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Having and knowing your purpose in life could make you happier. Do you have a specific purpose? Is it “in you”? Find your “purpose”
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Confessions of a Sociopath
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She’s a successful law professor and a Sunday school teacher, with a host of family and friends. But her interpersonal calculus centers on how to manipulate and outmaneuver the many people in her life.
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Creativity and Letting Go
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Leaving is hard but it can be the key to living and creating
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All One, All One
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Getting over human exceptionalism, and getting to like it!
Todd Lohenry‘s insight:
99% of what we’re made of is not unique to us. Interesting perspective…
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5 Ways To Be More Mindful With Technology
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By Headspace As if there weren’t enough ways to avoid what’s going on in our minds, e-mail and social media are now routed to our mobiles to distract us all day long.
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Let Go Of The Things…
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Let go of the things that don’t matter anymore, you don’t need the extra weight holding you down.
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80+ Self-Care Ideas
Great post, Barb…
Here is an amazing list of self-care activities. Feel free to add any other ideas in the comment section.
Maybe we can get the list up to 100!
(P.S. There are 49 comments with LOTS more great ideas!)
If you haven’t already, I’d love it if you joined me on
Facebook, where I share lots of other self-care ideas. Thanks!
Also, I have a new book coming out! You can read about that story here.
You might also like: 25 Women Writers Share Their Best Self-Compassion Tips
Here’s the list:
going for a photo walk
going to the forest
a bath at the end of the day
going for bike rides
finding overgrown grass and putting my bare feet and it
lying in the grass on the hill and staring up at the sky
cooking a meal for myself and being really present
getting up early and reading inspirational…
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10 Ways To Declutter Your Home
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Let’s declutter your home, and see it as a challenge. Declutter 10 things in 10 weeks.
Todd Lohenry‘s insight:
It’s a good time of year to do this. I dream of renting a dumpster and putting [most of] my house in it. With 4 boys at home most of it belongs there…
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Unexpected Truths About Liars and Lying
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Modern “social” life is ripe for temptation so it’s especially helpful to recognize some myths and counterintuitive truths about lying. Just keep in mind our self-deception.
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The Crisis is the Healing
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Forgiveness
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Todd Lohenry‘s insight:
“Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.”― Mark Twain
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I will affirm the good until it sinks in and feels real
Heh, heh, heh. Now you’re quoting Melody Beattie? I thought I was reading my own blog for a minute. :-D
“…Help me let go of my need to stay immersed in negativity. I can change the energy in myself and my environment from negative to positive. I will affirm the good until it sinks in and feels real. I will also strive to find one quality that I like about someone else who’s important to me, and I will take the risk of telling him or her that.”
I may be the only one on the planet who didn’t know about Melanie Beattie’s back story. And what an incredible story she has. Here’s more than a few excerpts from her bio on her blog page:
Melody Beattie, is the author of the international self help best seller titled Codependent No More where she introduced the psychological condition called “codependency.” Over eight million copies of the book have been sold worldwide. Millions of…
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Slap Stick
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What’s the point?
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Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes has been a worldwide favorite since its introduction in 1985. The strip follows the richly imaginative adventures of Calvin and his trusty tiger, Hobbes.
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Childhood Dream Come True: Seriously, the Most Incredible Treehouse Ever
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I’m willing to stake my reputation on the claim that this treehouse is the most amazing kids’ treehouse.
Todd Lohenry‘s insight:
Heck, I’d like this for my office!
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Why We Sometimes Enjoy Pity and How to Stop
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Why pity-seeking becomes a habit, it can interfere with our happiness and our relationships.
Todd Lohenry‘s insight:
“A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.” ~Mark Twain. Read that again. Did you see comfortable or uncomfortable? The first time I read it I thought it was another take on the classic Eleanor Roosevelt quote "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." but Twain’s quote speaks to the need for self-compassion…
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A 4-Step Plan to Deal with Even the Toughest Challenge
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By changing the way you perceive problems, you will be able to deal much more efficiently with any problem that comes on your path.
Todd Lohenry‘s insight:
“Change the way you look at things and the things you look at will change.” ~Wayne Dyer
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Bright, shiny objects! 
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