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Planning ahead can bring peace and security, helping us feel more in control of our lives in general. However, unexpected events may occur which derail …

Stress is a part of life that we can all relate to. It’s that feeling of being overwhelmed, anxious, or bogged down that can seem …

While some women seem to manage stress levels well and outwardly, some, indeed, struggle greatly. We are not designed to cope with high levels of …

Feeling lost and confused can happen to anyone at any time. You don’t even need a major event to throw you off of your game. …

Relaxation often gets pushed to the bottom of the to-do list, as busyness takes over. Unfortunately, being able to relax for greater wellness is often …

When you are feeling low and struggling with your mental health, it can feel like a large internal battle is constantly at play. This experience …

If you want to live a more peaceful life all while bringing greater health to your family, consider gardening.  Just ask any of your gardening …

Finding happiness and staying healthy has many facets. First of all, you have a body, mind, and spirit to consider while trying to build a …

It is interesting how life events can give us the option to develop new perspectives which can then impact us on all levels. This happened to me on Thursday when I received a call from my dad about some family issues. After fretting over it, losing the day from fretting, I realized that this was an opportunity from the Universe, an invitation to review my feelings about the subject, previous work I had done on it and thought I had completed, and perhaps make a more conscious shift to position me better into the future.

Remember the balance beam in the school yard? Did you walk on it, balancing with your arms out from your side in the air? What about the lines on the sidewalk that you would walk like a tightrope? It was all about feeling the success of walking the line without falling off. We all have experienced that bliss of success. We also all know how it feels to "fall" and be in the topsy-turvey moments. How did you handle it when you fell off the balance beam? Did you criticize yourself? Did you swear to never get up on that thing again? Or, did you get right back up and take the risk of falling off again? Maybe a little of both? But here is the nitty-gritty: Each choice we make has a purpose. Life requires moments of imbalance in order to find the perfect balance.

I awakened the other morning and was confronted with an idea, a spark, a concept and really, an inner awakening. We, as humans, invest a large amount of time avoiding fear, requesting safety at every turn and ensuring we are stepping on sure footing. We make decisions not to go sky-diving or abseiling, horse-riding or snow-skiing because we have fears; fears of heights, fears of dark alleys, fears of creepy crawlies. My "awakening" came in the form of realizing that we sabotage ourselves every day, blindly allowing fear to invade and infiltrate our happiness and joy. You know why? Because we give permission for our ego to reign with the same fear we avoid in the physical world.

We are laid bare by the assumptions of who we are before we even have a chance to explain. Perhaps they are not even listening. Part of being present is releasing ourselves from the idea of how things are, or should be, because of the past or the cultures surrounding us; releasing assumptions of others and more importantly assumptions of ourselves.

I sat on the couch the other night, beside me was the constant pile of books to indulge in, but I didn’t think I was in the mood for reading. The TV was on, though nothing much was on it, and I had my staple cup of green tea. Deciding to have a squiz at one of the books anyway, I flicked a few pages, came across something I thought to be interesting and off I went.