Posts Tagged Self-Care

7 relaxation tips and why they work

Posted 13 March 2010 by
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This the 9th and final installment of the healthy habits for writers series. Relaxation is not a luxury but a requirement to have your best life. All the money in the world does not make a happy full life if you don’t have your best health. School administrators, employers, physicians, clergy, people from all walks [...]

i love my personal journal

Posted 1 September 2009 by
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I have been keeping a journal for may years. It is a wonderful thing for clarity and focus renewal. But there is an added benefit that I have to bring up. Big Benefit It calms me down. Recently, I was so wound up and put out over something not in my control, until I couldn’t [...]

5 benefits of keeping a personal journal

Posted 2 June 2009 by
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As technology advances, information and people can reach us wherever we are if we let it. Most cell phones let you receive text messages. Some phones let you read your email while you await your flight. I surf the web on my iPhone and it blows me away. That’s a lot of connectivity. And it’s [...]

what’s allowed to feed the writing fire

Posted 27 April 2009 by
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I want to share with you the story of how I re-learned what’s allowed to feed the writing fires. It may be something you’ve experienced, and will inspire you to find out or rediscover what can feed your writing fires. At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another [...]

healthy habits: what is brain food?

Posted 19 January 2009 by
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I knew I was in trouble when I couldn’t focus on any thoughts. I seemed to be moving through a never-lifting fog. Only with the greatest effort was I able to hold on to thoughts long enough to complete them. Once I learned I needed to take iron, and that was squared away, I decided [...]

healthy habits: mind, spirit and body

Posted 8 January 2009 by
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A few months ago, I started my healthy habits postings and then I got sidetracked BIG TIME. This is the second entry of the 9 posts originally planned for the healthy habits series. If I told you that you need to be in good condition to run a marathon, or to begin a diet, or [...]

healthy habits: 5 lifestyle areas to review

Posted 31 August 2008 by
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This is the first installment for the post from the healthy habits series. Be sure to return for other entries in this set. Do you know what to do when your health starts to flag? You know how sometimes you get sick, your sinuses fill and apply pressure to your head to bulge, only there [...]

healthy habits for writers

Posted 25 August 2008 by
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Lately, the topic of healthy habits as a writer keeps coming up. I needed a starting place to consider what I was going to change. I’ve been reviewing my lifestyle and my less than stellar habits. I sometimes take health matters for granted, and allow bad habits to stand. In part it’s because I’m writing; [...]

out of focus: the value of a rested mind

Posted 11 August 2008 by
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Blogging is a lot of work, and it’s a pleasure too. I’m including my pictures, now, every chance I get. I may have to start shopping on Flickr or other image vendor site. More than likely though, it’ll finally push me to start to plan my photography shoots—to cover my posting needs. Lately, a bigger [...]