Category: healing
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Release to Heal
Hello, tender friends! Breath work and bodily movement can heal you. When I first read about somatic movement releasing suppressed emotions as a path to healing, I was cautiously optimistic. Then I read about a somatic breathing exercise and tried it. I basically expanded my upper chest as much as I could while inhaling and…
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Let’s Talk About Sweat, Baby
Let’s talk about you and me Let’s talk about all the bad things and the good things That may be Let’s talk about sweat Oh hello there, tender friends! I know, I know those aren’t exactly the song lyrics from that Salt-N-Pepa classic from 1990. But the song fits, so I’m using it since the…
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The Day God Patted Me on the Shoulder
Hello, tender friends! I’ve never written about this anywhere but in my diary, and I get nervous writing these posts. I believe it’s time now to share now though because a different member of my family is sick and I need to remember what God has done and trust Him as I once did. (I’m…
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4 Tips for Limiting Clothing Toxicity
Hello, tender friends! As I shared in my last post, I’m taking down the sacred cow of decluttering: my closet. (Cue Eminem singing, “I never meant to make you cry but tonight I’m cleaning out my closet.” And yes, I sang this to myself while cleaning). Anyhow, while I’ve always believed that the Lord cares…
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The Sacred Cow of Decluttering
Hello, tender friends! We all have a sacred cow when it comes to decluttering. I have found mine. And I have found the Bible’s antidote! I never thought that God would use this Bible verse to help me clean out my closet. But God is merciful and so full of surprises! I can say with…
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Got Noni? How Creativity Heals You
Hello tender friends! Happy MLK day from snowy SW Virginia! This kid was so excited to make a “snowman” this morning. And it’s so timely since he was making noni while he did so. Noni gives you the power to heal yourself from the comfort of your own home. Creativity literally heals you. If you’ve…
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God Uses Self-Compassion to Heal Old Wounds
Hello tender friends! (Here we are again, real people. A not terribly common picture of me and my beloved). The Lord has been using what I’ve learned about self-compassion to take me back in time. He’s taken me back in time to a few different things, and one of the most socially acceptable to write…
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Lessons from Raising Baby Chicks: Self-Compassion
Hello, tender friends! Chicks know how to live in a way that heals me. I’ve been supplementing their feed with rice and other treats since the garden is almost done, and watching them carb binge so unapologetically has made me cry. Watching such unadulterated excitement makes me realize all the excitement I’ve denied myself over…
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When God Said I Was Already Healed
Hello, tender friends! What are you calling in to being? Proverbs tells us that the power of life and death is in the tongue. God himself brought the universe into existence with the word. The power of language is evident in the Bible. What are you speaking over yourself? What may have been spoken over…
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7 Strategies for Increasing Emotional Resilience
Hello, tender friends! We don’t need to live enslaved to our emotions, but I didn’t know how to break free for for far too long. I spent years praying that God would reveal the desires of my own heart to me. Years. I was so disconnected from myself that I didn’t even know what would…
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