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Tag: Self-Reflection

  • Mindful Monday

    How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Energy Shield Create an energy boundary, to create some space between you and ‘not you’. This is ideal for ‘people pleasers’ and people who tend to absorb the energy and emotions of others. Stand tall and start pushing your hands through the air in different…

  • Make Christmas Special for You

    Make Christmas Special for You

    Merry Christmas from my heart to yours! Spend the holidays the way YOU want to. If that means not going home, or eating pizza (or a vegetable frittata) instead of the ham (or turkey) everyone else always eats, whatever it is, just do what makes you truly happy. — A. Pawlowski Which tree are you this season?…

  • Mindful Monday

    How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Finger Taps Bilateral stimulation can help us process emotions and memories by activating both hemispheres of our brain. It can also help us center our focus, providing a gentle way to stay grounded and connected to our body. Last week’s post featured another form…

  • Mindful Monday

    How to use your body to soothe your mind. Calm Practice Focus Switching This powerful practice can train our ability to switch our focus and discover which type of mindful focal point works best for us. Here’s how! Notice a niggle or (physical) pain in your body or an uncomfortable emotion you are experiencing, or…

  • Welcome March

    The focus of this month is to guard against stress and overwhelm. Visit the happiness tip each day to see how it resonates with you and can uplift to your health and well-being.

  • Learn from the Past. Embrace the Future. Live in the Present.

    Learn from the Past. Embrace the Future. Live in the Present.

    Learn from your mistakes and struggles in 2024. Make 2025 a Year of Resiliency and Growth. Shift any Fixed Mindset tendencies to that of a Growth Mindset.   How to make a New Year’s Resolution that sticks? Make a Self-Compassion Meta-Resolution.  Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can…

  • Make Christmas Special for You

    Make Christmas Special for You

    Merry Christmas from my heart to yours! Spend the holidays the way YOU want to. If that means not going home, or eating pizza instead of the ham everyone else always eats, whatever it is, just do what makes you truly happy. — A. Pawlowski Which tree are you this season? I am a little bit of…

  • Mindful Monday

    Mindful Monday

    Find Your People Staying vulnerable is a risk we have to take if we want to experience connection. -Brenè Brown Who shares or understands your struggles? Who accepts you as who you are? Who motivates you to be a better person?           Reference Woo, J. (2023). 52 Essential coping skills. Mind…

  • Mindful Monday

    Mindful Monday

    Healing When life knocks you down, address your wounds and assess your pains. Stop pretending; Start healing. How did you get hurt? What are you feeling right now? What do you need right now? Do one (simple) thing today to help you heal.           Reference Woo, J. (2023). 52 Essential coping skills.…

  • Mindful Monday

    The Trust Ladder Trust is the easiest thing to lose and the hardest thing to get back. Do you see people as “guilty until proven innocent” or “innocent until proven guilty”? How did your experience inform who you trust and/or how you trust? How would you like to be trusted?           Reference Woo,…