Create Great Habits

Believe That You Already Have It

The following piece is an excerpt from my book, “Word, From Your Mother,” a daily guidance journal written for my children, Liv and Pierce-Gabriel. Excerpt #19 How often do you use your imagination to create? Your imagination is the most powerful tool to create what you desire. In other words, you can use it asContinue reading “Believe That You Already Have It”

How Habits Can Be A Good Thing

The following piece is an excerpt from my book, “Word, From Your Mother,” a daily guidance journal written for my children, Liv and Pierce-Gabriel. Excerpt #16 I’m a creature of habit. Habits are good things to have as long as they don’t take over your life, and as long as they’re good habits! I findContinue reading “How Habits Can Be A Good Thing”

How To Recognize Oneness In You

The following piece is an excerpt from my book, “Word, From Your Mother,” a daily guidance journal written for my children, Liv and Pierce-Gabriel. Excerpt #15 It is important to feel validated. I try to remain humble by reassuring myself that I don’t need someone else to tell me I’m smart enough, look good enough,Continue reading “How To Recognize Oneness In You”

These Are a Few of my Favorite Things…

It’s time to raise our frequencies to a desirable height and keep it there! I’m finding it very challenging as the weather becomes warmer and more pleasant to sit still at my home office to work. I find myself gazing to the right (out the window) or to the left (out the sliding glass doors)Continue reading “These Are a Few of my Favorite Things…”

Create the “Write” Habit

I’ve been a teacher for 18 years and have found the topic of writing is a touchy one for many. After all, writing is a craft and many feel defeated when they’re asked to initiate the process, independently. Writing prompts are helpful but sometimes folks still get stuck finding the words to create a coherentContinue reading “Create the “Write” Habit”

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“Lit” Leftovers

I don’t know about you guys, but I grew up being extremely aware of not wasting food. My sister and I were members of “the clean plate club” which earned us a star on the sticker board after each meal was completely polished off. And, if you didn’t eat every morsel on your plate, youContinue reading ““Lit” Leftovers”

How do I Meditate?

There’s so much information about “how to” meditate. I’ve read countless books and techniques. All of them have been great, truthfully. However, I believe there’s no one-size-fits all way to meditate. You have to practice what feels right to you. I’m a pretty hyper person (in a good way). I have a busy and creativeContinue reading “How do I Meditate?”

Self-Care & Compassion

I felt the urge to write about two hard habits to form and stick with with; self-care & compassion. It has become habitual for many of us to neglect ourselves on a daily basis. I don’t know about you but I often catch myself being inattentive or downright mean to myself! In order to redirectContinue reading “Self-Care & Compassion”

Where do I start? During this unusual time in our lives, many folks are not quite sure what to do with themselves for an entire day (let alone probable weeks), in the confines of their homes. I’d like to offer some proactive choices to help keep things flowing. First, try to create a daily scheduleContinue reading “Create Great Habits”