa kick recently! A healthy and quick meal prep I often do each Sunday evening is boil a couple cups of tricolor quinoa to add to my vegan bowls for my weekly dinners. Quinoa has the texture and ‘feel’ of rice and is a good source of…

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  • Wordy Wednesday

    I’m sharing more words from my word calendar this past week! 📚📓 Let’s learn some new words and enhance our vocabulary without the help of Chat GPT, Claude or Gemini!  😂 How will you apply at least one of these words to your daily life? Conversations, workshops and presentations, and journaling and reflection, to name…

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  • Mindful Monday

    How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Connect A safe and warm connection with someone you trust provides co-regulation; you can ‘borrow’ their calm. When you are stuck in a rut and feeling down or blue you might notice that you withdraw from others. You may find that you isolate yourself…

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  • Always Remembered. Never Forgotten. Today, April 4, 2026, marks two years since my sweet, soulmate cat, Cali 🐱 lost her battle with chronic kidney disease and crossed the rainbow 🌈 bridge. There is not a day that passes that I do not think about and miss my loving calico cat. Stepping outside of my comfort…

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  • Foodie Friday

    Healthy Recipe of the Week Simple Chickpea Salad Ingredients 2 teaspoons Red Wine Vinegar 1 tablespoon Red Onion (minced) 2 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1/4 teaspoon Kosher Salt (1) 15-ounce can Chickpeas (no-salted added) (drained) 1 cup Cherry Tomatoes (halved) 1 cup Cucumber (chopped) 1 sprig Dill (*optional) Directions In a large bowl, whisk…

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  • Welcome April

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  • Wordy Wednesday

    I’m sharing more words from my word calendar this past week! 📚📓 Let’s learn some new words and enhance our vocabulary without the help of Chat GPT, Claude or Gemini!  😂 How will you apply at least one of these words to your daily life? Conversations, workshops and presentations, and journaling and reflection, to name…

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  • Mindful Monday

    How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Aroma Bombs Shake a couple of essential oil drops into the palm of your hands. Cup your hands together, making a little space between your thumbs for your nose. Take a lovely deep inhale of the aroma bomb. Try: Peppermint for when you are…

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