There is a force, bigger than the universe and it lives in me. It gives me strength to love myself and go against my fears. It gives me strength to march forward when I would surely halt. It says to me from within “Do It Anyway, You’ll see” “I’ll help you and lead you and […]

I’m not a number or a color but a fraction in the Praise Team. If I were a color I would be orange, because orange is vibrant and creative. Not just any orange. Not yellow orange like my pencil. Deep, bright, sparkly orange like a tangerine or like the polish on my toe nails. Technically

  I began to wean myself off sugar several years ago.  I had no idea how addicting sugar is and how difficult it is to try to live without.  One reason is that sugar and sweeteners have changed our taste-buds understanding of sweetness.  I began the transition using a product called Sucanat.  It is a

I know by now you are wondering when I’m actually going to start talking about diet.  But first I want to emphasize the need to slow down and make a plan.  You didn’t achieve your current health condition overnight.  For me it was an accumulation of a life-time of choices.  I knew it would take

I’ve been interested in joining an activity called ‘Creative Tuesdays‘ for a while now.  Life being what it is – busy – seems to have prevented me until now, or perhaps I needed my skills to develop a bit before being so bold, because you know, the work being done there is amazing. The assignment

-I don’t want a quick fix, I want permanent solutions.- #2 is about making a connection between my thoughts and my health, about loving myself. How important am I to myself? What are the things that influence me the most? What do I tend to think about? What are my attitudes? These are important questions

What!  What does journaling have to do with weight-loss or health?  Hold on a minute, I just want the facts.  I just want to know how you dropped 60 lbs. Just the same, here it is;  Step One: Journaling I like to call it “morning pages”,   from The Writing Diet Write Yourself Right-Size by Julia

I’m so excited.  I finally figured out how to set up a blog on this website.  Now I’m over the moon and will be practicing my blog skills.  Yay. Isn’t it great to be excited about something?  It almost doesn’t matter what it is, as long as it’s awesome.  I stressed and struggled over this

If you haven’t done it yet, check out https://doodlewash.com/ and join the group World Watercolor Month July 2016 on facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/worldwatercolor/?fref=nf This is going to be a great month.  Everybody is spreading water all around and sharing it with each other.  Lots of ideas, community and learning.  We’ll see what we can accomplish when we