The Truth Behind A Letter From Albert Einstein On The Universal Force of Love
My sister-in-law (owner ofHand, Heart and Soul) recently posted a letter she found from Albert Einstein supposedly to his daughter on the Universal Force of Love. It touched me so much, I had to do a bit of research into it. This is what I love about the internet and social media postings – you start researching interesting topics you had never even known existed! Most places you find this letter, it is prefaced to his daughter...
20 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Divorce
Not that it would have changed my mind, but it may have prepared me a little bit for what lay after the divorce… I mean let’s be realistic. I was the third wife to my first (and only) x-husband – who is already onto his 4th wife! He had a pattern that I was blind to, like many young women in love. After 12 years together, we are now four years into our divorce. Here is what I wish someone had told me about divorce – just to prepare...
Conscious Foods: Clean Eating – Everything You Need To Know
I’m sure you have heard about this thing called clean eating. Parents are chatting about it at the park, co-workers are talking about it during breaks… I have shared my experiences here as I have learned, tried and thrived eating this way. No, it’s not some fad diet or hippy dippy way of living. And it is so much better and fun than eating fake foods! Clean eating does not call for you to give up things or to fast. Clean eating is...
13 Conscious Ways To Stay Focused and Increase Productivity
Making our dreams into reality is challenging. It takes perseverance, dedication, focus and hard work, something a lot of people shy away from. But the results and benefits are oh so good and they will keep us chasing the rabbit forever! For a while I was lost, unfocused, getting nothing accomplished, falling deeper into depression. Until I had my ah-ha moment one day and realized that I can choose to create and build my dreams, I...
7 Conscious Ways To Thrive After Divorce
Divorced? Struggling to figure it all out? Welcome to the club!! The season after a divorce can be very stormy and overwhelming for even the best of us. It doesn’t matter if you knew it was coming or it was a complete shocker, divorce is ugly, hard and a very painful process. First, you have to adapt and accept that the marriage didn’t work out, then you have to tell family and friends and go through societies’ judgements. And then...
4 Ways To Consciously Help Children Cope During Quarantine
The Covid-19 quarantine has certainly changed everyone’s life, quickly. And as hard as this change has been for us, imagine how rough it has been on our littles, some of whom aren’t even really able to fully understand what is going on. Just that they can no longer go to school or see their friends in person. Just as we need our coping mechanisms as adults, our kids need theirs too. Many of us parents are struggling to find our...
Conscious Goal Setting – What You Need To Know
The Covid-19 quarantine has given us all a lot of time to think and re-think our paths. Many people feel like they are floating through life, coping to survive day to day feeling like they work really hard yet can’t seem to get anywhere. We all go through seasons where we feel this way. That is why goal setting is so important. We’ve talked before about setting intentions, which is a great place to start and to keep us motivated....
7 Conscious Tips To Help You Survive The Covid-19 Quarantine
Most of us have been home in Covid-19 quarantine for a week now and I believe this is just the beginning. Covid-19 is real and we must protect ourselves and those that we love. Some of us are embracing being at home, some of us are freaking out from it. Either way, change can be scary and hard. Thankfully we have the internet, a safe easy way to stay connected to each other from a safe distance. At least our children can still learn...
A Common Sense Approach To Covid-19
A major transition is before us, it is official. The coronavirus outbreak has spread and is shutting life as we know it down. As workplaces, schools and recreation spaces are being shut down, high-profile sporting events, concerts and shows are being cancelled our already struggling healthcare system is about to be put under even more pressure… people are scared. And everything needs to change. This pandemic has dealt a blow to global...
7 Reasons To Plant A Garden This Spring
We love to look at them, we love to photograph them, we love to eat from them, we love the symbolism they bring to our lives; and planting them is pretty amazing too. Planting a garden is a conscious act of hope, a step into acknowledging the power of positive. When you plant a garden you tell the universe that you believe you will be alive to harvest the produce, that you believe enough sun and rain will be given to make the plants...