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I’m not “Spiritual.” I just practice being a Good Person.
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How to Fall in Love with your Sadness, Heartbreak, & Shame like a Buddhist.
How to Fall in Love with your Sadness, Heartbreak, & Shame like a Buddhist.
How to fall in love with the confused, lonely, sad, aggressive, grieving, whatever-you-feel-is-less-than-loveable parts of yourself.
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Apr 17
At 8 years old, I started Hating my Body. This is what Helped Me.
At 8 years old, I started Hating my Body. This is what Helped Me.
I think I was about eight years old the first time I rejected my body — an age a bit older than many girls today.
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Apr 14
2 Ways to Feel more Gratitude & Appreciation Each Day.
2 Ways to Feel more Gratitude & Appreciation Each Day.
Life is beautiful and it can also feel challenging sometimes.
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Apr 10
12 Eckhart Tolle Quotes that Will Help You Grow Spiritually With Your Partner.
12 Eckhart Tolle Quotes that Will Help You Grow Spiritually With Your Partner.
The first time I read The Power of Now, I knew I would come back to it again.
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Apr 7
10 Good-Feeling Quotes to Get us in a Light, Bright Spring Mood.
10 Good-Feeling Quotes to Get us in a Light, Bright Spring Mood.
It’s starting to feel like spring, with the sounds of the birds and the hint, the promise, of warmer weather.
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Apr 4
6 Ways to Manifest our Desires by Using our Subconscious Mind.
6 Ways to Manifest our Desires by Using our Subconscious Mind.
As humans, we’re blessed with the innate power to make wonders happen — if we know how to use our gifts.
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Apr 1
7 Helpful Tips for People who Find it Tough to Meditate.
7 Helpful Tips for People who Find it Tough to Meditate.
Some people just can’t meditate.
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Mar 29
Why We Need to Stop Trying to Define Everything.
Why We Need to Stop Trying to Define Everything.
We humans seem to like to define things.
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Mar 26
Hate is Weak.
Hate is Weak.
Hate gives empty people a feeling like meaning. But it doesn’t create beloved community, it’s internally toxic, and externally harmful…
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Mar 23
The 5 “Buddhist” Stages of Grief.
The 5 “Buddhist” Stages of Grief.
The 5 Buddhist Stages of Dealing with Loss:
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Mar 20
A Letter of Self-Love to my Inner Child (& the Woman I have Become).
A Letter of Self-Love to my Inner Child (& the Woman I have Become).
There’s a photo of me sitting on the top of my bookshelf in my room.
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Mar 17
The Two Priceless Truths I Tell Myself when Things go Wrong.
The Two Priceless Truths I Tell Myself when Things go Wrong.
For the better part of my life, I wanted things to be perfect.
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Mar 14
The Buddhist View on Karma (& How we can Cleanse Ours).
The Buddhist View on Karma (& How we can Cleanse Ours).
The last discussion I had about karma occurred in my Introduction to Buddhism course.
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Mar 11
Maya Angelou on what it means to be Truly Glamorous.
Maya Angelou on what it means to be Truly Glamorous.
We do not wake up every morning feeling beautiful.
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Mar 8
The Buddhist way to be Unconditionally Happy.
The Buddhist way to be Unconditionally Happy.
The pursuit of happiness has become elusive.
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Mar 5
The Buddhist Teaching that can Help Us Break the Habit of People Pleasing.
The Buddhist Teaching that can Help Us Break the Habit of People Pleasing.
Have you heard of maitrī?
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Mar 2
Making Peace (& Friends) with the Parts of Us that Frustrate Us.
Making Peace (& Friends) with the Parts of Us that Frustrate Us.
Yesterday, I noticed that I felt a low hum of restlessness most of the day.
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Feb 28
Gardening in a War Zone. {Alla Olkhovska, Floret}
Gardening in a War Zone. {Alla Olkhovska, Floret}
I found this profoundly sad, yet inspiring too. F*ck Putin.
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Feb 25
Letting go of Guilt, Shame & Regret.
Letting go of Guilt, Shame & Regret.
Last night, I sat on my meditation mat before starting my sādhanā and cried.
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Feb 22
17 Things We Need to Stop Doing if We’re Serious about Becoming Happier.
17 Things We Need to Stop Doing if We’re Serious about Becoming Happier.
I’ve always wanted to become happier.
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Feb 19
The Basic Goodness that you Possess, whether you know it or not.
The Basic Goodness that you Possess, whether you know it or not.
Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis presents:
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Feb 16
Advice to people in their 20s from People who are 40+ and happy with their life.
Advice to people in their 20s from People who are 40+ and happy with their life.
Hard-won Advice from Happy 40+-year-olds to all you Unhappy Young Hotties.
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Feb 12
6 Signs you have a Wounded Inner Child.
6 Signs you have a Wounded Inner Child.
Over the last few years, I’ve been getting to know my inner child.
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Feb 9
A Mantra for When We are Gripped by Fear & Unable to Move Forward.
A Mantra for When We are Gripped by Fear & Unable to Move Forward.
Moving from certainty to uncertainty is scary.
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Feb 6
Next time you’re Losing Heart.
Next time you’re Losing Heart.
“In the age of information, ignorance is a choice.” ~ Donny Miller
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Feb 3
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