Rejuvenate & Thrive Focus: Pause for Shadow Work: Unlocking Your Hidden Power "The wound is the place where the light enters you." Rumi Your Weekly Intentional & Sustainable Self-Care Newsletter Volume #39 Pause for Shadow Work: Unlocking Your Hidden Power "Shadow work controlled my life through fears, insecurities, wounds, and unspoken emotions for years. The work that changes everything is Pause for Shadow Work - an often misunderstood concept of facing the parts of ourselves we deny or...
12 days ago • 5 min read
Rejuvenate & Thrive Focus: Choose Yourself: Before There's Nothing Left "Self-care is not selfish. You cannot serve from an empty vessel." Eleanor Brown Your Weekly Intentional & Sustainable Self-Care Newsletter Volume #38 Choose Yourself: Before There's Nothing Left "Learning to choose myself was a long road I traveled for many years, and I'm still evolving, still embracing deeper parts of my inner universe. Throughout my life, I've had countless occasions where I was operating on fumes with...
19 days ago • 5 min read
Rejuvenate & Thrive Focus: Put the Weight Down: Unburdening for True Rest "You can't pour from an empty cup. Take care of yourself first." Unknown Your Weekly Intentional & Sustainable Self-Care Newsletter Volume #37 Put the Weight Down: Unburdening for True Rest "I recently realized something about those old sayings we've heard all our lives—the ones that seemed like just words until one day, they weren't. "We carry the weight of the world on our shoulders" used to be just an expression to...
26 days ago • 5 min read
Rejuvenate & Thrive Focus: Control Only What's Yours - The Path to Peace "You have power over your mind—not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength." Marcus Aurelius Your Weekly Intentional & Sustainable Self-Care Newsletter Volume #36 Control Only What's Yours: The Path to Peace "When I discovered and began to implement the gift of controlling only what's mine, my life did a complete transformation—it was like someone turned on the lights, and suddenly I had cameras rolling...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read
Rejuvenate & Thrive Focus: The Quiet Work Pays Off "Rome wasn't built in a day, but they were laying bricks every hour." James Clear Your Weekly Intentional & Sustainable Self-Care Newsletter Volume #35 The Quiet Work Pays Off "So often I would hear people talking about "doing the work"—shadow work, sitting with yourself, ancestral healing—but I received no real guidance on how to actually do this work. As I continued searching, my guides, coaches, and intuitive mentors all directed me back...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Rejuvenate & Thrive Focus: Permission to Be Magnetic You "Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you." Marianne Williamson Your Weekly Intentional & Sustainable Self-Care Newsletter Volume #34 Permission to Be Magnetic You "I spent the majority of my life shrinking myself, to avoid being seen or heard. I would disappear into the back of every room, deflect compliments like they were insults, and...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read
Rejuvenate & Thrive Focus:Subtle vs. Realized - The Art of Listening to Yourself "The quieter you become, the more able you are to hear." Rumi Your Weekly Intentional & Sustainable Self-Care Newsletter Volume #33 Subtle vs. Realized - The Art of Listening to Yourself "I've come to understand that subtle signs are friendly reminders that should not be ignored, because the consequences of dismissing them can be very challenging to deal with. These subtle signs are warning messages that...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Rejuvenate & Thrive Focus:Outgrowing Old Practices What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." Ralph Waldo Emerson Your Weekly Intentional & Sustainable Self-Care Newsletter Volume #32 Outgrowing Old Practices "There have been many times I've come to the conclusion that I had outgrown old practices, but my mindset remained stagnant. I thought once I created a self-care routine, it would carry me forever—a perfect blueprint for lifelong...
2 months ago • 4 min read
Rejuvenate & Thrive Focus: The 7 Types of Rest: Are you really letting yourself rest? "Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges." Bryant McGill Your Weekly Intentional & Sustainable Self-Care Newsletter Volume #31 The 7 Types of Rest - Are You Really Letting Yourself Rest? "For years, I downplayed rest, treating it like a luxury I couldn't afford rather than the necessity it truly is. I went through phases of being a night owl—first in denial about my natural rhythms,...
2 months ago • 5 min read