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Holding on
We all want something to hold. As children we hold on to our parents hands, little trinkets we find, anything that makes our little hearts feel happy. As we grow up, we get bigger, our dreams get bigger, our hands get bigger and can hold more, and most importantly our hearts get bigger, and need more to keep them full and satisfied. As a kid we need a group of other kids our age to keep us happy and feel loved. We want our friends to play with and keep us entertained. It's pretty simple. But as we grow older, we need more out of our friends. We need them to hold our hands when we get heart broken, feed our cats while we're away for the weekend, or pour us more wine while we vent about the latest bullshit our boss has decided to put us through at work. Maybe we don't need a large group of friends like we used to, but we all need at least one close friend that's there for us whenever we need them. We need those friends to come over to visit us in our homes we now also now need. A home that gives us shelter, a sense of comfort and belonging. It helps us hold belongings that we now need to help us feel as though we have a place in the world. We have a place to keep possessions that remind us of our past. It just seems like the older we get, the more we seem to hold on to. Grudges, memories, anxieties, good things and bad alike, we just hold on to it. At least once a year I need to go through my apartment and clean it of all the things I've accumulated through the year that I just for some reason can't seem to get rid of. I have pictures on my phone that I just can't seem to delete, even though I have 23 versions of it with varying light levels. They have entire shows about how we hold on to everything. Some people hoard actual trash, because sometimes, to them, it makes them feel whole. We just, hold on.
By H Martin6 years ago in Motivation
Take the Leap: Personal & Spiritual Growth Tips for the Journey
Is it just me, or does life continue to feel like it speeds up with each passing year? Throw some life goals and unfinished business into the mix, and the list of things to do just feels like a mountain of defeat. Before you start thinking, “Why try,” let’s look at the time you already have to hold a space for your growth.
By Cicely Everson6 years ago in Motivation
3 Morning Routine Must Do's. Top Story - September 2019.
The words "morning routine" are all the buzz in the world of personal development these days. The most successful people are locked into their morning routines, and claim it is an important component of their success. People become obsessed with the morning routine of the successful people they look up to, but morning routines are not something that can be copied to achieve success. Morning routines need to be a personal journey for you in order for them to become a meaningful part of your day. However, there are three consistent actions that are required to help you start your day with success.
By Marci Brodock6 years ago in Motivation
I Made Up This Method for Goal-Setting and Here’s What Happened
After scoring a meaningful win recently, I decided to create a private Facebook group for my clients who were serious about setting some health/life goals. It isn’t really about the type or size of the goal itself. What matters is the desire behind it. How badly do you want it?
By Cicely Everson6 years ago in Motivation
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
Thursday mornings are my favourite. That’s because Thursday mornings are reserved for Miss Harrison and her kindergarten class at G.R Allen School. Today is extra special though, it’s my first day, and we are making Father’s Day Cards.
By Jane Enright6 years ago in Motivation
Discovering You Again
As women we have multiple pressures upon us of what we ‘should’ do and be as a female in society. We are bombarded with these pressures from all sides—social and media expectations, family and work commitments, the constant advertising ‘goals’ we are supposed to accomplish, and the result is we are diminished as individuals. We ‘must’ look a certain way, dress a certain way, and be all things to all people—Mother, wife, homemaker, excellent worker, athletic, fashionable, friend—and the list goes on. It is not achievable, and we should not try, but societal pressures make us feel like a failure if we don’t ‘match’ the ideal portrayed on every advert.
By Mandy Eve-Barnett6 years ago in Motivation
Top Ten Tips for Rising This Fall
The summer is fading as we are bombarded by Back to Work, Back to School and Back to Real Life. Next thing we know, it will be Thanksgiving and the holidays are around the corner. Yet, life is not intended to be marked by bookends or as a highlight film, but rather as an opportunity to thrive and infuse the present with purpose and the mundane with meaning.
By Rabbi Daniel Cohen6 years ago in Motivation
Healing Autoimmune Hepatitis
The world we live in today does seem so out of control and terrifying. Trying to make sense out of all the violence, fear, sadness, and hate that we see on the mainstream news can make it look so hopeless. Our daily lives are consumed with trying to survive and thrive in a society that seems so focused on mindless consumption and profit. The polarization of ideologies and belief systems further divides and segregates people.
By Iron Eagle Mike6 years ago in Motivation
Finding My Niche
WHOLEHEARTED LIVING In 2008, at a free Personal Development (PD) seminar, I made my first conscious, determined career decision and commitment, ever. That was that I would work in the PD industry. Up until then, my career path was what I now call a "Lifestyle and next shiny object" path, during which I gained loads of experience and skills across many industries. I think "professionally" I would have been categorised as a "generalist." I ended up with 5 industry specific resumes, which meant that in any job, I could only use limited parts of my skillset and who I was.
By Kim Townsend6 years ago in Motivation
Transformation
It’s Labor Day weekend, and I’m feeling a huge change. I have crossed over into the beautiful territory known as Loving Your Own Company. It was a long journey to get here. At times, grueling, painful, and full of panic. For many years I experienced what I call the "Friday afternoon squirrelies" on a weekly basis. They have vanished and so has loneliness. How did I get here? Did I just get over it, or did my appetites change? I know that last year I would have agonized a bit over not having holiday weekend plans. Not this year.
By KRC Wolf6 years ago in Motivation
