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    #FridayFaves: Loralie Young, A Letter To My Skin

    February 10, 2017 - By 

    IT’S FRIDAY! YAY! FRI-YAY!  It’s Friday and I’m excited to bring back my Friday Faves, a spot where I get to feature some of my favorite people and share what they are doing. Today I get to share an incredible article from Loralie Young, a talented artist and beautiful soul living in Cambodia.   I met Loralie online through the magic of the Facebook. I had seen her casually online in a group hosted by Kathleen Shannon and Emily Thompson called Being Boss (OMG I LOVE THOSE LADIES! ::Fangirl Moment::) but we only really connected when she commented on a…

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    Staying Positive While Feeling All the Feelings

    February 8, 2017 - By 

    Do you ever sometimes think that if you aren’t laughing through difficult circumstances and challenging moments that you are somehow doing it wrong?  I mean, you are pretty much a superwoman as it is, so shouldn’t you be able to handle every single setback with perfect grace and a smile on your face? Um, hell no. Let’s talk about being authentic. Hear me, you badass warrior princess, you are 100% allowed to feel ALL of your feelings. Including Frustration. Anger. Disappointment. Sadness. And yes, even Fear. You get to feel these without apology and you don’t have to pretend that…

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    #MondayMantra It is Safe for Me to Go Deep

    February 6, 2017 - By 

    Today I had the honor and pleasure of interviewing my cousin, Nicole Lewis-Keeber, for a new podcast that we are co-hosting (more on that later). One of my very favorite things about her is her willingness to go deep and be transparent on any topic, even ones that are messy or difficult to talk about.  It takes incredible courage to show up and be honest with yourself in the difficult conversations.  Self-awareness can be messy, but I’m learning that it’s in our willingness to go there that we can truly heal ourselves and create powerful new possibilities for our lives. …

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    Tears in the Texaco

    February 1, 2017 - By 

    This morning, a complete stranger made me cry in the Texaco parking lot. I had just finished getting my car quick-washed and was getting ready to merge into the exit lane, just waiting for a little more space to open up.  My latte was just the right temperature.  I had just cleared some space in the cup holder after giving $1.50 in quarters to a homeless man named Alfred.  I was feeling pretty excited, as I was on my way to celebrate birthday lunch with my bestie. Just started to roll into the open space in front of me when…

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    #MondayMantra Live a Life Worth Loving

    January 30, 2017 - By 

    Do you love your life? I do!  If you aren’t totally in love with the life you’ve created for yourself, today is the day to begin resetting your intentions.   It’s likely that you already have many things in your life to be grateful for and that you can build on; you probably don’t need a complete life renovation, just some tweaks and shifts to increase your happiness. Begin with this positive mantra, and allow yourself to be open to any specific changes that you need to make moving forward.  “I Live a Life Worth Loving.”

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    Sending Love is Always Worthwhile. ❤🦋

    January 27, 2017 - By 

    You might not have all of the answers when facing life’s hard questions. You will not always know the perfect thing to say when someone you care about is grieving. You are going to find yourself in situations sometimes when you feel utterly powerless to make a difference, but trust me, dear one, there is always Love and it is always needed. You have the power in the depths of your heart to send Love… so don’t hold back!  I invite you to take a meditative moment now to imagine yourself sending waves and waves of Love to the people…

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    #MondayMantra for Sick Days

    January 23, 2017 - By 

    Ugh- getting sick is no fun! You may feel like whenever you get sick that you just have to soldier on and push through, but I offer another option: Rest & Send Love.  Confession: I’m definitely still learning this one myself, because it is not always easy as a strong, proud woman to let someone help me. I don’t want to be a burden, you know? But the truth is that you can learn a lot about how to love yourself and others better by spending some time receiving it.  So, today, I cancelled my appointments and crawled back into…

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    This Is Why I March

    January 21, 2017 - By 

    I was very honored to march today with 749,000 brothers and sisters in Los Angeles, California as part of the Women’s March- and it was magnificent! It was one of over 600 sister marches to the Women’s March on Washington, and the energy was incredibly Peaceful, exuberant, powerful, funny, and moving. Now, I understand that many people do not support the Women’s March, and that’s fine. I’m not going to shame anyone or call you disrespectful names. I honor your right to disagree or have a different opinion and I certainly don’t need to demean you. But I do want…

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    #FridayFeels: Diversity, Not Division

    January 20, 2017 - By 

    Today is an historic moment in the world. It is the day that America demonstrates the peaceful transition from one executive Administration to another as we willingly hand over control from President Barak Obama to President Donald Trump. I am not a Republican. I am not a Democrat. I am, first and foremost, a strong, white, mixed-race American woman of a certain age. I acknowledge my privileges as much as I acknowledge my obstacles. Whatever your political views, today marks an important and dare I say life-changing opportunity.  Here’s how I see it: It is our opportunity as Americans to…