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For the Solstice, for every day.
A miracle happened: another day of life.
PAULO COELHO

A miracle happened: another day of life.

PAULO COELHO

Peace is possible.

Photo: Louise Altman

A New Year is a good time to work on the one thing than can change your new experience - making changes to your mindset. Step by step, thought by thought. Here's some help to get you started.

The 7 Day Mental Cleanse Diet - Intentional Communication Consultants The one thing I do know is that most of what I am in control of is my thinking. Everything flows from it. How you approach the mental cleanse is important. In

Grief comes in many forms. It's a process, not bound by linear time. Valuable article for so many who are coping with misconceptions about these universal feelings.

How the Brain Rewires as We Grieve Understanding neuroscience to help manage the pain of loss.

YES, feel it. Don't dismiss those rich and beneficial feelings. We don't have to dwell in the past to reflect on it with warmth and even a little sadness for what's gone. That's what nostalgia is - and the research shows it imbues us with a sense of connection - and meaning.

Feeling nostalgia is good for our present and future well-being Reminiscing about shared memories with friends, listening to your favorite music or looking through old photos are great ways to stroll down memory lane.

We continue to be deeply impressed by the work of IFS and Dick Schwartz. His book, No Bad Parts, is truly transformational.

Leadership characterized by compassion, calmness, clarity, confidence, courage, creativity, and connectedness.

Dick Schwartz’s new book No Bad Parts, available now:

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Invaluable work at any level. Exploring the parts within - and understanding them from a new perspective. Richard Schwartz's work is enlightening.

As Dr. Schwartz, founder of the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model teaches, “Our parts can sometimes be disruptive or harmful, but once they’re unburdened, they return to their essential goodness. When we learn to love all our parts, we can learn to love all people―and that will contribute to healing the world.” Find Dr. Schwartz’s book on IFS, No Bad Parts at your favorite bookseller. 💛

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May is Mental Health Awareness Month ❤️ A time to raise awareness of and reduce the stigma surrounding behavioral health issues, as well as highlight the ways in which mental illness and addiction can affect all of us. ❤️

Remember, that you are not alone. Heal. Reach out. Connect in safe ways by acknowledging that it’s okay to not be okay. ❤️

This week bring more wonder and awe into your life. It's a healer.
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We All Need More Wonder & Awe - Intentional Communication Consultants Looking around it’s common to see the signs of an increasingly weary and anxious world. There appears to be little room left for the joys of wonder. Asked to identify the “malaise of the moment,” a prominent New York psychiatrist declared, “Generalized anxiety. That is by far the most common...

Making inner peace a priority

12 Steps to More Inner Peace - Intentional Communication Consultants Peace has become a priority for me. When it moved to the top of my list, I can’t say. In the spirit of questioning priorities, (something we’d all benefit from) I’ve been asking myself some basic questions about the often elusive state I call peace. Since, like many of you, I am not practiced ...

“Where there is love there is life.” - Mahatma Gandhi

Such timely wisdom.

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We use the 4-7-8 method in our work with great success - even when you only take a few minutes to "reset" your nervous system.

A 12-Minute 4-7-8 Breathing Meditation - Mindful Dr. Ni-Cheng Liang, leads us in a breathing meditation to release stagnant air and find calm, helpful for those with chronic lung disease.

Those who contemplate the beauty of the Earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.

RACHEL CARSON

There is in you something that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have.

HOWARD THURMAN

Wonder and awe - we need more of it.

We All Need More Wonder & Awe - Intentional Communication Consultants Looking around it’s common to see the signs of an increasingly weary and anxious world. There appears to be little room left for the joys of wonder. Asked to identify the “malaise of the moment,” a prominent New York psychiatrist declared, “Generalized anxiety.That is by far the most common ...

I was reminded today about starting the week with more mindfulness in all we do. Endless opportunities to create little pockets of peace that serve us and the world around us.

Mindful Work – AM to PM - Intentional Communication Consultants This article was inspired by the work of Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hahn’s book, Work: How to Find Joy and Meaning Each Hour of the Day. For those of you unfamiliar with the work of Thich Nhat Hanh (affectionately known as Thay) the Zen master, poet, peace and human rights activist was exiled fro...

"The real work of making communication work is internal: it's working with the thought structures that separate us from other people even while we are trying to connect with them.."

Miki Kashtan