Happy Monday.. And Happy First Day of Spring! I woke up this morning feeling fresh and renewed :) (which is strange because my sleep has not been the best since daylight savings.) Perhaps I was excited because Spring is my birthday season, the season of my/our baby shower (which I’ve been using as an “influence” for the theme) & when our little girl will be welcomed home. I started thinking about the season of Spring in general and all of the lessons we could learn from this

This is absolutely one of my personal mantras. When I feel my heart start to race, or I'm getting ahead of myself, I ALWAYS come back to this one. Inhale-2-3-4, Exhale-2-3-4. Repeat as needed. So this week, I thought I'd give you a few ways to amend this mantra depending on what you need: Inhale love, exhale hate Inhale confidence, exhale doubt. Inhale the future, exhale the past. Inhale hope, exhale fear. Inhale compassion, exhale judgement. Inhale positivity, exhale anxiety

"just think happy thoughts and you'll fly" - peter pan Do you believe in the power of your thoughts and beliefs? I never did. I thought it was a bunch of hocus pocus (it's officially October - which means this is a totally acceptable saying and your reminder to go watch the movie! ;P). I read a lot of books and heard a lot of successful people talk about the power your mind and thoughts. It wasn't until I started observing that I finally discovered examples that made me belie

"patience is not the ability to wait but how you act while you're waiting" -joyce meyer So often, we want something...and we want it NOW, not later! It's really, really hard to be patient, especially when you want something so badly. For me, having patience and playing the waiting game is where my faith becomes very active. I know my trust and faith is wavering whenever I start to wonder "When, God, when?" or I start to become impatient. When I start to ask these questions, I

"Not all who wander are lost" - JRR Tolkien My family and I had a conversation recently about the 2 types of people in the world: those that enjoy the journey and those that enjoy reaching the destination. But really, do we ever reach the destination?? It got me thinking about myself and how I've been handling everything recently. I was so overwhelmed with the travel and EVERYTHING I had to do in May, I was hardly enjoying the journey. And I'm a bit upset with myself about it

It is easy to play the victim, to place blame, to find excuses, to remove responsibility. But the truth is you ARE in charge. Of your life. Of your choices. Of your attitude. Of your mindset. ONLY YOU. You may hand control over to other people and tell yourself that you no longer have power over what happens. Been there, done that. I told myself that story ~ I couldn't control what happened to me. I was destined to be in that sad, lonely, depressing situation forever. I freel