shine day 15: Stop Measuring Your Worth
It started as a rhetorical question. “What are you willing to give up?” I asked my students. “What standard are you holding yourself to that isn’t real or fair or […]
shine: week 3 giveaways
I am so excited to announce this week’s shine giveaways. The weekly shine giveaway will take place on Fridays at 2 pm EST and all entries up to 1:59 PM […]
shine day 14: Gracefully Give and Receive a Compliment
“That dress looks great on you,” a friend mused as we walked together to some fancier than the usual college fare dinner. “Oh, it’s not mine,” I demurred. “I borrowed […]
shine day 13: Spark Your Body Love with Yoga
Today’s post and challenge are from wholehearted and inspirational Anna Guest-Jelley of Curvy Yoga. She is wise and wonderful and has so much to teach about life in general and […]
shine day 12: let nature give you a spark
It was ten or eleven on a cold winter night (yeah, yeah, this sounds like the opening sentence to a different kind of story but bear with me!). I was […]
shine day 11: let sleep give you a spark
I didn’t know how critical sleep was to functionality until we become parents. In our little boy’s first year, he struggled to sleep which meant that we didn’t sleep. If […]
shine day 10: Let flowers give you a spark!
We so often want everything we do to have so much more redeeming value. It has to help us lose a pound or get a job. But doing things that […]
shine day 9: Spark Your Gratitude
Too often, we fail to see the miracles and beauty in our days. When that happens, it becomes harder for us to feel a sense of satisfaction, our awareness is […]
shine: week 2 giveaways
I am so excited to announce this week’s shine giveaways. The weekly shine giveaway will take place on Fridays at 2 pm EST and all entries up to 1:59 PM […]
shine day 8: Spark Self-Acceptance with a Smile
My little boy is nicknamed Happy. Meet him and it is easy to see why. He has a smile that cracks his whole face open, that says welcome to my […]
