Slow living can drastically change an unfulfilled and overwhelming life. I’ve been reflecting lately about how I’ve spent my entire life looking for the next thing to do, the next goal to accomplish. Since we were kids, we’ve been conditioned this way. For me, I was always eager to start the next school year, then …
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5 Reminders if You Struggle with Anxiety During the Holidays
Do you experience anxiety with the holiday season? When you think of the holidays perhaps you have an idealistic image of what they should look like. Maybe you imagine all your loved ones gathering in one place, smiling and laughing together. Or maybe you imagine a warm and cozy house, decorated with twinkling lights and a …
Body Scan for Stress Relief
When was the last time you tried meditation to calm your feelings of overwhelm and stress? Maybe you tried it for a few minutes but your mind kept wandering to your never-ending to-do list so you gave up because the stress of doing nothing felt “unproductive.” 🙋 I know I have and sometimes I still …
Train the Mind & Body to Relax
😬Feeling tense?! If the answer is yes, then this is the perfect meditation for you. Embrace the tenseness to realize how much you can let go and release. 👉With this progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) meditation, you will focus on tensing certain parts of the body. And with each breath out, you will allow yourself …
Meditation to Stop Overthinking
Have you ever heard someone say to stop overthinking or to reduce stress or anxiety, try meditation! And your response is…”I can’t meditate, I can’t get my mind to shut up.” 🙋♀️I know I am guilty of this. 👉But did you know in mindfulness meditation, there is NO RULE that says this shouldn’t happen. 👉Actually, …
Simple Three Part Breath Meditation for Stress
🧰Include this 3-Part Breath in your toolbox to help manage anxiety and stress. ✨In this exercise, we’ll practice breathing in both full and sectioned breathing. 🫁We’ll inhale fully and then begin to exhale out our breath in increments of thirds! ✨This practice will increase relaxation, lung capacity and will help to lower the tension and …
Stress Reduction: Three Methods to Cope
Life for almost everyone is a series of stressful events, hopefully, interspersed with periods of abatement and recovery. However, many people are operating their day-to-day lives under a continuous current of tension and stress that seems to never leave them. I know I’ve been there. Working in public accounting during the busy season was generally …