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It’s the last Monday of October 2016 🙂 &  a new month will begin tomorrow. This weekend not only marked Halloween (today), but also a new moon cycle began last night. What new things are you working on that you want to bring more focus to? What are some of ypur goals that you want to aspire to? As we will soon enter into a new month, let’s be inspired by another beginning & put some freshness towards our To-do lists. With Winter fast approaching, it’s easy to think about closing up shop & hibernating until Spring rolls back around. There is no doubt that Winter definitely calls for this type of shutting down & putting away of things. But in the coziness of our hibernation, we can still apply Springtime attitudes, & prepare ourselves for what the new Season will have in store. Make a list of things you have been working on(or want to work & haven’t started yet), & make a list of the progress you’ve made so far & want to make in the weeks ahead. Give thanks & take the time (even if it’s only 5mins a day) to invest in yourself. You’re definitely worth it, don’t you think 😉 Love yourself & be yourself. Peace & Love ♡☆

“Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.”-Tom Landry

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Today’s Thoughtful Thursday post is inspired by the Lotus flower:”Like the lotus flower that is born out of mud, we must honor the darkest parts of ourselves and the most painful of our life’s experiences, because they are what allow us to birth our most beautiful self.”-Debbie Ford

Whatever it is, recognize the beauty in your growth & find Peace in it. You are the only you there is so embrace you, always 🙂 Love yourself & be yourself. Peace & Love ♡☆

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For today’s Wellness Wednesday post, I thought I’d follow up on last week’s post about remembering to breathe. What’s the number one thing we do when we feel anxious, nervous or scared? We hold our breath! Sometimes consciously or unconsciously, we hold our breathe.  We somehow instinctively feel that by holding our breath we are somehow stalling the process of the experience we are having. Little do we realize that in the physical & spiritual aspects, we are withholding our life source from our beings. 

Sitting in a meditation last week, stressful & anxiety-provoking thoughts entered my mind. My once slow & deep meditative breathing became fast & shallow. When this happened (& it happened quite a few times in this meditiation) that I heard Spirit say, “Hey, take a deep breath & calm down; let that thought go.” When I listened & did what was needed, my breathing began to slow down & I took in more air. How many times do we do this? Hold our  breathe in anxiety, hyperventilate, etc? In further retrospect, I see that this has been a habit of mine since childhood, holding my breath when I’m anxious or nervous, sometimes just to see how long I could hold it, sometimes to keep my tummy from looking round so I’d breathe shallow. Overall, I realize how this habit has stolen some life from me but all is not lost. There is plenty of life-giving air to be had.  So fear not & take those deep, belly-rise & fall breaths. We have nothing to lose but everything to gain: the essence of existing as our trues elves, fully & deeply. Love yourself & be yourself.  Peace & Love ♡☆

 “Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts. Whenever your mind becomes scattered, use your breath as the means to take hold of your mind again.”-Thich Nhat Hanh

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A quick quote to reassure you today that Life is always meant for living, even when the chips are down, when we can’t seem to find our way, or when we have forgotten who we are or are meant to be: “Life will always give us what is needed in the moment we are in.”-unknown. Have a Terrific Tuesday my loves -) Love yourself & be yourself. Peace & Love ♡☆

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Happy Monday people! Here we are again, & as annoying as Monday seems, having to leave the weekend behind & start another work week & all, what is the opposite of annoying? Let’s ponder that for a moment & then consider the possibilities of how we can counteract the annoyance the famous Monday morning drag. According to the dictionary, the opposite of being annoyed is, “gratify, to soothe, to aid, etc.” The biggest one that stood out for me of course was, you guessed it, gratify! To be grateful! To find satisfaction! To feel content. I actually like Mondays, as I feel grateful for my work, I feel grateful that the weekend was a safe one & my loved ones have made it safely into a new week, & I am grateful for another chance at Life. So today, instead of going alomg with the norm of the “Mucky Monday blues,” make yourself a gratitude list, physically or mentally, & find satisfaction, find gratification, in everything that you have been blessed to have or be in contact with. Happy Monday my loves! Love yourself & be yourself.  Peace & Love.♡☆

“Mondays are the start of the work week which offer new beginnings 52 times a year!”-David Dweck 

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Today’s Feel Free Friday message for the weeekend: “Become a vibrational match for the future you desire. Focus on the good within yourself and others. Focus on the light and the beauty within your life.”-Jack Canfield. Have a great weekend everyone 🙂 Love yourself & be yourself. Peace & Love ♡☆

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A simple reminder for today’s Thoughtful Thursday: Just Breathe. Take a deep breath, feel it, & give thanks. Peace & Love ♡☆ 

“Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts. Whenever your mind becomes scattered, use your breath as the means to take hold of your mind again.”-Thich Nhat Hanh

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Today, let Love lead you. Many a time we allow our anxieties & troubles to take us far into rough places. We beat ourselves up & sometimes live in our mistakes, over & over again. But let Love lead you when your anxieties weigh heavily on you. Be gracious in your steps & take care for your Spirit, for within lies your Peace. Be your Peace. Do what you need to to make sure you are at Peace with yourself so that you can reflect this for your life & others.  Happy Wellness Wednesday 🙂

“Beautify your inner dialogue. Beautify your inner world with love light and compassion. Life will be beautiful.”-Amit Ray

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We all have those moments, but we are never truly alone.

“A lonely day is God’s way of saying that he wants to spend some quality time with you.”-Criss Jami 

Have a blessed & Terrific Tuesday ♡ Love yourself & be yourself.  Peace & Love ♡☆

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I hope we all had good weekends ♡ Today’s Motivational Monday post is very near & dear to me: Cancer.  There are many things going on for the month of October, one of them being Cancer awareness. I want to take the time to send love to those I know who have beat this terrible illness, to those who are battling it, & to those of us who are the support system for those going through it. If there is anything I have learned from seeing close family & friends battle with this is that the most important thing during treatment & recovery is attitude. That positive outlook is so crucial to the recovery process, whether it’s between treatments or during remission. Research has also shown that it helps even cases that are terminal. From this I am reminded that we can either take the lemons life gives us & squeeze the sourness until it stains our fingers & it’s all we taste, or we can add some sugar & water & make lemonade. I send much love to those who are battling this illness & for the family & friends giving their love & support. For those who are grieving, may you always remember Almighty within & find Peace within your grieving process. Love yourself & be yourself. Peace & Love ♡☆