Falling In Love vs Orbiting in Love

Orbiting in love and falling in love—what’s the difference between the two? People get into relationships for different reasons but one common reason on a higher level is because it brings up things for you to look at about yourself and what you believe about your life. What works and what doesn’t. Unfortunately, being in…

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Managing Your Energy and Re-Emerging from Isolation

Have you noticed any hesitancy or difference from people around their personal space? Have you noticed any difference in your own personal space? This has something to do with managing your energy. It occurred to me that people may be feeling a little discomfort or unsureness about how to manage their energy with others as…

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What Is My Purpose?

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What is My Purpose? Have you figured out what your life purpose is? Do you know the reason for your existence? Some of you may be on track while some may be off track with your life purpose right now. But when do you say that you’re on track? How do you become off track?…

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Self Love… An Intimate Ritual

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We often block ourselves from self-love. Maybe you feel guilt or beat yourself up. Maybe you call yourself names, or say you shoulda, woulda, coulda. Many of us have been conditioned to do all of the above. And when we do these things we attract punishment into our lives. We don’t allow self appreciation or…

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Love and Unity

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What is love? And what is unity? When you think about love, does your mind go to warm, fuzzy feelings in your belly? Do you blush? Or think incessantly about the object of your affection? That’s not love. When you think about unity, do you imagine people coming together to compromise and come to an…

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United We Fly, Divided We Cry

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In these unsettling times, it’s more important than ever to learn how to bridge our differences. I know we’ve all heard it before, but the truth is that we’re all in this together. I have been concerned about our loss of connection as a result of the pandemic, lockdowns, social isolation, political differences and more.…

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2021: Setting Intentions for THIS or Something Better

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2020 proved to be a challenging year, and as we move into 2021, some of us may have expectations that are pretty low. You might be thinking that it can be a mediocre kind of year and still surpass what we’ve just come out of. Or, you might have high anticipations for the next twelve…

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Conscious Intentions for the New Year

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A lot of us are happy to say goodbye to 2020; however, you might also feel like you’re entering 2021 with a lack of control. That’s where conscious intentions come in. We all have conscious and subconscious thoughts, but if you’re working toward one thing and you keep getting another, your subconscious mind is driving…

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United We Fly, Divided We Cry

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Many of us are talking about the events that occurred at the Capitol in Washington D.C. and we’re asking, “How did that happen?” Many questions continue to come up and upset is resulting from all different points of view. As I ponder our beginnings as the UNITED States and watch all of this unfold, I…

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Peace For the Holidays: How to Communicate with Family

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When we come together with our families of origin for the holidays, we can find ourselves triggered. Old wounds can open up, and we may find ourselves reacting instead of responding. Even if it’s never happened before, you can have peace for the holidays. You can be present, communicate with family and have a happy…

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