Have you ever gone on a media fast? This is when you consciously remove media from your life for a period of time. No TV. No radio. No Internet. No cell phones or gaming gadgets.
The easiest way to do this is to go on vacation somewhere remote where you don’t have access to your modern-day [...]

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I see this day as a new beginning. (It’s never too late to have a new beginning.)
Today and tomorrow can be very different from yesterday if you can let yesterday go and focus on today.
Today and tomorrow are about your NOW vibration, and you have complete control over that.
Look for things to feel good about, [...]

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It’s ok to be silly sometimes. Or enjoy watching other silliness around you. After all, you know what they say about all work and no play. You don’t want to become a dull girl or boy.
If you’re not in New York, you may be saying to yourself, “Oh, that’s something that would only happen in [...]

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Getting centered and balanced – that’s difficult for many people to achieve. We’re never actually totally balanced or centered. When we stand still, or what we experience in yoga class when trying a balance posture, our body is always correcting and moving slightly. We sway forward, and then back, trying to keep ourselves in balance [...]

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The recession may be shrinking wallets, but for some it’s expanding waistlines.
A couple of months ago, the NY Times reported that candy sales were up – not fancy candies, but corner store and nostalgic varieties.  And a recent survey by Career builder showed that people were snacking more due to worries about the recession.
This is [...]

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This week, I’ve been reading “The Healing Secrets of Food” by Deborah Kesten. In the book, she talks a lot about the mind-body connection and how being mindful of consuming not only makes your eating more pleasant but also makes it a more nourishing experience.
In the chapter about mindfulness, she notes several studies that showed [...]

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“If you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything at all.”
That’s what my mom used to say to me and my sister – usually when we were fighting or complaining about something. This oft-quoted saying used to just annoy me. But now I realize how important it really is, especially when it comes [...]

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If you feel like you’ve had too much to eat over the holidays, it’s fine to take a break from eating. As long as you have no serious medical problems that would prohibit you from doing so, taking a day or two to cleanse your body with a fast is a healthy way to give [...]

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