How do we find our balance in the transitional season of Fall? How do we balance between what's happening outside of our control (outside of us) and what's happening within us?
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The space between endings and beginnings. Sometimes it’s just a moment. A breath of time. A flutter really. Something barely acknowledged. We’re off and running with the next step forward.
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This is a story about how we talk to ourselves and listen to our bodies. This is my story of awakening to my wholeness.Last year at this time I spent my birthday in the ER, an I.V. attached to my arm, injecting what the doctor jokingly referred to as “our migraine cocktail of choice.”
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Don't let summer derail you.
I feel like I’m just picking up momentum with my work when the whirlwind of end-of-school festivities and beginning of summer hits. Then that momentum comes to a quick halt - the sound of metal scraping against metal.
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I love to create. I love rituals. And, I love to create my own rituals.
For me a ritual is something I can drop into, be held by, and show up to. It’s an act that I ascribe meaning to. It's an invitation for sacredness and connection to Source (Divine Love, Creative Essence).
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Often the transition from one season to another can feel unsettling.
When it comes to heading into Summer it can feel like someone just threw the map out the window.
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So, you failed. Or, you feel like you did anyway. "It" didn't work. The house, the job, the creation, the relationship—whatever "it" was didn't pan out. Not even close. I don't need to tell you what I'm disappointed about for you to know what I mean.
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She lives in each of us. We are HER.
Sometimes we just forget.Growing up in the ’70s my favorite outside play, once I had my own banana seat bike (aka. invisible jet!), was to act out the two female superheroes on TV – Bionic Woman and Wonder Woman.
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The everyday magic of following a hunch to see where it leads.
In this final installment of my Making Magic in May blog post series I'm thrilled to share with you my favorite ways of communing with my intuition – also known as stepping outside of the rational, linear, everyday model of thinking.
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Life is more mundane moments strung together than big stand-out moments. The trick to experiencing more magic is to look for the extraordinary in an ordinary day. There is treasure waiting there for us to uncover.
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It takes a lot of trust to go to bed on time—trust that there will be enough time to learn all I want to learn, to create all I want to create, and to make all the connections I want to make—which brings me quickly to this week’s Making Magic topic: Creating a Daily Self-care Ritual
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What is magic really? That’s a good place to begin. I want us to be on the same page when I use the word magic. W
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Do you feel that excess, distracted energy that comes with the change from Winter hibernation to Spring emergence?While some literally get runny noses, watery eyes, and phlegmy coughs as they thaw out from the winter, I often feel out of balance, overflowing, agitated, uncomfortable in my clothes, like I need to shed my old skin.
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Do you allow yourself to enjoy a moment, wholeheartedly? If you find yourself with a moment, do you let yourself sink into it? Or, do you give it to yourself, only to extract yourself before being able to receive it’s riches?
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I feel the need to tell you the story of a rooster. For starters it’s the year of the rooster in Chinese astrology and we clearly have a rooster in the White House and it’s stirring s**t up.Well, we have a full-fledged rooster in our hen house now too.
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Are you stuck in what ISN'T working for you right now? Often we lose sight of what IS working in our life when the thing we really want isn't flowing as we wish it to. I recorded an audio blog post the other day as I was musing over this idea for myself.
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At the start of 2016 my divorce was finalized. It wasn’t something I wanted or was prepared for, but I made it through with grit and grace, and for that I celebrated.My word for 2016 was commitment. A new commitment made now that my marriage was ended.
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Two things came together to create this love-ly tea recipe.
1. My desire to turn up the self-love this winter and,
2. Giving myself permission to play with the gorgeous selection of organic bulk herbs at our local health and wellness store.I was drawn to the rose petals, hibiscus, and orange peel for their fragrance, taste, and color.
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