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Inviting in the Wild

Sep 30, 2022 ● By Marlaina Donato

Having an indoor space touched with nature’s balm takes the edge off on stressful days. Here are ways to bring the outdoors in, helping to create a natural sanctuary.

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What ‘Living Inspired’ Means to Everyday Living

Aug 31, 2022 ● By Susan Curry

Inspired living is a mode of operation that creates with extraordinary quality the lifestyle of our desire, one action at a time, with rejoicing and resetting in-between.

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Living Life in Full Color

Aug 31, 2022 ● By Marlaina Donato

Too often, we are barely aware of our lives stuck in grayscale, but if we look deep inside, we long to be the brave red rose in a black-and-white world.

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Change Your Words Change Your Life

Jul 29, 2022 ● By Christy Whitman

When we change the way we speak about our life, we reclaim the power to change its trajectory.

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The Art of Doing Nothing

Jun 30, 2022 ● By Marlaina Donato

Somewhere along the line, someone planted a seed in our brains that programmed us to believe that we must earn our existence.

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Milwaukee-based Outwoken Tea Empowers Family-Owned, Sustainable Tea Farms

May 31, 2022 ● By Lottie Sass

Ojeda sources unique teas such as Tumio Purple Tea, from Kenya, and African White Pearl, which is hand rolled by women in Malawi, a landlocked country in East Africa. Outwoken Tea’s African White Pearls tea is produced on a family-operated estate that is one of the remaining few not bought out by a large corporation.

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The Gift of an Imperfect Father

May 31, 2022 ● By Marlaina Donato

We inherit a lot from our wounded fathers, including an energetic opportunity to change the familial emotional code, and it can be beautiful.

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Mothering the World

Apr 29, 2022 ● By Marlaina Donato

Tending to what we love can yield great things, but we must not forget our own needs.

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Spring is a State of Mind

Mar 31, 2022 ● By Marlaina Donato

Spring, in all her punctual glory, teaches us the vital necessity to court our passions, and there is no better time than now.

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Journaling to Access Inner Wisdom

Feb 28, 2022 ● By Nadine Kenney Johnstone

When we’re feeling overwhelmed or anxious, we can find the inner wisdom we need with these simple journaling steps.

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Living in the Frequency of Love

Jan 31, 2022 ● By Marlaina Donato

Most of us refer to love as an emotion, but in essence, love is a verb, a powerful call to action that not only inspires but heals.

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Open a Door of Transformation Into 2022

Dec 30, 2021 ● By Susan Curry

Here’s a guide for creating a personal mode of operation that will keep us on that path.

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Why Words Matter

Dec 30, 2021 ● By Marlaina Donato

While communicating our words can be effective means of bonding, learning, teaching and healing, they can also be harmful, which is why it is important to remember the power they possess.

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Circles of Healing: The Power of Gathering in Community

Nov 30, 2021 ● By Linda Sechrist

Small support groups, such as wisdom circles, story circles, power of eight intention circles, prayer circles and dialogue circles, are creating experiences of wholeness and belonging.

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