Power of Wellness with Lee Chamberland

Good Sunday morning my friends! This quote 👇and the vibe of this image feel like Sunday to me. Extra time to chill, to breathe deeply, and take a listen to the truth always there inside. May your heart be refreshed today - in whatever way feels right to you!! 🙏💙

I think 99 times and find nothing.
I stop thinking, swim in silence
And the truth comes to me.

Albert Einstein

LOVE this. 🎯💜

If it drains you, it's not for you. Always remember that. It is either not for you at all, or it is not for you without change of some kind (either change in the situation, change within you, or both). Bottom line, if it drains you, it's not for you. ❤️

We need so much to be reminded that we are not the only one. ❤️

To be beautiful means to be yourself.
You don't need to be accepted by others.
You need to accept yourself.
When you are born a lotus flower, be a beautiful lotus flower
Don’t try to be a magnolia flower.

Thich Nhat Hanh

If you're like me or you just feel a little renewed on Friday and might like to dance or move your body, you might find a lot of inspiration here with Tom Jones and Janis Joplin. Pure Magic! 💙👊💜

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Your heart knows the way, run in that direction... Rumi

Here, here!! 🙏💙

Every morning we are born again.
What we do today is what matters most.

The Buddha

May you notice each lovely moment that greets you today. May they make you smile.
May you be blessed!

July is Bereaved Parents Awareness Month. 💛
The best gift, you can give a bereaved parent is to mention their Child’s name. This is from my friend Stefan who lost his young daughter Ashley.
For me? My Aunt Ruth lost two sons. My cousin Brian (age 21), and my bestie/cousin Fred (we grew up side by side and he died at age 31). 💔🙏

What keeps you cool in the heat? Favorite tips please.

Hey my friends! Since it’s Canada Day tomorrow, what’s something you love about Canada? 🇨🇦❤️

Maybe even this weekend? 😉💜 ...
“I hope there are days when your coffee tastes like magic, your playlist makes you dance, strangers make you smile, and the night sky touches your soul. I hope you fall in love with being alive.”

Author unknown

Be kind to past versions of yourself that didn't know the things you know now.
~
ps ... I'm still learning this. If you are too, I hope you take some comfort in knowing that you're not alone. 💜

Artist - Sketches in Stillness

Love is cure.
Love is power.
Love is the magic of changes.
Love is the mirror of divine beauty.

Rumi

Good morning. I've read and savored this beautiful wish and hope it blesses you today! ...

"I hope there are days when the sun shines directly on you. When Mother Nature takes your hand and leads you to her most beautiful creations whispering ‘you are one too.’ I hope there are days when your taste buds dance with delight, your mind is kind and your body feels like home again. I hope there are days when life feels like a gift. And I hope today is one of those days. I really do."

By Donna Ashworth
Art by the amazing Bettina Baldassari - BettiPigna

I can't tell you how many times I have encouraged a client to be gentle with herself. And how many times the woman on the other end of that phone connection started to cry.

We're all doing our very best to hold it together in this challenging world. And that 💯 includes you. I have a question for you. What does being gentle with yourself mean to you? And if you're not sure if you've ever been gentle with yourself, what would it look like if you were? ❤️

Love this. Because playfulness and ocean! 💙

I Can See The Ocean by Gwen van Knippenberg.

"I am only one,
But still I am one.
I cannot do everything,
But still I can do something;
And because I cannot do everything,
I will not refuse to do the something that I can do."

Edward Everett Hale

Extraordinary shot!
by Steve Woods Photography

Honestly? I'm not much of a gardener. However I'm a huge fan of slowing down, and I ❤ this quote and image. May your Thursday be blessed with many moments of joy. 😘

Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.
~ May Sarton
~ Art by Kaoru Yamada

What is a comfort movie (or show) that you have watched many times?
For me, a few that come to mind right now include Stanley and Iris (with Jane Fonda and Robert De Niro), Sleepless in Seattle, When Harry Met Sally, and The Blind Side. You?

I'm reposting this because this dear friend is on my mind. She left a legacy of kindness that will always live on. I still think of you Lou. ❤🫂

A dear friend of mine is in Hospice, and she sent out the loveliest of emails to her friends/family a couple of weeks ago. She told us her birthday was just around the corner and that she had a special request. She asked us to please not send her cards or gifts, but instead to do something kind for someone else and let her know what we did. Wow - what a brilliant idea.

That email request went to about 30ish people and she told us that she's been blown away by the stories of kindness and paying it forward that have been shared with her. She said that she put the request out at first mainly because she wasn't in the mood for birthday celebrations (understandably)... and then it turned into something that brought her more happiness than she could have imagined.

She shared that her brother has a community garden and he shared some lovely produce with the local food bank AND will continue to do that every year! So wonderful and thoughtful.

For my part, I remembered that she has a big heart for Kenya and so I googled "trustworthy Kenyen charities for women and girls" ... and what happened next was pretty magical. I found a foundation that serves young girls in a slum in Nairobi and bought one of the girls a soccer uniform. When my friend heard that, she got so excited - and told me that she had visited a slum and felt led to give them a couple of soccer balls! Can you believe that? I did NOT know that she visited a slum, nor that she had left the girls soccer balls. But I felt easily led to this charity and to go with the soccer uniform. Gosh we laughed, cried and shared joy over that! I also told her that I was so inspired by her idea that I will be putting the same request out on my birthdays from now on (although I will also gratefully accept bday wishes:)).

There were many other stories of kindness, small and large. Each one felt good to her! And I'm sure that each one felt good to the giver and receiver. And that's what I call a real win-win-win.

Thank you my friend. Love and gratefulness forever. ❤️ ..Lee
PS: I asked her permission to share this here and she said she'd be honoured. In her own words: "Maybe this is an idea that will go viral for everybody on their birthdays and the world will just be so full of “random acts of kindness” that peace will follow🍀" Isn't that just the best vision? 🙏🤓

Three "off the top of my head" things that make me glad I'm alive right now are:
1. The people who follow me here and our connections. In other words, you!
2. The chirping of birds! This spring it seems to matter more to me than ever before. ❤
3. Simple Pleasures like the quiet on a Sunday morning.
How about you? What's something that makes you glad you are alive?

Ooh yes. Reminds me so much of another John Muir quote:
Into the forest I go
To lose my mind
And find my soul. ❤🙏

Peace is always beautiful.

Walt Whitman

Be yourself
So the people
Looking for you
Can find you.
.. Alex Aubrey

So, I don't like many pictures of myself, but this selfie I took I just love. Probably a combo of the silliness factor and the abs on the guy I'm standing next to! 🤣 Happy Friday everyone. ❤

Feels refreshing. 👍💙

Mark Grantham (Canadian, b.1966)
"Gateway to Summer (Chester, Nova Scotia)," 2019
Acrylic on canvas