Are You A Validator?
“I can live for two months on a good compliment.“ ~Mark Twain Earlier this week, I was in the Denver airport waiting in line with all the other people to go through Security. I picked a line and as...
View ArticleFive Videos for the Mindfulness Beginner
“The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.” ― Thích Nhất Hạnh “The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate...
View ArticleLife is Fragile
I often find myself outside contemplating how amazing life is! I feel very lucky and filled with gratitude. How well life is turning out! However, as we all know, life can change on a dime. A healthy,...
View Article21 Ways To Let Go of Anger
Kids change your life. We all know that! Before I had kids I imagined all the ways. Was I ever surprised that I often found myself getting angry! I thought of myself as a very calm person. I was never...
View ArticleEmbrace Gratitude and Watch Life Change
“You simply will not be the same person two months from now… after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your life. And you will have set in motion an ancient spiritual...
View Article11 Ways To Slow Down Over The Holiday Season
“Smile, breathe and go slowly.” – Thich Nhat Hanh I think I hear it and say it everyday: “I don’t have enough time! I’m too busy!” And now the Christmas Season is on it’s way…it’s overwhelming! And...
View ArticleGive The Best Gift This Holiday Season… Unconditional Love
“And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And...
View ArticleSurround Yourself With What You Love In 2016 !
“This year believe that anything is possible. Start each day with goals. Eat more real food. Buy good books and make time to read them. Drink water. Exercise daily even when it sounds like a terrible...
View ArticleDo You Hygge? The Happiest Country Does!
“Hygge was never meant to be translated. It was meant to be felt.” ~ToveMaren Stakkestad For many years, Denmark has been named one of the happiest countries in the world. In fact I recently read this...
View Article21 Positive Quotes To Brighten Your Cold Winter Day
Winter can be depressing. It’s dark, cold and you might be missing the sun! I felt like this years ago with a baby and 3 years old. I was depressed during winter years ago and couldn’t wait for spring....
View ArticleHow To NOT Change Someone
It’s tempting. Yup, very tempting, to believe that maybe you could change someone. It’s totally natural to have days when you wish you could change something your child does or someone else in your...
View ArticleI Just Realized How Greedy I Am!
Just recently we were lucky enough to visit Iceland. The sun rose at 11am and set at 4pm. We saw shaggy Icelandic horses, geysers and a colorful downtown Reykjavik. We ate delicious herring, smoked...
View ArticleTake Two Smiles and Call Me In the Morning
“Your sense of humor is one of the most powerful tools you have to make certain that your daily mood and emotional state support good health.” ~ Paul E. McGhee, Ph.D. There’s nothing like humor to make...
View ArticleJust Say Yes!
“The era of “yes” has begun.” ~Carl Allen, main character in “Yes Man” “I was saying yes because … the world is full of possibilities, and… you want to take every single one of them.” ~Danny Wallace,...
View ArticleGive Inspiration To Your Graduate!
My college senior graduated this weekend and will soon be heading out into the work place. The event was joyful! I didn’t expect to cry but I did. There’s something about the song “Pomp and...
View ArticleWant To Be Happy? Try Gratitude – 7 Ways to Practice Gratitude and Be Happier
Looking for Happiness? Of course you are! We all are. What is the key to finding it? Could it be gratitude? Yet how do you define gratitude? Many of us are thankful for the things in our life. Yet,...
View ArticleLive Life In Reverse
I’m imagining that I’m at a party, a birthday for a very old woman. She is surrounded by all those she loves in her life. They are the gifts. The memories of a life well lived are a gift. The …...
View Article13 Quotes To Help You Achieve Mindfulness
A few weeks ago, while on auto pilot and thinking too many thoughts, I got to my destination without even paying attention to the drive. Then there was one night last week I couldn’t sleep as I made...
View Article9 Ways To Raise A Mindful Child
“The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.” – Henry Miller “To see a world in a grain of sand...
View ArticleMake Gratitude A Habit for This Thanksgiving and All Year Long!
Message to my all Zen Mama Readers: My three Kindle books will be $.99 (or a £.99) on Thanksgiving day through November 29th. Now on to the post! Looking for Happiness? Of course you are! We all are....
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