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How to Escape The Madness Of The World And Enjoy Christmas

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Christmas tree

“He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.”- Roy L. Smith

Inspirational quotes from celebrities interspersed with common wisdom and practical tips

We are in the middle of the Christmas season, just over the third Advent.

Christmas stars on windowsills, traditional trees dressed in glittering glass balls and garlands. Gnomes and other magic creatures curiously peeping at us from their temporary residences on shelves, cabinets, and even from under the ceiling. [Read more…]

Ugly Truth About Child Abuse and Developmental Trauma

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Developmental trauma If someone asked you about your childhood, what would you say?

“I don’t want to talk about it,” or “There’s not much to say,” or “Nothing was wrong with my childhood”?

Perhaps you wouldn’t remember much even if you tried… except your mother’s icy face, your dad’s angry voice, or your uncle’s drunken laughter…

And your fear of being in this unsafe and dangerous world.

Scared and sad, you had no one to talk to. No one who would listen and understand. [Read more…]

35 Life Lessons (Learned on a Bumpy Road to Healing and Happiness)

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Swimming over the roadEver watched raindrops on a spider web sparkling in the summer sun? How light refracts in the prism of water beads, spilling out into hundreds of colourful beams.

The articles on life lessons are like that too. Caught in the virtual web they are waiting to be found. To share their wisdom gained throughout years of human experience.

Why do we bother reading them?

Because we are unique beings living unique lives. Similar in some ways, different in others. Lessons we need to learn are not the same, neither how we learn them.

What we share reflects valuable knowledge from the areas of life most significant for our personal growth.

Looking for some answers? [Read more…]

On Love, Mourning, and Celebration of Life

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Friend's last party.

Friend’s Last Party

“Some people come into our lives and leave footprints on our hearts and we are never ever the same.” ― Flavia Weedn

Ann is no more.

She fought bravely but she couldn’t win the fight against cancer. It took her from us…

A modest village church is bathing in sunshine. Pouring through pointy windows, it reflects from austere walls and perks up a dim alter.

The aisle looks like a runway. With flowers instead of lights—lilies, roses and chrysanthemums in elegant bundles.

At the end of the aisle-runway is a white casket—a weirdly shaped aeroplane in the middle of a flower meadow. Ready to take off. [Read more…]

How to Find a Well of Appreciation (and Never Get Thirsty Again)

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Stressed woman

Tell me something.

Waking up early in the morning, how often do you feel thrilled?

Every day? Now and then? Ever?

*Sigh*

Instead, rambling bells blow up the silence of your bedroom, ripping you out of the abyss of sleep. Your heart scared out of the rhythm, bumps frantically against the chest.

And all you wish is to slide deeper under the covers, back into the lethargy of sleep.

There, in your dreams…

…Gentle kisses pull you up to a surface of consciousness.

“Good morning, baby bird. Your breakfast is ready.” [Read more…]

How to Calm the Perfectionist Inside You (and Take Control)

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Perfectionist woman the best

Do you want to do everything just perfect?

Good enough is a foreign concept. One of the best wouldn’t do.

You aim at THE BEST.

You push yourself far and beyond to keep the house pristine, everyone satisfied and job done ahead of the deadline.

Like a bulldozer, you propel forward at the highest possible speed sweeping away the mess and pulling others under the blade. Persistent and unstoppable.

Until you run out of gas.

Plummeting into the inertia of complete overwhelm.

Feeling frustrated, guilty and ashamed. [Read more…]