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5 Magical Oils to See You Through Winter. ~ Caroline Mellor.
Autumn signals the time for reflection, for slowing down and for radical self-care. For me this means copious amounts of herbal tea, gentle exercise outdoors on sunny days—and lots of long, indulgent...
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The One Exercise That Strengthens Me the Most.
“If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, ‘thank you,’ that would suffice.” ~ Meister Eckhart. I was on a card buying-spree one day at a favorite cafe, and decided to buy the card...
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Love List: Softness
It is a weird November in Toronto. Currently my patio door is wide open, the sun is shining and warm, and it’s 14 C (57 F). It is unseasonably warm here, especially for a city where most of the recent...
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Love List: Paris.
First, press play: Yesterday, on November 13th, a series of mass shootings and suicide bombings occurred in Paris and Saint Denis, France. There were three explosions near the Stade de France,...
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The Art of Feeling Better: A Series. ~ Jessica Fox
The Art of Feeling Better is a series of articles where the author undertakes the adventure of finding out what it means to truly be happy. This is the first of five explorations. The Process To say...
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The Art of Feeling Better: A Series. ~ Jessica Fox
The Art of Feeling Better is a series of articles where the author undertakes the adventure of finding out what it means to truly be happy. This is the second of five explorations. If you missed the...
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You Don’t “Get Over” Grief. {Poem} ~ Gerta Kapllani
Your body is yours alone, but your soul belongs elsewhere. Like an innocent kid, you ask open-ended questions. You pretend not to know the reasons why but deep down, your lonesome heart carries all...
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The Art of Feeling Better: A Series. ~ Jessica Fox
The Art of Feeling Better is a series of articles where the author undertakes the adventure of finding out what it means to truly be happy. This is the last of five explorations. Click here to begin...
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Loving Me for Who I Am. ~ Brenda Holmes
I grew up in a time when a common method of shaping children’s behavior was to use shame and disapproval. Parents used these means, of course, to turn children into “functional” adults. My personal...
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How to Heal Yourself When No One Else Can. {Book Review}
Millions of people every day find themselves dealing with health issues—and not receiving any concrete answers from their health care providers. What I love best about Amy B. Scher’s new book, How to...
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The Raw Truth about Rising Up & Rooting Down. ~ Jillian Kristina
Lauren Treece/Flickr When we make the conscious decision to move forward and beyond certain aspects of our lives, an unexpected thing starts to happen—our lives try to hold us back. Whatever it is...
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Observations In The Outside World. ~ Gerry Ellen
Because I love people watching, and being somewhat of a social creature myself, I find the greatest observations happen when out and about at different times of the day. Some of the hours don’t fall...
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The Exquisite Ache of Spring. ~ Verity Louisa
Do you feel it, that itch in the Spring? That small but exquisite ache? It niggles. It writhes. It twists and turns. It is the tiniest sensation that seems to awaken just as the Winter is dying. It...
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Letting Go of Crap, One Drop at a Time. ~ Renée Picard
I feel it happening, little by little, as each slightly embarrassing bead of sweat leaks out of my skin and hits the yoga mat. I’ve been doing hot yoga for two weeks now and sometimes when one of...
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Soul Stirrings. ~ Joel Pelegrina
Quite often, I fancy myself An anti-herd Spoken word Broken barrier Signal carrier. There is magic in creation, needless to say, whether arranging words in patterns oblique, painting swaths on...
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Spring Peeper. {Poem} ~ Christian Hunt
How annoying I must be with my long songs of awakening. The cold dark slumber I endured, Hidden under conifers in the cold chilled marshes of winter. The slow thaw… Me hopping, warbling and...
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The Voice Print of Our Soul. {Poem} ~ Jes Wright
The gift of being a poet is in being humble, owning your voice as your own voice, & unlearning all the mishmash of sounds pouring out from others without taking them as your own, because...
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The Forever Man. ~ Gerry Ellen
There has been a strange sensation brewing in my gut for months now, sitting on the precipice of what feels like a love like no other. I keep thinking I can define it, or visualize it, or even...
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When Women Hurt Women: Healing the Sacred Sisterhood. ~ Tamara Star
Sometimes when we admit things out loud, they lose their power over us. When we keep them hidden in secret, they continue to thrive in fertile darkness. For a very long time, I was afraid of women. We...
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Taking the “Mean” Out of Meaning. ~ Sarah E. Rosenberg
It’s 11am, and I’ve already found at least nine ways to procrastinate, yet again, getting on my mat for my yoga practice. The past few months have provoked me in that regard as I find myself in a...
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