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Gratitude, Happiness, Motivation Monday, Self Love

Motivation Monday: April 27, 2020

Amanda

How about a little love for this Monday?! Karen Clodfelder has a heartwarming thought about love:

As we grow older together, as we continue to change with age, there is one thing that will never change…I will always keep falling in love with you.

Don’t we all want someone who makes it easy to fall in love with again and again, and have the same in return? That’s what we’re striving for, right? Not for all of us. I think, now more than ever, we need to remind ourselves that it’s just as important to continue falling in love with ourselves too. Through challenges, change, growth, and beyond, we aren’t the same person we were two, ten, or twenty years ago. Our principles and experiences make us genuinely unique, and we deserve to be loved by ourselves unconditionally.

This week’s practice

This week, I hope you celebrate yourself. Spend a few minutes every day recognizing and acknowledging how extraordinary you are. You’ve changed, triumphed, witnessed, and accomplished so much already; you deserve so much self-respect. Give your insecurities and inner critic a break, indefinitely.

Mindfulness, Motivation Monday

Motivation Monday: April 13, 2020

Amanda

Happy (day after) Easter! 🐰

It can be easy to get caught up in things we can’t control, especially nowadays as events are cancelled, non-essential businesses are closed, and social distancing is commonplace. It’s easy for the negativity monster to sneak in, manipulate you, and drain your energy without you knowing until it’s too late.

This week’s motivation is taken from Roy T. Bennet’s book, The Light in the Heart:

“Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.”

Don’t let uncontrollable circumstances consume you. Instead, intentionally shift your mindset away from what you can’t control and redirect your energy into something productive. For example, instead of fixating on your inability to order your favorite dish from a local restaurant that’s closed due to quarantine (something beyond your control), try recreating it in your own kitchen (or support local business and get takeout if it’s available). Just like that, you’ve repurposed your energy into a creative and productive response! Just think of all we could accomplish if we didn’t dwell on the things we couldn’t control!

This week’s practice

This week, I hope you begin to learn that we will never be able to control everything. I hope you learn to recognize any negative energy that is brought into your space as a result of this, acknowledge and accept the subsequent feelings, breathe deeply, and redirect your energy toward something positive and productive, even if it is only temporarily.

What is the biggest challenge you faced last week? How did it affect your energy?