I am bursting at the seams to be able to share with you the first issue of The Calm Space, a virtual magazine that’s like a day-spa for your senses! This month our theme is A Fresh Start. It’s spring and our thoughts have turned to newness and opportunities and growth. And like the season, [...]

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Often times, it is easy to keep plodding along, doing our jobs, raising our kids and living our lives without the time or energy to think about whether we are doing – not enough – but the right things for us. Life is chock-full of possibility, but when we get really busy with living it, [...]

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The day is nearly upon us, and I’m too excited to keep it a secret any more.   The Calm Space a virtual magazine that’s like a day spa for your senses real but enticing informative but inspiring escape to chill for a minute, or an hour… Cue the music… charge your glasses… and get [...]

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Two wonderful days this weekend. Saturday marked the first day of spring… and I saw evidence that nature has sat up and taken notice immediately. Our iris are blooming their beautiful purple heads off… simply stunning in their short-lived but prolific blooming. The azalea is covered in buds and today I noticed the first two [...]

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The tension. The tightness of muscles. The furrow in the forehead. The clenched fist. The pain in the temples. The thoughts competing in a Grand Prix event in your head. Sometimes what we most need to do is simple. Breathe. More than automatic breathing. Stop and notice your breathing. In. Out. In. Out. Close your [...]

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To me, writers cramp is when your brain goes into painful spasms trying to write something meaningful, worthwhile and brilliant. Beginner writers may recognise the symptoms… I’ve been getting these cramps lately. Today, I have written about my remedy… Writers Cramp – Tossing Out the Old Rules and Expectations – at Joyful, Jubilant Learning. Please [...]

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The key to balancing your desire to be at peace with your need to achieve, perform, and earn a living is in recognizing that there’s no such thing as stress; there are only people thinking stressful thoughts. It’s really as simple as that. When you change the way you process the world, the world you’re [...]

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It’s about time I acknowledged this award… with deep thankfulness and gratitude. Verna from Out of the Cube deliciously gave me this award – oh my goodness – back in April… I can hardly believe it was that long ago! I believe that is one of the most powerful things anyone could say about my [...]

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Do you have those days where you’re running before you even get out of bed? Where the more you wake up, the more you think of things that need to get done. Today. Where your thoughts are miles ahead of you, listing, listing all those things you haven’t got around to doing because you’ve been [...]

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When you change the way you think, you’ll discover that your sadness, fear, frustration and any other troubling feelings cannot last. Even nature can’t create a storm that never ends. – Wayne Dyer Whenever I am in the midst of one of those terrible storms in my life – you know, where everything seems to [...]

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