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Big Girls Do Cry — Why Crying is Not a Weakness.
Big Girls Do Cry — Why Crying is Not a Weakness.
“When the hell was the last time I cried?”
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Jun 28
Yoga Didn’t Save You.
Yoga Didn’t Save You.
I genuinely used to believe that yoga saved me.
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Jun 27
5 Small Things we can Do to Make a Big Change.
5 Small Things we can Do to Make a Big Change.
The big change encompasses our own lives and that of the ecosystem.
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Jun 26
Where Did my Inner Child Go?
Where Did my Inner Child Go?
Where did my inner child go?
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Jun 23
15 Pema Chödrön Quotes that will Bring Peace to Your Heart.
15 Pema Chödrön Quotes that will Bring Peace to Your Heart.
I love Pema Chödrön’s emphasis on being present with ourselves.
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Jun 21
What we keep Getting Wrong about Healing.
What we keep Getting Wrong about Healing.
A few years ago, after multiple failed relationships, I finally jumped on the therapy bandwagon.
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Jun 20
A Reminder for the Days When you Realize you Just Need to Slow Down.
A Reminder for the Days When you Realize you Just Need to Slow Down.
This morning, I sat in bed, taking it more slowly than I usually do.
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Jun 19
“Girl, just because you Can doesn’t mean you Should” & 53 other Pieces of Life Advice.
“Girl, just because you Can doesn’t mean you Should” & 53 other Pieces of Life Advice.
As Elephant Journal editors, we spend a lot of time on Facebook.
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Jun 16
Eckhart Tolle on How to Break the Habit of Excessive Thinking.
Eckhart Tolle on How to Break the Habit of Excessive Thinking.
I can definitely be an excessive thinker, but it’s a practice of mine to come back to the present moment.
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Jun 15
20 Bits of Wisdom for the Tough Days.
20 Bits of Wisdom for the Tough Days.
Last week, a weird funk started creeping in my head — and my heart.
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Jun 14
One Way to Let Go of Guilt & Regret.
One Way to Let Go of Guilt & Regret.
We don’t know what we don’t know.
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Jun 13
The Margaret Atwood Quote that reminds me to Soften.
The Margaret Atwood Quote that reminds me to Soften.
I am so stubborn sometimes.
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Jun 12
Doing These 5 Things will Make you Happier (I Promise).
Doing These 5 Things will Make you Happier (I Promise).
We all want different things in life.
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Jun 9
A Poem for When We Feel Pissed out of Our Minds.
A Poem for When We Feel Pissed out of Our Minds.
Who doesn’t lose their sh*t from time to time?
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Jun 8
15 Osho Quotes to Awaken Your Heart.
15 Osho Quotes to Awaken Your Heart.
When I read Osho’s words, it’s like I feel space inside me expand.
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Jun 7
3 One-Minute Exercises to get our Minds back into a Peaceful Place.
3 One-Minute Exercises to get our Minds back into a Peaceful Place.
When something goes wrong, our minds often punish us far worse than the actual situation does.
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Jun 6
How to Appreciate Being Right Where we Are.
How to Appreciate Being Right Where we Are.
I’ve been finding myself so naturally in a state of deep, soulful appreciation lately.
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Jun 5
7 Virginia Woolf Quotes that help me Celebrate being a Woman.
7 Virginia Woolf Quotes that help me Celebrate being a Woman.
I was having a conversation with my mother about the women in our family the other day.
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Jun 3
Struggling with Wrist Pain? Here’s how you can still Practice Yoga.
Struggling with Wrist Pain? Here’s how you can still Practice Yoga.
I’m still coming to terms with the fact that my yoga practice will never be the same.
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Jun 2
A Powerful Reminder for when we’re Going through Change.
A Powerful Reminder for when we’re Going through Change.
I’ve been thinking a lot about change lately — probably because it seems to be all around me.
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Jun 1
3 Buddhist Quotes to Help you Move through Sadness.
3 Buddhist Quotes to Help you Move through Sadness.
Among all the unwholesome emotions we are familiar with, I think sadness is the most problematic.
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May 23
10 Defining Characteristics of a BFF — how do you Rate?
10 Defining Characteristics of a BFF — how do you Rate?
As we get older, our circles get smaller.
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May 23
Stepping Toward Authenticity: 5 Things We Can Do to Start Being More Authentic.
Stepping Toward Authenticity: 5 Things We Can Do to Start Being More Authentic.
Learning to be authentic is a lesson for many of us.
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May 22
3 Mindful Steps to Ease Anxiety.
3 Mindful Steps to Ease Anxiety.
I’ve been feeling incredibly stressed this week.
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May 19
A Hilarious Video Every Astrology Lover Needs to See.
A Hilarious Video Every Astrology Lover Needs to See.
My boyfriend sent me this video a couple of months ago, and I think I watched it three or four times in row.
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May 19
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