There are only two motivators in life: fear and love All decisions we make and all actions we take come from one of two drives: love or fear. As a young child, we are programmed to act out of either fear or love, for example: “If you do that, I will pop your butt!” or […]
Category Archives: Emotional Well-being
The other day, someone sent me a text message that they thought would bring me joy. It was a kind gesture, but I did not respond to the message for no other reason than that I was focused on something else and knew I’d get to it eventually. That same person sent me another message […]
Dr. Masaru Emoto, a Japanese scientist, and photographer, did a study on how our words can affect water molecules. He took polluted water and spoke “love” and “hope” over it, and it literally turned from mucky water to a beautiful snowflake-like droplet. His study continued with multiple words. These pictures are illustrations of this study. […]
I found myself in a battle today. Over the past couple of years, I have grown tremendously in overcoming my need for validation, being curious about where I should be minding my biz, and not being needy of others. Today, however, you would think I had not worked on any of these topics. I woke […]
Consider with me for a moment two animals; the lion and the elephant. Both have a purpose, and both have the freedom to roam the land. Both have strengths, and both can dominate if they choose to. The elephant, however, is more intelligent than a lion. Elephants’ intelligence has been studied for years. Researchers have […]
The other day I spent sometime in conversation with an acquaintance of mine. As we talked she began telling me that if I ever need something, she was there for me. This is a kind place to come from but as the conversation went down a winding road the words she spoke became more gossip […]
When I was in the 7th grade, I got to live on a farm, in a small town in Indiana, for two years. To say this experience was life-changing is an understatement. I learned so many things during this time. One of my favorite lessons was about planting, cultivating, and harvesting fruit from apple trees. […]
So often, January brings new resolutions, new goals, new hopes, and a clean slate. All of these are fabulous, and we all need the refreshing of something new; however, I wanted to take a second to observe the new me I have become through the past year. Yes, there have been many changes in […]
The other day I had an incident that I learned from. These are the things I love to share with you: lessons and blessings along my journey. Let me preface this lesson that I truly see: “divorce is hard,” even for grown children. An action was done against me by my ex-husband that I momentarily […]
Have you ever had a child say, “Hold out your hand”? Intuition says, “Um, why?” Well, I have two boys, so this has happened more times than you can count. It was cute when they were small because they would give me sweet things like ladybugs or dandelions. As they got older, however, they thought […]