Mindful Self Care: Simple Steps for Healthy Habits
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Mindful Self Care: Simple Steps for Healthy Habits

The time has come for Nurturing You.  I want to share with you a wonderful opportunity for you to take some time for yourself in your day!  I have the honor of participating in the Nurturing You: Mindful Self-Care Virtual Retreat, hosted by Sheila Pai of A Living Family.  Starts September 15th and goes for…

Finding Contentment
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Finding Contentment

One of my personal goals is to experience more contentment in 2014. I am not talking about being contented with the social injustices, disasters, sickness, tragedies or other negative issues in our messed up world. Nor do I mean having a counterfeit contentment based on shallow materialistic or based on unusable relationships. Contentment is defined…

Cynical, Childish or Childlike During the Holidays?
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Cynical, Childish or Childlike During the Holidays?

Do you tend to be cynical, childish or childlike around the Christmas holidays? My husband and I were at a home improvement store the other day because he loves to look at all of the Christmas decorations. He takes pleasure in watching and listening to the moving ornaments and musical displays. When he wanted to purchase…

Horses & Mindfulness: How Dill Helps Me to Be “In the Moment”
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Horses & Mindfulness: How Dill Helps Me to Be “In the Moment”

Guest Blogger: Peggy Norwood Stella of Equessence, LLC I met Dill for the first time in March of last year.  I was visiting Advantage Ranch in Blacksburg, VA.  Walking down the aisle of the barn I felt compelled to step over to his stall and take a closer look.  “Who is this??  He is soooo…

What a Horse Teaches Us about Mindfulness: Equine Therapy
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What a Horse Teaches Us about Mindfulness: Equine Therapy

As a babyboomer, I grew up with a beloved TV show, “Mr. Ed”, about a talking horse. As a child, I believed that horses could talk if they really wanted to, thanks to Mr. Ed. Well…recently I met a “talking” horse named Dill, who taught me a bunch about being vs doing, the art of…

Living Out Your Identity

Living Out Your Identity

As I was driving to work the other day, listening to one of Dan Allendar’s recorded sessions from his Wounded Heart series, he made a statement that really caught my attention:  When you take away hope, you take away your identity. Once you stop desiring, you stop dreaming. Once you stop desiring and dreaming, you stop becoming. When you stop…

Soul Care

Soul Care

Soul healing should take place on an individual level and an inter-personal level. Soul healing is not a black and white, “just follow this plan” concept. It is a life-long journey of listening to your soul and attending to your soul’s needs. In our secular, materialistic culture, our souls are often overlooked. Instead, we fill…