“Mommy, can I go sledding?” I did a double take to see if it was my six year-old daughter who asked me that question. Just two weeks ago, she dramatically entered the house sobbing and proclaiming how she never wanted to go sledding e-v-e-r again. Snow had gotten down in her boots and gloves, and her feet and hands were cold. She didn’t like the ice cold, freezing feeling that it gave her.
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The Transformational Power of Proactive Gratitude
March 9th, 2010
By Victoria Loveland-Coen, Embracing My Journey Guest Blogger
One chilly morning last November, I went for a run in the woods close to where we live in North Carolina with my dog. It was unusually cold and most of the trees had already shed their leaves. I was deep in thought about my life and all the things that weren’t going well…all the opportunities that appeared to have passed me by and how unfair it all seemed. I was running tired and kept stumbling over stones and tree roots, and just considered turning back, when my dog (on leash) stopped and sniffed at something for what seemed like an eternity. Irritated at the idea of being forced to stop, I grumbled something, and then suddenly…I looked up and noticed it. The sun had broken through the clouds and appeared to be shining directly on one tree in a grassy patch. This tree still had its leaves which had turned golden, and in the direct sunlight it positively glowed. I stood there in amazement. “What beauty! What a gift this is!”
Do You Live For Life Or To Meet Death?
March 8th, 2010
By Joanne Aaronson Life Transformations, LLC © 2010. Embracing My Journey Guest Blogger.
Most of us live our lives day-by-day planning what will happen. We plan to get a job, work, earn a living in order to buy material things that supposedly bring happiness, only to find that in the end, we all die. It seems so futile. Should we live our lives only to plan our death? Or should we live our lives, knowing that we will eventually die and continue living?
A Low Density Lifestyle and Creative Intelligence: The Key to Living a Full Life
March 5th, 2010
Michael Wayne, Embracing My Journey, Guest Blogger.
I have coined a phrase I consider to be the ultimate model for a healthy and happy life. It’s called a Low Density Lifestyle, and I believe living this way is the best approach to achieving a life of optimal health and happiness, and to living a life full of passion and purpose.
I define a Low Density Lifestyle as one in which you are living in a more relaxed, less stressed, and calm, clear and focused manner on an everyday basis. When you live this way, you have less tension, rigidity and density in your body, mind and spirit. And when you have less of these in your body, you are then living a less dense lifestyle; in other words, you are living a Low Density Lifestyle.
Career Chaos: How to Raise a Family While Climbing the Corporate Ladder
March 4th, 2010
It’s a struggle that many of us face: running a household while running off to work. Sometimes the sheer volume of “stuff” that we have to accomplish – from leading a staff meeting to leading the Cub Scout troop – is just staggering.
Here are some tips to help you feel more in control:
- Empower your children to be independent. Let them choose their own healthy snacks, outfits and so forth. You won’t be sweating the small stuff, and they’ll be delighted with the “power’ that you’ve given them.
