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Every Day Spirit Blog Posts

Slow Down: Today Is a Gift

“This is a wonderful day. I’ve never seen this one before.” From one of my heroes, Maya Angelou, this beloved quote illustrates how she...

14 Steps to Calm

A friend called yesterday and shared how she was suffering from daily anxiety and panic attacks. She was the third person to relay a...

The Beauty Within

If you woke up today feeling less than beautiful, remember, that no matter what is going on with you, the soul is always beautiful and...

I Am Not My Breasts

Decked out in their finest, Mom and Dad were on their way down Route A1A in Florida to an anniversary party at an elegant yacht club....

Joy and the Coffee Cake

As I sit in the morning sun considering ways to celebrate joy in small things, I imagine a colorful tube reaching from the sky to me....

Trust and the Fawns

The squirrels are collecting and burying nuts; the horses are circling the field in the rain; the leaves are beginning the long slow...

The Art of Listening

Speaking our truth is one of the best ways to get to know ourselves. Many a heart can be healed by the simple act of uncensored...

Befriending The Dark

The first time I came home to the cabin after dark and shut off my lights at the end of the long gravel driveway, I sat in dread. This...

Kindness and The Farmer

In early spring during my walks around the sheep and llama field, I watched the farmer behind a local inn plant what became a...