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Being Kind to Yourself & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #117
“The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.” -Carl Jung Self-acceptance is a hard pill to swallow. I am not sure why. I mean, I am the one person whom I spend absolutely the most time with. Every second of every day, in fact. You would think that an undying love and an unconditional acceptance would come along with that. I have been in this relationship with myself for almost 45 years. Learning, living, growing, changing, evolving, transcending. Making mistakes, repairing wounds, healing, fixing, building. I have spent countless hours in self-relfection. I have had an extraordinary number of conversations with myself over the years. Some of these conversations…
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Sunshine Blogger Award Part 2 & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #116
You may have already seen my post a few weeks ago when Rama nominated me for the Sunshine Blogger Award. Well, I have been nominated again by my dear friend Jess of Elegantly Dressed and Stylish! Thanks so much, Jess! I am honored. Since Jess has posed a different series of questions, I figured it was a great way to keep things interesting here on the edge by answering what she is interested in knowing as well. However, I am going to do it a little differently and I am not going to nominate anyone new in this post. Please check out my last Sunshine Blogger post to see who…
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More Than Your Sexuality & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #114
I know this woman in my town. Her name is Luci. And she is gay. I never ever would introduce someone like this…leading with a reference to their sexuality. Because it really matters not to me what your sexual preference is. Really, the way I should be introducing her is more like this… Luci is a woman in my town whom I know through mutual friends. She is a brilliant hair stylist, a master of makeup techniques, an inspiration in the commitment required to embark on a major weight loss journey. She is beautiful, friendly, kind, dedicated, edgy, unique, and a prime example of how much light can shine from…
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The Sunshine Blogger Award & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #113
The Sunshine Blogger Award. I am sure many of you have seen this floating around in blogland. This peer recognition award has been around for quite some time. I can’t find any information regarding the origins of The Sunshine Blogger Award, but I do recall receiving a notification a few years back when I just began my blog and I think I didn’t do anything with it because I wasn’t entirely sure what it was all about. Now I have better grasp of it. So whomever that was over 3 years ago who nominated me for this, I apologize that it went completely unacknowledged on my part. My bad, my…
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Little Red Dress Event & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #112
On February 22, I attended a women’s networking event hosted by my favorite financial advisors, Nichole Wall and Laura Nicol of New York Life Insurance Company. The theme for the event was the Little Red Dress in honor of heart health awareness month. I was invited to be one of the guest speakers to share some of my favorite styling tips, but earlier that week I came down with laryngitis that left me completely and totally silent. Like no sound would come out of my mouth when I spoke. But it’s all good because in light of the other guest speaker for the event, my topic of discussion felt quite…
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Love and Radical Kindness Win & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #111
I have heard this Carrie Underwood song at least 100 times, but I never actually listened to the words until the other day. I was flipping through television channels and landed on CMT’s Hot 20 Countdown and they aired the Love Wins video as the number 2 video on the countdown. The visuals caught my attention, drew me in, and I found myself really listening…and tearing up as I watched. Maybe it’s PMS getting me all emotional. Maybe it’s just life and all the crazy that exists in this world. Maybe it’s simply because truer lyrics have never been written, yet so many continue to disregard the message. Maybe it’s…
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Just a Saturday in Watertown & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #110
At the end of my last post, I briefly mentioned a tragedy that occurred in my town on Valentine’s Day that has left us all overwhelmed, sad, and numb over the past few days. I haven’t felt like doing much of anything all weekend and am struggling to get back into the swing of things. I don’t really want to rehash the details, but if you are interested, you can read the story here. In an effort to get back to some sense of normal, I am going to instead share with you the events of the weekend prior to Valentine’s Day which I had been saving for today’s post…
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My Bipolar Life & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #109
Oh dear. Here I am again sitting in an ugly cycle of Bipolar. I hate to share that information in this space where my goal is to keep things light and happy. But another mission of my blog is to be transparent and raw and real as well. Bipolar Disorder sucks. Plain and simple. There is nothing glamorous about it. Even when it is controlled, episodes still occur. And. It. Just. Sucks. I can’t even be eloquent about it. I can share a very helpful resource, however, if you find yourself stuck in a bad place…visit BetterHelp.com. Afte decades of dealing with this disorder and years and years of introspective…
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Reminder: The Good Buy/Good-Bye Book-Graphic Tees & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #108
It is that time again to share some of your favorite and least favorite items for February’s Good Buy/Good-Bye Book. This month we are featuring graphic tees. I love a good graphic tee, but it really has to speak to me in order for me to add it to my collection. For example, I love my Wonder Woman tees (I have three), but you’ll never catch me wearing any other type of superhero on my top. Just not my thing. I also am a fan of vintage (or vintage inspired) band tees, but it has to be a band that I actually enjoy, otherwise I feel too much like a…
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My Happiness Chocolate & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #107
Recently, I shared with you my experience with hemp oil extract for treatment of headache pain, menstrual cramp pain, and aiding better sleep patterns. An added bonus that I noticed with daily use of White Cedar Naturals Organic Full Spectrum Hemp Extract Oil was that I was able to maintain a much clearer focus on my daily tasks all day long. I had stopped taking the oil for a few days and tried to take it on an as-needed basis, but I don’t find that it works as effectively for me. I basically need to take one dropper full twice a day to maintain my level of clarity as well…
