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How the LoveBlog is My Blogger’s Holiday Every Year

I am amazed at how fast this month went by. Usually I feel like February drags on forever. It was a good month. Lots of wonderful things are coming into play. And I owe a good bit to the opportunity I have with #LoveBlog. This yearly initiative pushes me to open up and share more. […]

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How Your Personality Type Can Be Driving Your Creative Processes

You would think this would be the easier post for me to write being that creativity is something that typically comes naturally to me. I think it’s in defining it that it transforms into a struggle for me. What’s My Personality Type? Lately I’ve been spending a lot of time unmasking and exploring my personality […]

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How I’m Learning to Embrace Beautiful Vulnerability

Well folks, here it is the second day that I’m co-hosting for #LoveBlog2019. I shared a little bit about my feelings on Instagram about writing today’s prompt – Vulnerability. I shared my thoughts with a picture of me hiding behind a SnapChat filter. It seemed fitting. Vulnerability isn’t something most of us like to share. […]

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Why I Love Blogging in February

Sunday nights. I love Sunday nights. This is my wind down time and my prep time for the week ahead. This is also my quietest time of the week. I spent this late evening curled up in my freshly washed sheets (yay, finally got around to crossing that off my to-do list) and watching a […]

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How I Use the #LoveBlog for Self-Growth

This was my second year co-hosting the #LoveBlog. Each year I’ve discovered more about myself through the challenge and have expanded on my writing. The prompts are thought-provoking and motivating. I absolutely love reading the other participants points of views on the topics and seeing other perspectives. It is such a growth opportunity! Through participating […]

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10 Quotes that Help Me See the Silver Linings in My Mistakes

Mistakes are something I find that my thoughts revolve around quite often. Naturally I am typically pretty hard on myself when I make a mistake. Maybe it’s being a Virgo or maybe it’s something else but I find it very easy to fall into a nasty judgmental and super critical state of mind when it comes […]

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10 Awesome Things I Do for Health, Happiness & Balance

It’s Day 7 of the #loveblog2018! Today’s prompt is ‘Wellness’ and this is a topic that has become a huge focus in I grew up with a mom in the medical field and a dad in safety management so I guess wellness has always been a part of my life in some way or another […]

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How Indulging in Your Guilty Pleasures Keep You Happy

Guilty Pleasures. I’m sitting here eating my third piece of cake this weekend thinking about what I want to write for my #loveblog prompt, guilty pleasures. Yes, third piece of cake. Saturday it was a rollerskating birthday party for my son’s step-cousin with a gorgeous unicorn cake with amazingly delicious fondant and icing, Saturday night it […]

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Setting Healthy Boundaries: Simple Tips for a Happy Life

Boundaries. This is something I give a lot of thought to, something I’ve quite struggled with in the past – in relationships, in friendships, with family, and at work. It’s led me to feeling drained and burnt out many times. I know setting boundaries with those we care about can be tough, in fear of […]

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Dandelion Wishes & What They Do For Us

Wishes make me think of dandelions…like when we were young and we would grab as many as we could gather in our hands and blow the seeds around and send out the simplest wishes. Wishes are magical sparks that dance around our mind like sparklers. They are the easy breeze that blows through the leaves. […]