Looking Ahead With Lauren: The Love/Hate Relationship We Have With Ourselves

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We all have a list constantly running through our heads of things we dislike about ourselves. We may even think about the things we love, but probably not as often. First I’ll start with a list of things I would like to change about myself or grow to love. I don’t want to think about [...]

Looking Ahead With Lauren: On Change

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I will start off with one of my favorite quotes of all time from the show “Everwood”. Does anyone remember that show? I used to be obsessed with it! It is a bit long, but great to think about… “The more things change, the more they stay the same. I’m not sure who the first [...]

The Habits That Crush Us

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‘Don’t panic.’ ~Douglas Adams Why is it that we cannot break the bad habits that stand in our way, crushing our desires to live a healthy life, be fit, simplify, be happier? How is it that our best intentions are nearly always beaten? We want to be focused and productive, exercise and eat healthy foods, stop [...]

How to Make a Change for Good

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“When you stop trying to change others and work on changing yourself, your world changes for the better.” Most of us have been there – we decide this is the year we’re going to lose those pesky pounds, get fit or quit smoking. We try. We’re determined to make these healthy changes. Yet, we fail. [...]

A Year End Review: How Everything Can Change in a Year

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The Difference a Year Can Make We started The Minimalists one year ago this month. Since then almost everything in our lives has changed. A year ago we both worked for large corporations. Now we work for ourselves and pursue our passions every day. A year ago we were unhappy with our lives. Now we’re [...]

Traditional Chinese Medicine and Autumn

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As the first few weeks of fall our upon us, we will begin to notice many changes occurring in our environment. The temperature drops, the winds bring a chill foreshadowing the winter ahead, and the trees put on a lovely display of colors before dropping their leaves to conserve their energy for the cold months [...]

30 More Life Lessons From 30 Years

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Yesterday (October 23rd) was my 30th birthday. The big three-oh. To celebrate, here’s another 30 life lessons to accompany Joshua’s 30 Life Lessons and Leo Babauta’s 38 Life Lessons I’ve Learned in 38 Years from earlier this year. Oh, and please, whatever you do, don’t get me any birthday gifts. 1. It’s not about how [...]

How To Deal With Criticism Well: 25 Reasons To Embrace It

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“Criticism is something you can easily avoid by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.” ~Aristotle At the end of the day, when I feel completely exhausted, oftentimes it has nothing to do with all the things I’ve done. It’s not a consequence of juggling multiple responsibilities and projects. It’s not my body’s way of [...]

The Magic of Love and Acceptance

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If you allow someone to be who they are and they allow you to be who you are, then that’s Love ♥. Anything else is torture. ~ Ra Uru Hu As a therapist I often hear, “If only he or she would do this or that, I would be so much happier.” No matter how [...]

Drop What You Know

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“I cannot tell you my truth until you stop telling me yours.” Conversations With God by Neale Donald Walsch I challenge you to have a transformation in your relationship to what you think you know. The Baptiste Methodology is about opening up to inquiry. One inquiry Baron poses is to consider that you don’t know [...]