Live Beyond Your Limits

Beyond Limits

At the age of 19, the day after I graduated high school, I moved to a place where it snowed and I became a massage therapist. With this job all I needed were my hands and my massage table by my side and I could go anywhere. For the first time in my life, I…

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Still I Rise

Still I Rise

Still I Rise By Maya Angelou  You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I’ll rise. Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? ’Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells Pumping in my living…

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Make Rewarding Yourself an Attitude

Take time to reward yourself. Let it become a deliberate and practiced habit. It is one thing to mentally congratulate ourselves for a job well done. It is another to take the time to actually, deliberately, and specifically reward ourselves. How many years do we have to live before it’s time to treat ourselves? How…

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Pronia is Real

Pronia is real

Pronoia is Real. Here is an acronym that I love for the word ‘fail’: From All I Learn. I’ve learned to follow my curiosity forward versus doubt my ability to change, which can be labelled a “growth mindset” in relationships. I don’t celebrate failure, which is the mistake of a blind optimist, but I acknowledge…

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She Let Go

She let go

She let go. She let go. Without a thought or a word, she let go. She let go of the fear. She let go of the judgments. She let go of the confluence of opinions swarming around her head. She let go of the committee of indecision within her. She let go of all the…

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Cultivate Your Inner Voice

Heart in Tree

Cultivate your inner voice. Practice listening to the whispers of your heart. Practice trusting your intuition, what you really feel, what you really know. Practice until that voice is the one that you hear. Be patient. Be gentle. Let yourself learn to hear the gentle and trustworthy words of your heart. ~Melodie Beatty, from Journey…

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