What happens when you wake up in the morning? What are your first thoughts? Do you wake up feeling eager and enthused about the day that lies ahead, or do you wake up and think of all the things you don't like and all the problems, real or imagined, your new day brings. Do you wake up and immediately feel appreciation for all the things (and people) Continue Reading
Loving a Well Balanced Lifestyle!
Maintaining a balanced lifestyle is crucial to our overall well-being. It is essential to create a lifestyle that promotes physical, mental, and emotional health. A balanced lifestyle involves a combination of healthy habits and mindful practices that contribute to our overall health and happiness. If you're aware that some of these practices below could Continue Reading
How to Change the Way You Think About Food and Your Health.
A vegan plant-based diet is a type of plant-based diet that excludes all animal products, including meat, dairy, eggs, and honey. Here are some interesting studies and research that specifically focus on the benefits of a vegan plant-based diet: Weight loss: A study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine found that participants who Continue Reading
Be Overwhelmed With Thankfulness!
Well Christmas is over for another year. I'm thankful. I don't participate in Christmas - I don't like it much at all. It's not my concern what others do, (although for the environment and the animals, I do think less over the top consuming would be healthier and kinder) but as a lover of peace and quiet, it's not something I warm to. I'm not a fan of Continue Reading
Never Never Never Give Up!
We hear this phrase time and time again but the sad reality is - many people are simply going through their lives bored, frustrated and unhappy and some are suffering when they absolutely don't need to be. This quote from Benjamin Franklin is unfortunately, often true. "Most people die at 25 but are buried at 75" People are constantly looking outside Continue Reading
Who Are You?
Who are you? Isn't this an interesting question. So how do you answer? Most people would reply by telling you their name and something about themselves. As in - 'I'm Wendy, I'm 72 years of age and I live near the beach with my husband and our dog and cat family'. But that's not who I am - that's just a bit of an example of how I live my physical Continue Reading
F.E.A.R.
Back in the 80's, while engrossed in a Personal Development workshop I was attending, the presenter spoke about understanding the true nature of fear and coined it False Expectations Appearing Real. Out of everything I heard that day, this phrase struck the biggest chord with me. I thought about it constantly and shared it with anyone and everyone who cared Continue Reading
Is it ok to be truly happy?
I have always had thoughts running around in my mind that it's not ok to be too happy while there are so many people suffering all manner of misfortunes. I used to think it would be ok to be happy if everyone else was too. I think I may have felt and taken on the pain of others a little too strongly! In my younger years, if a friend I cared about was Continue Reading
The Beauty of Change.
Sometimes knowingly, or unknowingly we punish ourselves by eating all the wrong foods, not exercising, being too busy at work and socially. We take on too many things, avoid saying no to people and situations and we don't have enough quiet time. We feel stressed and overwhelmed and crave rest but often don't even know why. Self care and self love means Continue Reading