If you had never felt stressed or anxious before, you would be alone in this world. One of the most common complaints I hear from my clients over and over again is that they are feeling overworked or overwhelmed and trying to find balance in their life. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was something […]
“You are beautiful. You are capable. You are strong.Cherish Yourself…so you can cherish others.” ♥ ~Manuela Guess what? We don’t have to wait for someone else to tell us! We just need to remind ourselves, so we don’t forget. The beauty is, we can take responsibility for our own happiness. 🙂 Manuela empowers women to
We often go through life focusing so much on tasks we have to get done, things we “should” do, and actions we need to take by a certain deadline. We set goals, try to prove ourselves or aspire to make others happy, and in the process it sometimes seems like we just can’t catch up
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“Joy is a flower that blooms when you do.” ~Anonymous We sometimes think that once we feel joy, then we can bloom. But often it is the other way around. We need to seek out situations that allow us to bloom, so we can feel joy. When we are engaging in activities that make us
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Who doesn’t want to be happy? For many of us, it seems like the ultimate goal in life: We just want to be happy. I hear it from my clients and in my workshops all the time. But if we want it so much, why does it seem so elusive?There are a number of things
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“Wouldn’t it be powerful if you fell in love with yourself so deeply that you would do just about anything if you knew it would make you happy? This is precisely how much life loves you and wants you to nurture yourself. The deeper you love yourself, the more the universe will affirm your worth.
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At the end of last year, I chose “Courageous” as my quality that I want more of for 2013 (See: The World Hasn’t Ended, NowWhat?) So I was drawn to the following writing by David Whyte. “The Courageous Step” Why is it so difficult to take the first, necessary, close-in, courageous step to claiming our
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“If I feel depressed I will sing. If I feel sad I will laugh. If I feel ill I will double my labor. If I feel fear I will plunge ahead. If I feel inferior I will wear new garments. If I feel uncertain I will raise my voice. If I feel poverty I will
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“Happiness can only exist in acceptance.” ~Denis de Rougamont It sounds simple, but acceptance is one of the most powerful practices that allows us to get past disappointments, frustrations, and resentments. If we don’t accept something, it means that we are still entangled in it, we are pushing against it, and we can’t let it
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A few days ago, I watched Marley & Me with my boyfriend. While there are many funny scenes with the boisterous dog Marley, that I can relate to as a puppy Mommy, one of the questions the movie raised for me was about Marley’s owner, John Grogan. In the movie, John wants to be a
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