Having experienced many challenges in my life over the years, I have been on a journey of growth, spirituality, self-care, forgiveness, and personal development. Many of the topics in the Mandala Journal are techniques I have used to help me through some of my darkest days and to invite more joy and gratitude into my life. Now I want to share them with you!
Mindfulness and meditation are incredibly powerful tools for taking control of our emotions, managing stress and allowing ourselves time to unplug, breathe, and focus on what is most important to us. These practices can also help our minds relax and work through the challenges we just can’t seem to find the answers to on our own. I hope these posts will help you in your personal journey as much as they have helped me in mine.
If there is a topic you would like me to cover, a technique you can share with others, or a story you want to tell, please reach out to me! If your idea or story gets published, you will receive exclusive hand-drawn mandalas just for you.
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The holidays are a time for peace, joy, and family. It’s also the season where we show the ones we love how much we love them by showering them with gifts. It’s a tradition as old as time, and it has pure, well-meaning intentions. However, the powers-that-be have turned simple gift-giving into a multi-billion-dollar industry. An industry we so willingly participate in each year, without so much as a consideration for the effects on our environment, mental health, and bank accounts.
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Over the years, the time we spend on our screens (whether that be our smartphones, laptops, TVs, or iPads) has increased significantly. Add in a global pandemic, and watch those numbers soar even higher. I know I don’t speak for myself when I say I certainly have spent more time on my smartphone than I did five years ago. Hell, it seems like my screen time percentage increases each week!
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When we suffer a sudden loss from our daily routine it is generally job loss, moving, the end of a friendship, or the death of a loved one. Those all come with a prescribed grieving period. But when you have an empty nest? Society has depicted parents as throwing a party and renovating the child-turned-adult’s room into a craft room.
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Forgiveness is powerful, that’s why it’s so difficult to ask for. We tend to hold on to our faults and keep score of our failures, but to what end? Learn a lesson, make a new plan, and move forward to tackle another challenge. Thrive! New Year’s Day has come and gone, and in the heart of February, there’s a very good chance that your resolutions began to unravel if not completely fallen apart. You know what? That’s okay!
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Tea is a wonderful source of comfort, relaxation, joy, reward, and inspiration. There’s a tea for every mood, moment, and state of mindfulness. Enjoyed the world over in a variety of ways, hailed in ceremony, and served to classy company, tea is always appropriate!
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How are those New Year’s Resolutions going? And those birthday year goals? Best Life milestones? Bucket List checkmarks? Whatever you call them, we have all set goals in our lives that we have failed at completing. Maybe you want to become physically stronger, better at being on time, a regular at mailing birthday cards, to try meditation, or learn how to cook. No matter how big or how small your goals, here are some tips that could help you find focus and the ambition to get back on track right now.
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Are you looking to boost your immune system, lessen feelings of loneliness and isolation, increase your happiness, and have stronger emotional relationships? Seems impossible to make all these changes in your life by introducing one habit, right? I promise this is not the transcript for an infomercial.
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For something that happens naturally to your body, menopause sure feels like it’s trying to destroy you. Like you’re mutating from within and when the metamorphosis is complete you’ll be a whole new you: or maybe have superpowers, at least. Right?!
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Have you ever had a turmeric latte? That’s the western world word for it, it’s more commonly known in the east as golden milk or turmeric milk. Essentially, it’s hot milk with a teaspoon, or more, of ground turmeric stirred in thoroughly.
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With all of Ontario being in lockdown and no end to the global COVID-19 pandemic insight, it can be challenging to stay positive.
