Sunday Serenities – A New Affirmation to Start Your Week

Each week we will be sharing a new affirmation.  The introductory information will remain the same, but if you are new to affirmations, please check out the first two sections on “What is an Affirmation?” and  “How to Practice Your Affirmation.” If you regularly read our weekly article or already do affirmations, feel free to … Read more

Peaceful Living in Tough Times

It’s no exaggeration to say that 2020, 2021 and the start of 2022 have been challenging to many. Maybe that includes you, as well. You may be feeling anxious, apprehensive, or just overall uncomfortable with the world around you right now. When you’re going through a tough time, it feels like a peaceful life is … Read more

Turn Off the Television this Weekend

How much time do you spend watching television? According to the A.C. Nielsen Company, the average American watches more than four hours each day (or twenty eight hours a week, or when added up – two months of per year). In a sixty five year life, that person will have spent nine of those years … Read more

Stress and the Importance of Sleep – Part 3 of 3

Bedtime Routines that Combat Stress One of the biggest reasons people experience stress at bedtime is failure to plan for a restful night’s sleep. Like most things, failure to plan is a plan to fail. It seems simple enough, get in bed, turn off the lights, close our eyes, and fall asleep. If only it were … Read more

Stress and the Importance of Sleep – Part 2

Three Apps that Help Stressed Out People Sleep Like a Baby Stress has a way of making itself known when we want to go to sleep. Somehow, we can shove our stressful thoughts aside most of the day but the moment we try to clear our minds and go to sleep, BAM- stressful thoughts overwhelm us. There … Read more

Stress and the Importance of Sleep – part 1

Sadly, stress is part of life. At some point, everyone experiences stress. Physical, emotional and other types of stress take their toll on our minds and bodies. That’s one of the reasons sleep is so important. Sleep is can help us manage our stress. Our bodies use sleep to restore and recover. While we sleep … Read more

Sunday Serenities – A New Affirmation to Start Your Week

Each week we will be sharing a new affirmation. The introductory information will remain the same, but if you are new to affirmations, please check out the first two sections on “What is an Affirmation?” and “How to Practice Your Affirmation.” If you regularly read our weekly article or already do affirmations, feel free to … Read more

Adaptability for a More Peaceful Life

It seems like things are changing at a super fast pace. We all know change is a normal part of life, but lately it seems like things are changing a whole lot more than we’ve ever seen before. The change we see isn’t always comfortable, in fact some of it is downright difficult and can … Read more

New Year’s Resolutions – Yay or Nay?

At this time of year we hear a lot about resolutions. You may be considering whether or not you’re going to make any New Year’s resolutions for 2022. Maybe you’ve made them in the past and started off strong, and lost interest over time. Maybe you never really got started – but the intention was … Read more

Stop those Food Cravings

FYI – I published this blog a year or so ago, but it just seems appropriate today more than ever. Holiday stresses and the readily availability of sweets and comfort foods are a sure formula to fall back into the cycle of self medicating with food if we allow ourselves to go there. ===== Do … Read more