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Let your mind relax a bit and give your heart a chance to shine. Try this inner journey exercise. I created it for myself this morning and enjoyed it. It's a simple structure to create space for your flow. What kind of flower are you? Click here to download the worksheet. Love! Danielle Marie Crume

I'm refreshing a post as I feel it is an amazing one and would love to highlight it again. This was an email I received from a dear friend that was written so beautifully... We all have something standing in the way of coping with our emotional pain. Here are seven ways to break through. Written By Bob Livingstone  We all experience emotional pain in our lives. Someone close to us will eventually die. A friend or lover will betray us. We will lose our jobs or not get the one we really wanted. Many of us have been victims of physical, emotional and/or sexual abuse. We experience racism, sexism and other forms of hatred. Many of us have difficulties with processing these issues.  Last week I was conducting my class on healing emotional pain at the San Francisco County Jail when one of the women asked, “Why has it been so difficult for me to face my emotional pain?” Most of the other women in the group then asked follow-up questions in that same vein. I pondered this...

We all have ups and downs to life. How do you deal with the downs? Do you numb yourself and avoid them? Or do you find the hidden gift held within them?   Each time a painful emotion is felt, it provides an opportunity. Pain gives us the gift of growth in a hidden package. Something is shouting out for a change. If we pause and open this gift, a great secret of freedom and love can be revealed. Sometimes when the pain is large enough, we have no choice but to look at it anyway. My largest pains have helped to open the greatest growths in my life. Hey, it’s worth a shot, right? Finding a healthy way to vent can even help to relieve anxiety, something more and more of us are suffering from in these times. Those who don’t find a healthy way of venting often stuff it inside until they explode one day or get into the habit of finding ways to numb themselves, such as eating. Venting can help to truly relieve stress, which is known to cause many ailments and “dis-eases” in our bod...

Twitter: The Ultimate Experience of Social Media (Updated and revised based on my experience through longer use). Haven’t tried it yet? I find Twitter is the most fun social networking tool – by far. It feels like a game in some way. It offers real time connection and current synchronization with those you don’t get to be with all the time. It shares interesting new happenings that you wouldn't have known about. Tweets are limited to 140 characters - so this requires people to keep their posts short and sweet. And, to top it off, it's low maintenance! Profiles are light and don't need much updating. The information below may be a little much if this is your first time on reading up, but check it out for a quick orientation to TwitterLand :). A seasoned twitterer? This article is designed for us. All in all, twitter is great left as simple as it is. However, a few tools can enhance the experience. After reviewing tons of available apps, these I find are most...