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Clearing and aligning your chakras in 2023
Have you ever seen a flower on the verge of blooming? Packed tightly into its bud, but waiting to experience the world in all of its vastness and beautifulness. You and I are just like that flower on the edge of blooming, of coming into and fully realizing our potential, but before we can discover it, we need to look inward and balance ourselves. Most often, the intentions we set are around health, finances, career, and relationships but there’s an overlooked part of our lives that once we discover it, changes everything.
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Beginnings – Journeys within Journeys
There is something exciting about beginnings, like entering into a new relationship, starting a different job, moving to an unfamiliar town, getting the key to a freshly purchased house, or where we are finding ourselves right now—the beginning of a new year. What is it about beginnings that excite us so much? I think we all heard the expression “life is a journey.” We recognize that it is an adventure full of twists and turns, ups and downs, ebbs and flows, change, transformation, and growth that all contribute to our evolution as individuals, and ultimately, as humankind collectively. For some, the marking of the beginning of this journey is when we are born into this world in a physical body, and it ends when that physical body dies. Others embrace a more expanded view that includes the belief that we are each a spiritual being in a corporeal form on a temporary passage that is part of an infinite and eternal journey.
Top Supplements Vegans Need To Be Taking Now
The benefits of eating more plants are undeniable, so much that more than half of the U.S. population is eating more plant-based foods due to perceived health benefits. Multiple studies have shown that eating a vegan diet can increase lifespan and lower the risk of many chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, and some types of cancer. This way of eating not only benefits human health but also supports animal welfare and the environment as it is much more sustainable than animal agriculture.
Your New Mom Bod Starts From The Inside Out
Let’s be honest, stigmatizing mom bodies is a deeply lived behavior in our modern society. There are some differences depending on a country and its culture, yet still, there is a huge market of “bouncing back”-offers to a struggling mom. It starts from all the different programs promising to get you a flat belly after childbirth to some magic cremes, oils, and waist trimmers. Especially as a new mom, it’s easy to get trapped in this mentality yourself. When you are in a body that you suddenly don’t recognize, and everything around you says that you should look and feel different by now, no wonder you might think that something is wrong with you or whether this is your new reality.
Fail Big in 2023! Cultivate Lasting Progress
Ready or not, 2023 is here! Hopefully, you are ready and have thought of at least one outrageous goal that you’d like to achieve. Why outrageous? Why not? Now’s a perfect time. You have so much potential, so much going for you, so why not use it and see where it takes you? Is the thought of going all-in on such a goal holding you back because of a deeply-held fear that you might fail? To that I say, you will absolutely fail! If that sounded a bit harsh, when did we make failing such a bad thing? Anytime we start something new, there will be a refining process. Historically, accepting failure was very difficult for me because I took it as a personal hit. I’d say to myself, “Maybe this wasn’t the goal for me, I’ll never measure up, and I’m not good enough.”
A New Year Bursting With Joy
In less than a week, I will be taking the stage as a comedian for the first time. My friends and family will probably tell you that it’s always been in me, but I never saw it. I was too busy playing things safe. Now others would tell you that jumping out of a plane, taking a 3-month solo trip to another country, writing a very vulnerable memoir, and delivering two TEDx talks isn’t exactly playing it safe – but to me, it was.
The Unexpected Gifts of Dementia
“Stephie, I can’t do this anymore,” my mother’s resigned voice sobbed into the phone. With tears in my eyes, I choked out a lame “I know, mom.”
My mother was in the late stages of her dementia. She was often agitated, unpredictable, emotionally labile, and profoundly confused. Her caregiver had just called me to beg for my assistance. Minutes prior, my mother had tried to elope (again) out the back door of her home of over 20 years. The caregiver had tried to block her escape, and, in her fearful state of mind, my mother wielded a wooden dowel like a baseball bat, threatening to club her caregiver if she did not get out of her way. The caregiver dialed me and handed the phone to my mother. My familiar voice did the trick: she came out of her rage and panic.
Recipes
Fig Apricot Cake
We all know the horrors of fruit cake. But what if there is a way for it to taste good? Impossible you say, or is it? There is only one way for you to find out. This recipe is the first fruit cake recipe that has ever made me rethink the way I saw fruit cake. While this cake is denser than a normal cake it has tons of citrus to help break up all the richness that comes with a normal fruit cake. Click on the link below for this recipe and more.
Apple Bees Knees
If you are looking for the perfect drink to ring in the new year and take back control of your health look no further. This beverage is the perfect blend of citrus and apple which both help to boost our immune system. When it comes to the winter months it can take a toll on our immunity and it helps to do what we can when we can to help strengthen it however we can. To get the recipe click on the link below.
Orange Cranberry Margaritas
With a new year here we all want to enjoy all the possibilities it brings with it. This usually means one hell of a party to bring in all the abundance we can. One thing I love is drinks with purpose. This is a great way to do just that. Citrus is amazing for boosting our immunity and cranberries are ideal for flushing out what no longer serves us. As such, having everything come together with a little bit of adult fun in the mix makes this drink a winner.
Cream Cheese Chai Gingerbread Cake
Have you ever wanted to have your cake and eat it too? Well, you’re in luck, this recipe includes citrus and ginger. Both of which help support our immunity and taste great too! Not to mention, you can make it ahead of time and everyone will love it. The best part is that you can eat it as a dessert or even breakfast.
