HELLO Loving Lately readers! Today I want to introduce you to another incredible (and FREE!) resource that both Kelly and I use to supercharge our lives and overall just feel happier and more connected with our world.
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That tapping thing
I think one of the most frustrating things about how we as a culture talk about stress is that we constantly emphasize how bad stress is for you, but offer very little in terms of actual effective and easy to use tools to use to reduce our stress and create happier, healthier lives.
Enter: that tapping thing. AKA EFT (emotional freedom technique) or tapping.
The Power of I: Intuition & Intention Setting
"Within every storm there is intention, strength, and beauty"
Ever since I was a little girl countless people have referred to me as an old soul. Being an old soul is often associated with having experience, wisdom, or a deeper understanding of the world around you. Am I an old soul simply because of all I have experienced, and been witness to, in my mere 29 years? Furthermore, many believe old souls are individuals who have learned from past lives or even incarnations.
One of the biggest roadblocks to the management of our mental health is rooted in our innate fear of failure. So many of these self-help books by big name motivational speakers can often do more harm than good. Readers often end up feeling increased pressure to solve their issues in the inspired “go big or go home” mindset of some of these authors and become discouraged when they can’t adhere to these massive changes for an extended period of time.
Why do we do what we do each day? We make thousands of decisions, speak thousands of words, and think thousands of thoughts, all in just 24 hours. Even when we're sleeping! I’ve learned that we all run on programs, kind of like a computer. We have foundations, things we believe about how to live life, that run in the background as we go about our days.
I was a casual at-home yogi. A little hatha here, some attempts at vinyasa. Lots of restorative practice to buffer my busy and stressful adult life. A full time job, part time graduate school, friends, family, marriage, and some unexplained health issues.