How to Say YES! to You by Practicing Self Care Taking care of yourself by saying YES! to your needs and desires is extremely important, especially during the holiday season in a very challenging year. During the holiday season we often are busy thinking of all the things we need to do and all that …
I have been thinking a lot lately about challenges and change. As we know there is so much going in the world in general, in the lives of our friends and family members, and within our own personal journeys. When these difficult changes come upon us it can be difficult to manage. In my experience, …
Life can be stressful in general, and especially while experiencing a Pandemic and an INTENSE presidential election. I have definitely dealt with stress as we all have.The amount of chaos, stress, uncertainty and instability that we are dealing with now is EXTREME! "During these stress inducing times remember to say YES! to you!” I have …
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At times things can feel really messy and difficult. Finding your way through the chaos and fear can feel like a maze at times, like every time you think that you get to a clearing, another challenge comes your way. It may feel like this for many of us now. I feel this way sometimes …
The feeling I get when I see people who are overcoming obstacles, breaking barriers, and achieving the one thing that most people thought they never could gives me such an indescribable feeling! This is because I have been an underdog in many situations. Finding my YES! motivated me to respond with: grit, tenacity, perseverance, determination, …
Shifting one’s mindset is one of the most important first steps in learning how to find your YES! Once you start to shift your mindset, you can begin to reframe your negative thoughts to ones that are more positive, and you will have an easier time developing resiliency skills and the ability to hope, cope, …
How can we be both realistic and optimistic when facing a challenge? Being both realistic and optimistic about a challenging situation provides an opportunity for you to deal with what is in the now without allowing it to consume you. Yes, it is so much easier said than done, and that’s why I am sharing …
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This time of year I am typically away on vacation. Like many people, I had a vacation all planned and booked that I had to cancel this year. I was supposed to be leaving this week and I have been really wanting to have the feeling of “a break.” Vacations are my time to reflect and …
This pandemic has brought about so many changes in our daily lives and routines. One of the ways that I am responding to this time of transformation is making time in my day/week for me to tune into my intuition, and also to hear the internal dialogue that I am having with myself. Once I …
Yes, being born with a congenital heart defect, having two open heart surgeries, a heart transplant, and six occurrences of transplant-related cancer can be frustrating, terrifying, and overwhelming sometimes. My life has shown me that we get to choose how to respond to every situation, even the challenging ones. We can choose to be bitter, …
