Why We Procrastinate & How To Motivate
Have you ever thought “Why do I procrastinate”? If you are anything like me you have this thought kinda regularly…!! It’s a common question that plagues us all. We know we have to get it done, so why do we find any and every excuse to push it off to later? The reality is that procrastination just slows down our rate of success – our ability to achieve great things while creating more stress and anxiety in us. To procrastinate is...
Conscious Gut Health – What You Need To Know
I’ve shared this secret with you before! It’s a good one, one that might unlock a whole lot of answers for you. So let’s get down and dirty and talk about it again… Current studies show an extensive network of neurons lining our guts that is so integral to our health and wellness has been nicknamed our “second brain”. It is known as the enteric nervous system and is the driving force behind your gut feelings, and basically...
7 Ways Travel Is Good For Your Mental Health
Just as we need to be conscious of what we are eating – our physical health, we need to be mindful of our mental health. Balance is very important and if any part of ourselves falls out of sync, we may need a reboot. Mental health is never as black and white as we would hope. It takes a lot of learning, understanding, patience and forgiveness to keep ourselves in balance. Today I want to talk about travel and the benefits to...
Conscious Parenting: Finding Balance with Self-Love
Stop and think for one second. Imagine you are another person in a relationship with yourself. Notice what you say to yourself. How do you treat yourself? How do you speak to yourself? Would you want to be in a relationship with that person? It is quite common, and yes I do this myself on occasion, for people to beat ourselves up with hateful self-talk; have unrealistic expectations causing depression, deprive ourselves of what we...
The Fresh Start Effect
Whether you are ready for it or it is being forced upon you, fresh starts can be amazing. Tomorrow, my children and I will embark on a fresh start, a new beginning. And the science behind the fresh start effect has me excited. Nervous, scared, anxious… but really excited! What is The Fresh Start Effect? The fresh start effect is the idea that people can disassociate their past performance outcomes finding the motivation to change...
20 Ways To Travel Consciously in 2020
It’s a new decade and one of the things hot on my mind is how to travel consciously now. I really believe that to stay on a conscious living path, you must travel. See the world, solve problems both for your community and others, experience all life has to offer, meet new people. Being conscious incorporates awareness on so many levels. This is not just about reducing your carbon footprint, or voluntourism (a travel trend to volunteer...
My Power Word of Intention For 2020!
Happy New Year! Can you believe it is 2020? We are so glad to see 2019 go and 2020 get here. We have so many new exciting things ahead for this year – like moving in 2 weeks. Its time for a fresh start and we are so blessed to have the opportunity to make one together. It’s been a tough road. 2019 threw so many curve balls my way, it did knock me down for a bit. But one word kept me going. My intention word, the one I had set at...
Goodbye 2019
I used to think that the older I got, the more peaceful and easier my life would be. As I became wiser, I would find peace and make better choices leading to happiness. Right? Well they forgot to mention all of the curve balls life throws at you and boy has the universe had a lot in store for us this past year… Peaceful? Hah, I don’t even know what that is anymore!! Let’s see, we started off 2019 with a bang and very positive. Being a...
5 Ways To Be Conscious This Holiday Season
The holiday season comes and goes so quickly and often leaves us (well me anyway) in a whirlwind! The gifts, the amazing food, the events… there is so much to see and do it can often times overwhelm us. Something I started doing 4 years ago was setting intentions for the New Year. You can read about that here (and I would love to have you join me this year in doing it on January 1, 2020!!) but today I want to talk applying that to...
Domestic Violence During The Holidays
Some say the holidays are the best time of year. All of the gift giving, socializing with friends and family, the foods, the festivities, seeing our children’s eyes light up in joy, the decorating, our own expectations… it all brings an air of mystery and fun. Of course along with this comes all of the pressures for everything to be just right – financial pressure, getting the right gift pressure, serving the right foods and...