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Category Archives: balance
Not the Expert
For some reason, I get a lot of messages from people asking me about healthy recipes, how to feed kids nutritious foods and exercise routines. I rarely write about any of that, so I’m not sure what kind of “I’m … Continue reading
Posted in balance, divorce, yoga
Tagged diet, exercise, exercise routines, food, greek yogurt, health, healthy-living, homemade chicken nuggets, strong, weight loss. strength
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The “Not” Break-Up
Today I had a “not breaking up” conversation with someone who I was never in the kind of relationship with that you could formally ‘break-up’ in that terminology, so much. As a back story…it is a boy. We met…instantly became … Continue reading
Posted in balance, divorce, moving forward
Tagged breaking up, dating, life lessons, relationships
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Life is a Balance
There is a saying that claims “Life is a balance of holding on and letting go” and I woke up this morning thinking that. And I realized that is probably why yoga teaches us how to live. Let me explain. … Continue reading
Posted in balance, yoga
Tagged balance, health, healthy-living, holding on, letting go, mental-health, physical balance, truth truth, valiant attempts, Yoga
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The Gift
In a not so long ago past, I was referred to, erroneously mind you, as a “cardio junky” The details are blurry since it was irrelevant, but today, as I sat watching highlights of the first episode of the new … Continue reading
Posted in balance, yoga
Tagged Biggest loser, exercise, gift of life, healty eating, heath, weight loss, work-out
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Far From the Center
This whole week I have been feeling way off kilter. Perhaps it is the whole Mayan calender thing that is coming true…you know, the end of the world shenanigans. I don’t know. All I know is that things in life … Continue reading
Twirling in Solitude
Life is probably better alone. Not that my life is bad…but any stretch of the imagination. However, I am coming more and more closely to terms with the idea that less is more when it comes to people. I feel … Continue reading
Posted in adulthood, balance, divorce, looking back, moving forward, solitude
Tagged advice, advice for women divorcing, divorce, invisible, lonely, love, quotes, relationships, solitude, twirling
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Someone Else’s Bitter
As I continue to blunder down the journey of divorce, I find myself once again leaving behind the trail of bitter and venturing into a more peaceful place. I mean, granted, I enjoy my moments of bitter. But, they are … Continue reading
Posted in balance, divorce, moving forward, New Beginnings, yoga
Tagged bitter, divorce, light at the end of the tunnel, waiting for my ship to come in, Yoga
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What Would Candy Do
So – There has been a whole heck of a lot of talk buzzing around the Candy Jar of late surrounding the idea of selling sex for a living. It started as a play on words. And then turned into … Continue reading
Posted in adulthood, balance, decision-making, divorce, moving forward, New Beginnings, Prostitution, solitude
Tagged indecent proposal, Robert Redford, what if, what would jesus do
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Just an Arm’s Distance Away
Today I realized that I am living life at an arm’s length. Remember when you were a little kid, and for whatever reason, whoever was walking next to you was “just too close” so you spread your arms out, and … Continue reading
Posted in balance, moving forward, solitude
Tagged arms length, arms length distance, fear, lonely, protection, safety
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