The midday doldrums aren’t just about what you had for lunch.
Source: Why Your Brain Wants to Take a Break in the Afternoon | Psychology Today
Are You Giving Yourself the Level of Self-Care You Deserve?
Treating yourself with lovingkindness might help you reach your goals faster.
Source: Are You Giving Yourself the Level of Self-Care You Deserve?
Cope With Stress by Convincing Yourself It’s a Good Thing
Stress is one of those things we all have to deal with. But what if you could use stress to your advantage?
Source: Cope With Stress by Convincing Yourself It’s a Good Thing
Breathwork Is The Next Frontier Of Wellness
According to the breathwork experts, it can alleviate anxiety, depression, and more.
Source: Breathwork Is The Next Frontier Of Wellness – mindbodygreen
Why Is My Phone So Addictive?
Your phone triggers dopamine and oxytocin and relieves cortisol.
The Healthiest Types Of Tea
Are you drinking No. 1?
What I Learned From Not Drinking For 100 Days
Yes, you can manage stress without alcohol.
Source: What I Learned From Not Drinking For 100 Days – mindbodygreen
How To Prepare Your Body For Fall
Three easy days of wellness.
PURE, a New Global Nutrition Study, Changes Nothing
Why the science of healthy eating appears confusing—but isn’t. Source: PURE, a New Global Nutrition Study, Changes Nothing – The Atlantic
If a tree falls in the forest…
If a tree falls in the forest… | Bright, shiny objects!
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Come to the woods, for here is rest.
The Japanese call it ‘Shinrin-Yoku Forest Therapy’…
To Fight the Winter Blues, Try a Dose of Nature by Florence Williams (excerpts):
Wintertime is rough on those whom the 19th-century hiker-philosopher John Muir called “tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people.” But we have an obvious cure for our doldrums: go outside. Though we are months away from the flowers and leafy foliage of spring, a dose of nature can still calm the mind and solidify human bonds. The real question is why we don’t partake more often of this easy balm…
After crunching the data, Dr. MacKerron and Susana Mourato…found people were significantly happier outdoors, especially in natural settings, than they were indoors…But there was a catch: Most of the participants didn’t behave as if they knew this, because they were rarely outside. They were indoors or in vehicles for 93% of their waking hours.
The study reveals our epidemic dislocation from the outdoors—an indictment not just of the structures and…
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True…
This morning it rained. This afternoon it is sunny. How is that not like the mind? ~ Michael Kewley, May all beings be happy Sources: Quote – Some of my best friends are birds. Photo: Your Eyes Blaze Out
Today’s Thoughts Are Tomorrow’s History
Ed and Deb Shapiro write:
Quite often we put too much importance on our thoughts and take them so seriously that they can lead us into all kinds of emotional turmoil. Some thoughts are inspiring, while others can be misleading. One time we were teaching meditation. and Ed said to Mary, a participant, that when we meditate all sorts of outrageous thoughts may arise. In response, Mary blurted out, “Wow, how’d you know?” Because of her negative thoughts, Mary felt she was a terrible person. Yet thoughts are simply words in our mind. Those we thought yesterday are gone and new thoughts arise only to disappear into the next moment.
We lived in Dartmouth, on the south coast of England, and each day we would take walks along the wide river Dart to the estuary. One day we were standing and gazing at the flowing water when it struck us that though the river always looked the same, day after day, it was no more the same than it was even a second ago. It was constantly changing, always moving, always different.
Which is just like our thoughts and feelings. Can you remember what you were thinking yesterday that seemed so important? Who we are now is not who we were last week, an hour ago, even a few minutes ago. Like the river, we are always changing. Continue reading “Today’s Thoughts Are Tomorrow’s History”
6 Ways To Reconnect With Your Most Powerful Self
@AmandaLeCe had a post on @mindbodygreen this morning that was so good, I decided you needed to see the whole thing right here:
Between all the tasks, people and activities competing for our attention every day, it’s so easy to get lost in the routine and lose touch of our most powerful, loving selves. Before we know it, we’re acting out of habit or are glued to the computer. The following are some ways I get real, and come back to myself:
Continue reading “6 Ways To Reconnect With Your Most Powerful Self”
Clearing…
Do not try to save
the whole world
or do anything grandiose.
Instead, create
a clearing
in the dense forest
of your life
and wait there
patiently,
until the song
that is your life
falls into your own cupped hands
and you recognize and greet it.
Only then will you know
how to give yourself
to this world
so worthy of rescue.
Boarded cabin within the Wyre Forest, En
Boarded cabin within the Wyre Forest, England.
Spirituality and Stilettos
One of my favorite bloggers, Jackie Dumaine, has a beautiful post on her blog on the topic of spirituality:
“Being “Spiritual” does not mean giving up who you are. In fact, it’s quite the opposite.
It’s about embracing who you are.
Being “Spiritual” does not mean giving up wine night with the girls or refraining from buying a new pair of stilettos (or two). It means embracing varying levels of friendships and the little pleasures that life has to offer, without being attached to them for your happiness. Continue reading “Spirituality and Stilettos”
Clearing
Clearing
by Martha Postlewaite
Do not try to save
the whole world
or do anything grandiose.
Instead, create
a clearing
in the dense forest
of your life
and wait there
patiently,
until the song
that is your life
falls into your own cupped hands
and you recognize and greet it.
Only then will you know
how to give yourself
to this world
so worthy of rescue.
American Minute for December 22nd; Battle of the Bulge
The Nazis amassed three armies for an enormous attack against the Allies in the Ardennes Forest and soon surrounded the 101 Airborne Division in southern Belgium, demanding their surrender.
U.S. General Anthony McAuliffe answered in one word: “Nuts.”
This response confused the Nazi commander, causing him to hesitate.
Marching to the rescue was the U.S. Third Army, but it was hindered due to bad weather.
General Patton directed Chaplain O’Neill to compose a prayer for his 250,000 troops to pray:
“Almighty and most merciful Father, we humbly beseech Thee, of Thy great goodness, to restrain these immoderate rains…Hearken to us as soldiers who call upon Thee…Establish Thy justice among men and nations.”
The weather cleared and the Allies counterattacked.
In his order, DECEMBER 22, 1944, General Eisenhower stated:
“By rushing out from his fixed defenses the enemy may give us the chance to turn his great gamble into his worst defeat.
So I call upon every man, of all the Allies, to rise now to new heights of courage…with unshakable faith in the cause for which we fight, we will, with God’s help, go forward to our greatest victory.”
Two days later President Franklin Roosevelt stated:
“It is not easy to say ‘Merry Christmas’ to you, my fellow Americans, in this time of destructive war…
We will celebrate this Christmas Day in our traditional American way…because the teachings of Christ are fundamental in our lives…the story of the coming of the immortal Prince of Peace.”
Bright, shiny objects! 
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