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77 Self-Love Affirmations To Inspire Your Life
Positive affirmations are a powerful way of liberating yourself and sending positive vibes to the universe. They can be grounding, life-saving, energizing, motivating and inspiring. And they work miraculously when it comes to taking good care of your body, mind and...
How To Truly Listen to Your Body and Tap Into Its Wisdom
Tapping into the wisdom of your body is one of the best moves you can ever make in your life. Your body can help you to find your true hungers and define your most desired needs. Your body can help you to make big life decisions and go about small, everyday tasks....
A Lesson In Listening to Your Body
When you make a BIG decision in your life, do you ever listen to your body? I do - normally. But a few weeks ago I didn't and here's what happened. Have you ever experienced a situation where your mind was telling you one thing and your body was telling you something...
Coming Home – How to Find Yourself When You Feel Lost
I'm lost. Don't know where to turn. Don't know what to do. Don't know who I am. I'm lost. Feeling scared. Faithless. Broken. Torn. I'm lost. Why me? How me? To be? I'm lost. Well, to be honest. I am not. Not right now. But I used to be lost. Terribly so. I had no...
How to Make Your Pregnancy Super Awesome – Even if You’re Single
My pregnancy is starting to become real and I’m beginning to have those moments where I feel like I really want to share this magic with a loved one. As a single mom-to-be, there certainly is an element of melancholy silently simmering in the background. Will I be...
Loving Yourself and Your Body When Your Boyfriend Doesn’t
Has your partner ever told you - blatantly or indirectly - that he thinks you’re fat, or made cruel remarks about your physique? Unfortunately, I've been there. My ex would endlessly comment on my weight and how "deformed" my butt looked - painful words that left me...
How to Make Eating More Fun Again
Eating can be a pretty boring task. It can also be exciting or scary or wistful, menacing, the highlight of your day or even life. Eating has so many emotions attached to it that it's almost impossible to narrow them down. Most of us say that we absolutely ADORE food,...
Permission to Brag
I’ve had the best month of my life. Everything went great - from the job to my personal life. I was just on a high. And yes, I’m not afraid of bragging about how much I rocked. But bragging about ourselves isn’t something we often do, right? I mean, we feel...
How Meditation Helped Me Free Myself From Emotional Eating
I don't remember when I first heard about meditation. I don't remember when I first sat down to meditate. But I do remember being quite resistant to this form of self-care. I didn't "believe" in it, thought it was silly, something for new age hippies and anything but...
Free Yourself From Your Painful Looks in the Mirror with Kjerstin Gruys
How many times a day do you look in the mirror? How many times a day does that look make you feel fabulous, fierce and confident? And how many times a day does that look make you feel fat, ugly and unworthy? If the latter occurs overwhelmingly more often, then maybe...
How To Be Kind To Yourself When You Don't Feel Like It
Have you ever had those times when you were going through a rut or feeling a little bit depressed and you just didn't want to take care of yourself? I have. Many, many times. I would feel lackluster, more chubby than usual and anything but motivated to practice...
Even Oprah Does It, So Why Don't You?
Science proofs it: practicing gratitude makes you happier and more aware of all the blessings you have in your everyday life. It transforms your life from being "kinda OK" to being abundant and fulfilled. Oprah talks a lot about her love for gratitude practices and I...