Good quality sleep is essential for our overall health, but some nights it can be hard to get. Sometimes it can seem impossible to shut our brain off. Use these yoga poses to passively stretch your body and release tension. Connecting with your breath will help to calm your mind as well. Easy Pose / … Continue reading Yoga For A Better Night’s Sleep
Yesterday, I came across the following quote from Martha Beck: “Conflict in close relationships is not only inevitable, it's essential.” Reading this statement suddenly had me thinking about my own relationships; particularly the relationship that I have built with my fiance, AJ. You see from the time that I was young, I always imagined that … Continue reading Learning The Value Of Conflict In Relationships
Do you ever have days where you just feel like you're in a funk? I've had a couple of those lately, and I'm blaming this excessive heat we're having. I have noticed that I don't do well when I'm overheating - it literally melts away my motivation. This funk makes me less motivated, more prone … Continue reading Getting Out Of A Funk
I have written previously about how the act of repeating mantras to myself has helped with my anxiety (6 Mantras I Use To Help Manage Anxiety) and increased my motivation (6 Mantras For Motivation). Below is a list of 7 phrases that when I repeat them to myself, increase my positivity. The below phrases may … Continue reading 7 Mantras For Positivity
I do enjoy going to the gym, but yoga is my preferred way to work out. It's both challenging and relaxing. The following poses are ways to build strength through yoga. They can be practiced as separate exercises, or linked together to create a flow. The best thing about yoga is that you can practice … Continue reading Yoga Poses For Strength
It has been 10 months since my husband and I left the sunny state of California to move back east, and I’ve been reflecting lately on how my brief time living in California impacted my life. I have lived in North Carolina, Vermont, California and now Connecticut and each location has shaped my life in … Continue reading What I Learned Living In California
The other day I was having a conversation with a friend; we were discussing our envy of those people that never seem to be at work yet somehow still seem to have all the money to travel, have nice things, go out to eat/drink all of the time, etc. “What a luxurious life,” I said, … Continue reading The Simple Life: Discovering “Want” vs. “Need”
About five months ago I quit my full-time job. It was the fourth job that I had left within a four year period. I had battled over the decision for many months, knowing very well that I could be making a very poor decision. After all, leaving four jobs in a row after less than … Continue reading How Choosing Happiness Helped Me Redesign My Life
Changing how we think can change how we feel. That powerful statement has become the momentum behind my recent series of posts titled The Anxious Mind - inspired by Dr. Aaron T. Beck's Cognitive Behavioral Solution workbook. My goal was to implement Dr. Beck's strategies into my daily life in order to alleviate some of … Continue reading The Anxious Mind: Setting Positive Intentions
This past week the basement in our home began to flood. It was the exact scenario that I had been dreading since the moment we signed the commitment papers last summer. We had been told that the basement had not had a water issue since they had installed the sump pump but neither of us … Continue reading The Anxious Mind: 8 “Steps” To Transform Your Thoughts
