Is visiting Hawaii on your bucket list? It’s been on our family bucket list since our kids were little so I started a savings account for the trip last year and away we flew – to Maui, where it’s kid-friendly enough to not have to drive too far for big adventure and get in more than just…
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Get Out: Yoga on the Water
Yoga is the practice of spiritual, mental and physical awareness on the body and opening up the chakras – energy centers – for relaxation and transformation. I’ve never attended a yoga class except online (I recommend Yoga with Adrienne) and prefer to start my day with yoga outside on my deck, with the sunrise salutation…
Get Out/Get Real: What do you do with your freedom?
I’m writing a novel about a young Marine amputee coming back after war in Iraq to a sleepy town in Texas and I’ve had the privilege of interviewing several vets – a Navy Seal, two Navy pilots, two Marines and two Army vets. I’ve immersed myself in research about amputees, Iraq, military deployment, PTSD and a…
Get Out: A Girl Goes Solo Camping
To say my family doesn’t like camping is an understatement. They are okay with cabins, but I’ve only slept in a tent with my Cub Scout – two of us amongst the pack. Prior to that I slept in a tent with my then-boyfriend (now husband) in the Grand Canyon in the ’90s. That was…
Get Out: Hike This, Hear That
I grew up with weekends at the lake, my fishing pole sitting idle while I scrambled through the tall grass looking for horned toads and fleeing from crickets. Summer vacations were on the road, in the RV, bunking with my sisters and playing cards until it was time for us to tumble out and play…
Get Real: What does living with intention mean?
After I set this year’s theme to “live with intention” with the call to action to “get real”, I found the following poem from Mary Anne Radmacher whose book is actually called, “Live with Intention.” Obviously, I’m meant to share it with you. Even if all we did was live by this poem, we’d be in…
Get Real: What are you apologizing for?
Are you sorry for feeling sorry? I am. It hit me several weeks ago that I kept apologizing for things that were … a) out of my control b) my personal feelings c) feeling guilty when I shouldn’t I think we all do it, but women seem to be Queen Bee Apologizers. Yes, yes, we…
Get Real: Are you attracting what you want?
Do you know what you really want and how to get it? This week we’re getting real about the Law of Attraction (which was around long before The Secret came out). Quick definition: “I attract to my life whatever I give my attention, energy, and focus to, whether positive or negative.” It’s pretty no-nonsense, basic…
Get Real: Are you Trusting Your Intuition?
Do you trust your inner voice? How can you tell the difference between intuition and desire or reasoning? Intuition is “the ability to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning.” So it’s more like a “blink response.” I think of it as pre-thought which comes from the higher self – that part of…
Get REAL Sleep: 5 Tips to Better Shut-Eye
Our year-long Get REAL challenge continues with week 3, getting real about sleep. I hope you’ll join me in putting more awareness into our lives and staying in the present moment. It’s amazing what a little attention to these wellness matters will do to our overall health and outlook. I’m not an expert on these…
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