Practical Spirituality Blog

WORKING WITH YOUR ENERGY Jan 09, 2024

Carefully laid plans have a way of tripping us up. That’s because we aren’t the same people when we make the plans, and when we take the action. If I decide today what I will do next Tuesday at 10am, I am using Today Me to make the plans. But often Tomorrow Me has a different idea of...

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THE SCAFFOLDING OF YOUR BELIEFS Jan 07, 2024

Prior essays have laid the foundation and this essay aims to take us up a notch. To where? To a new understanding of our own power.

To take life to the next level, you need a framework. And the framework you have is your set of beliefs. Think of your beliefs as scaffolding. You can only climb as...

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REVERSING THE JANUARY BLUES Jan 06, 2024

If the start of the new year has you feeling down, consider a reverse audit, where you go backwards through the past year and create a log book for each month that captures all your best moments.

To do this, start with a blank piece of paper and create a heading for each month. I use a 2 x 6...

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MAKING IT WORK WHERE YOU ARE Dec 30, 2023

Knowing, and believing, are two different things. One comes from your mind, and the other from your heart. When you hold ideas that your heart does not agree with, you feel the dissonance. Which is why I regularly let go of my limiting beliefs, which never line up with my true wants.

Knowing,...

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SETTING AN INTENT THAT WORKS Dec 29, 2023

Are you ready to conquer your goals for 2024? That’s what most of us aim for. Crushing our goals. Overcoming our challenges. Taming our wild selves into submission.

I decided, for 2024, I am taking a new approach to goals. Instead of cooking up ways to get me to do something I don’t...

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HOLIDAY CLUTTER Dec 28, 2023
 

Dealing with post holiday clutter? Glad that the day went so well, but wishing there was less stuff to deal with? Feeling overwhelmed about assimilating your new items into an already crowded house?

Here is my best advice:

  1. Start with a trash bag in hand. Go around the house...
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MEANING BEHIND YOUR WORDS Dec 27, 2023

Life Savers candies are round, colorful, and tasty. Yet we don’t see them saving anyone’s life. They may even be shortening lives, if you listen to the sugar police. But here’s my point: sometimes the words we use have meaning behind them, and sometimes they don’t....

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PROPELLED BY A FEELING Dec 26, 2023

New Year’s Goals are a fun way to anticipate change. We make these resolutions feeling positive, upbeat, and hopeful, and there is great energy to those feelings. When I am feeling those emotions, I am super productive. So this year, instead of chasing only goals, I am also chasing...

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BETTERING YOUR IDEAS Dec 24, 2023

Have you ever wondered where ideas come from? Why am I thinking about her, right now. Why am I in this room and what inspired me to go here? Why did I find myself saying that? These questions prompted me to see all my thoughts as holding value, even if I could not see how. Maybe they...

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JUMPSTART YOUR GOALS Dec 23, 2023

December. What a glorious month. The last month out-shines all the others, with its festive spirit and positive outlook. It turns the ordinary into the magical, and non-believers into believers.

I enjoy December because I love the anticipation of a new beginning. I enjoy it so much that I often...

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ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS FOR YOU TO BE HAPPY Dec 22, 2023

This post is for the fellow holiday shoppers.

We plan. We order. We unbox. We rebox. We wrap. All in order to make sure that those we love have a good holiday. All to make sure others are happy. All to make sure that we can be happy, too, once they are all happy.

All to make sure that we can be...

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MAKING YOUR FIRST Dec 21, 2023

When issues of identity arise, they are always issues of fear. Will I be accepted if I show up as my true self? Will I be ok if I allow others to see me in truth? Am I good enough to do this work?

Those of us who touch on spiritual topics all go through a phase like this: Who am I to...

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