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Day 5 Inner Sparkle – AffOrmations

AffOrmations are Tia’s alternative to affirmation […]

Day 5 Inner Sparkle - AffOrmations

AffOrmations are Tia's alternative to affirmations when "I am always in the right place at the right time" and "I am freakin' awesome" aren't cutting it.

AffOrmations are "empowering questions that immediately get your subconscious (and consheeeuuss) mind to start thinking positively instead of nega-torily.. yep, totally made that word up ;) " (quote from Tia).

They're empowering but also intended to be fun and lighten the energy. 

Example: I'm not feelin' the affirmation, so instead I ask myself, "Why am I freakin' awesome?"

I might answer, "Because I can siiing and dance!" and then squawk and flail around my living room.

Or "Because I just AM," or anything I want really.

Definitely good to have this in my back pocket for the days when I'm not feeling like Sparklepants.

11th Hour Interview

Nicole’s freewheeling conversation with the aweso […]

Day 4 of Inner Sparkle

Day 4 of Tia's Inner Sparkle ecourse is about how to work/play with resistance to affirmations

It showed up in perfect synchronicity with "7 Affirmations to Tell the Person in the Mirror" by Macaile Hutt on Rebelle Society's website.

Using my fave affirmations from Macaile's article, I tested Tia's fun/funny suggestions for dissolving resistance and felt fabulously affirmative and uplifted when I finished.


You are flawed, imperfect, and unique…and that’s GOOD.
Your body deserves a “thank you” every so often.
YOU deserve a “thank you” every once in a while, too.Thanks, self. Thank you for being so freakin’ awesome.
You may not be where you want to be, but that’s no reason you can’t be happy right where you are.Rather than place your happiness on a later date, why not allow yourself to be happy right now?Right this very moment, incomplete, not-quite-there-yet, diamond in the rough, now.
Keep your eyes forward, but don’t forget how far you’ve already come.
You are already great. You have already done wonderful and amazing things. Don’t get so focused on the future that you fail to remember your past and how far you’ve already come.

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BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER – 7 Best Episodes

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER – 7 Best EpisodesGreat article by Nathan Peterson!
My only addition to his list would be my fave episode of all --  "The Gift."

A Self-Made 12-Step Program for Living an Authentic Life.

This article rocks.

A Self-Made 12-Step Program for Living an Authentic Life.

Freewheeling conversation...

Freewheeling conversation with awesome Jim McIntyre on his public affairs show "The 11th Hour" on AM 1420 (click link to podcast)...I sat in the same chair as Cleveland greats James Renner and Les Roberts!

http://am1420theanswer.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-hardest-thing-in-this-world-by.html

Trust

“Do not lose hope — what you seek will be found. Trust ghosts. Trust those that you have helped to help you in their turn. Trust dreams. Trust your heart, and trust your story.” ~ Neil Gaiman

Trust – A word worth a thousand pictures.

8 Wondrous Ways to Restore Your Wild Spirit.

Victoria writes, "Tonight I write from a fierce place, a place made of fire, and a slow burning truth. She inhabits my ribs and breathes her flames, sometimes quiet, and sometimes a roar I cannot purge. It is nights like these when she presses until I can no longer stand her howls, rising like the moon and forcing me awake. She is a force and familiar memory, the primal me, the warrior, and the human. The human in us all.

To be fully human is to be wild..."

8 Wondrous Ways to Restore Your Wild Spirit.