February BYOV Challenge: Day 5

The Not-So-Sexy But Oh-So-Practical Side of Self-Care Buckle your seat belts, ladies, this is one seriously critical part of self-care!  Let’s get real – when was the last time you had the following: -- Wellness checkup and overall blood work?-- Dental exam and...

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February BYOV Challenge: Day 4

Give Yourself The Brushoff! Time for a little “forget-me-not” treat to remind yourself to take care of you!  Now you would think that Valentine’s Day would be the WORST time for a brush-off, right?  NO!!!  Time to retrain your brain and embrace it and a...

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February BYOV Challenge: Day 3

A Daily Dose of Self-Nurturing and A Date with Yourself From the moment you first awaken, until you drop exhausted into bed at the end of another crazy day, life can crash in on you at every turn, as you meet obligations, expectations, demands, and more at home, at...

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February BYOV Challenge – Day 2

Breath is life.  And today’s focus will be all about BREATHING. It is a loving gift to yourself to be able to take a few moments just to recognize your own breathing patterns and use your breath to create greater health and overall well-being.  Deep breathing is...

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February BYOV Challenge: Day 1

Welcome to the February “BYOV” challenge:  Be Your Own Valentine! Over the upcoming days in February we will be exploring how to celebrate YOU – in ways both practical and fun, covering everything from sacred to silly to social and more, but all featuring methods...

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Advent Devotions – December 5th

Advent Devotions - December 5th Luke 2:3 And everyone went to his own town to register. When we register something, we record it. A cash register receipt gives us a record of our purchase. We register our cars with DMV to verify they belong to us. We register for...

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Advent Devotions – December 3rd

  Advent Devotions – Day 3 Luke 2:1: In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.  Caesar wanted a headcount of everyone in the entire Roman world. He wanted a “count”. The noun can mean a sum, a tally, a...

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Today I Give Thanks and Am Grateful for…

  If you will allow me the indulgence... Today I would like to celebrate one for whom I give immeasurable thanksgiving for and couldn't be more grateful to have in my life. My daughter Heather. You see , 11/27 is her birthday so I wanted to honor her in this, her...

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This Is Your Brain on Thanksgiving

FOODFOODFOODFOODFOOD… This is your brain on Thanksgiving! We are planning menus around it.  We are shopping for it.  We are spending countless hours preparing it.  We take painstaking details in decorating the table for it.  We spend hours cleaning up after the meal...

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