Tag: Ideas
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Finding Calm When Fear Gets Louder
Why the best decisions are often made after the pause. Image by Shingo_No from Pixabay Fear shows up: uninvited or right on time. Either way, it always has something to teach us. It is wired into our DNA and passed down through generations of survival. Our ancestors didn’t just sense danger but also listened to it. Without…
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When Plans Break, Life Begins
LIFE LESSONS The best things in my life happened when my plans got canceled. Photo by Bozhin Karaivanov on Unsplash When life knocked me down so hard, I got stuck in waves of anxiety. I believed in coping with challenges by creating excess plans: plans A, B, or Z. You name it, I always had a…
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I See Myself in My Happy Place
In response to Dancing Elephants prompt 52 of 52 Photo by Redd F on Unsplash This story is written in response to the prompt “Walking down on Memory lane”. I love prompts like this that make me reminisce with joyful tears!! I just followed the instructions here by Dr. Gabriella Korosi: “Close your eyes and think about the…
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Light Up Your Thoughts to Spark Joy
Even when everything else is dark! Photo by Wout Vanacker on Unsplash I was going through waves of emotion that were well overdue. As I set the timer to vent my feelings, I got a call from a long-distance friend. The words that came out of her were drenched in painful tears. At that moment, she was…
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The Only Time to Live Your Best
is NOW Photo by Sagar Kulkarni on Unsplash This story was originally published in Magicbytes, my substack newsletter. I raced through the first half of my life without any second thoughts. The thought of taking a moment to just breathe tickled my brain. Who does that? Or at least I had no time for that. I…
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What Do You Choose to Do Today?
Fun or Funner?! Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash This story was originally published in Magicbytes, my substack newsletter. The best thing about reading is that the words find their way to our unconscious mind in no time. Later at some point in our lives, when we need them, the inner voice speaks to us, the exact…
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The Power of Listening to the Quiet
With your heart! Photo by Katerina Pavlyuchkova on Unsplash This story was originally published in Magicbytes, my substack newsletter. Turn off that noisy mind. In the still silence, the world speaks to us in ways, only our hearts can interpret. Recently, I was flying with my husband and two kids. We usually book all three seats in…
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Your Wait Time Could Transform Your Life
Forever! Photo by Aleksandra Sapozhnikova on Unsplash This story was originally published in Magicbytes, my substack newsletter. Waking up to the smell of freshly brewed coffee, I used to scroll through my WhatsApp chats. Every time there was a text notification from my best buddies’ group, I felt thrills. But it was so short-lived when the…
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What Happiness Means to Me
In response to Dancing Elephants prompt 25 of 52 Photo by Danie Franco on Unsplash This story was originally published in Magicbytes, my substack newsletter. Happiness to me is choosing to devour the chocolate ice cream above anything else! I had been working back to back since 6 am. My legs finally halted, along with my mind,…
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