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5 ways to stop worrying
When it comes to emotions, there are ones that are useful and ones that are not. Worry is one of those that is not useful. So, why do we worry? We worry because our brain thinks it is useful. It tricks us into thinking that worrying will help us avoid pain and discomfort But actually what it does is the opposite. It causes pain and discomfort because worrying feels terrible! (Can I get an amen?) wor.ry According to the Collins dictionary (yep that’s a real thing- I didn’t make it up), “if you worry, you keep thinking about problems or unpleasant things that MIGHT happen.” —Keyword is MIGHT but probably…
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5 POWERFUL Ways to get your Groove Back!
You know those days where you wake up and you just feel like you’re in a funk? You’ve lost your mojo or you don’t feel like doing anything? Today I want to share with you 5 powerful things you can to get your groove back. CHAT WITH A FRIEND – This can be in person, over the phone, via Marco Polo or Voxer, video chat, it doesn’t matter. Sometimes just talking and venting with someone you can trust does wonders to clear all that negative thinking away and helps to move your brain into a more positive space. PRACTICE GRATITUDE – Listing all the things you are grateful for (on…
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Body Image with Susie Tucker
Listen in on this episode as special guest, Susie Tucker, shares her journey through body image issues, disordered eating, & perfectionism. Susie shares her mantra for change which is: “You have to love yourself here to get yourself there.”, as well as some other tools she implements daily to “flip the script” and heal her relationship with herself and her body such as: Recognize when we have tapes or stories playing in our head. These are not truths. Most of them are stories we have borrowed from others. Hear these stories. What are they saying? Flip the Script Susie also shares her gratitude practice with us, and how she used…
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What If?
What if happiness = thinness and not thinness = happiness? What if you stopped blaming your body for your unhappiness and decided to just be happy in spite of what your body looks like? What if you decided you loved your body enough to care for it the way it wants to be cared for, not the way the world and our culture teaches? What if you stopped tying your weight to your self-worth and just decide that you’re worthy just because you’re you? What if the way out of your weight struggle was not through changing your body, but through changing the way you think about your body? What…
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Tom Brady & Gratitude
I know the kids just are getting back to school, but is it too early to start thinking about Thanksgiving? I LOVE Thanksgiving and everything that goes with it. I love getting together with family and friends. I love the cooler temperatures, the football games, and watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade on TV. I love the food. I mean seriously! Turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, homemade rolls, and pie- what’s not to love? But the #1 thing I love about Thanksgiving is it’s overall theme – THANKS giving. There’s just something about looking for and focusing on all the blessings in my life and thanking God and others for…
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Practicing Gratitude
A few years ago, around this time, I began a whole healing program. The first thing my coach had me do daily was to write at least one thing I was grateful for in a journal. As I began doing this daily, I began noticing blessings I had never noticed before. When we operate from a place of gratitude, we attract more goodness into our lives. Not necessarily because these things weren’t there before, but because we have closed ourselves off to seeing and recognizing them. Starting a gratitude practice is easy. Begin by writing down one thing you’re grateful for each day. This can be in a journal, in…
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Love Your Life- February Challenge
Change takes times and it takes practice. Each month I have decided to work on creating lasting changes in myself, one habit at a time. February’s Challenge For the month of February, I’ve decided to work on LOVING MY LIFE. I have chosen to do this by creating the habit of gratitude -purposely looking for, noticing, and being grateful for all the things I love about my life. February is the month of love after all. Why? Why start and stick with a gratitude practice? Feelings of gratitude have been known to release dopamine. Dopamine is a chemical in the body that sends feel good messages to the brain. These…
