In the Take a Moment series I encourage you to take a moment for memory keeping and mindfulness. I add in some randomness, share new things I’m learning, and let you know about interesting things I find along the way. Enjoy! Repeating my words from last week. Inspired by Karen Walrond. Celebrating this historic week. SCOTUS finally…
One Little Word 2015
The One Little Word (OLW) project was started a few years ago by popular memory keeper, Ali Edwards. Instead of making New Years Resolutions she encourages you to choose a word that will help set an intention and tone for your year. I first joined the community in 2011. That first year my word was…
Take a Moment
Starting on a serious note this week regarding Charleston and the nine beautiful Black lives that were lost there on Wednesday night. I am tired of gun violence. I lost my only brother to gun violence over 11 years ago. The pain is still there and will always be there. I am tired of the socioeconomic…
4 Ways Mindfulness Can Help You Lose Weight
I started my weight loss journey in January and I have slowly but surely had success in losing some weight, almost 15 pounds to be exact. I still have a little ways to go but I’m proud of myself for the progress I’ve made. I joined a weight loss program because I had reached a…
Why I Started Mindfulness Meditation and How It’s Working for Me
Why did I start a mindfulness practice? Why does anyone start a new path? Usually there is something in our inner being calling us to make a change. We can either resist that calling or embrace it. I felt a desperate need to make a change. I wanted to be fully in touch with my…