WELL Happenings
Events, events, events! Busted for slacking on the site, but events are updated on Facebook! Is anyone else geeking out about the impending timeline for businesses? I kind of grew to love it on my personal profile!
Need tea…? Check out Possibiliteas! My favorite: PRODUCTIVITEA, a savory blend of gently stimulating Formosa Oolong and Nilgiri black teas. Rooibos from South Africa and organic chocolate from Central America synergistically, fortify and energize. Check out my POSSIBILITIEAS profile to learn a little more on my perspective of CreativiTEA (and learn about the incredible Arielle Loren here!).
The Fierce Leadership Summit will bring together women who are rocking it out in their own right. Our speakers are a dynamic group of women whose expertise ranges from entrepreneurship to relationships to personal finance. At the event, we will be addressing what it takes to step fully into your power and become the fierce woman you were born to be.
YFE is a a business incubator and support group for women in their 20s and 30s who are “Young, Female, & Entrepreneurial.” The mission? To help each member on their path to profitable businesses while building a collective reputation that is philanthropic, successful, multi-faceted, and collaborative. Find “The Balanced Entrepreneur” for my personal tips on how to keep life, business, love and all the details in order!
Finally, you must meet Molly of Stratejoy (she really loves Twitter – say hi with a “tweet” if you’re feeling bold!). Her Fierce Love Course kicks off VERY soon, so if you’re so inclined join her as she helps you to dive deep into what Fierce Love. Learn what Inner Confidence looks like to YOU and how they play out in your world. Missed my spot on the crawl? Check out “K is for Kindness“.
Bonus: check out two of my favorite places for finding recipes – Whole Living and Kris Carr’s new ultimate guide to juices and smoothies. I’m inspired to get in the kitchen and make variations of these in juices… but might need some help with the drinking part! Any volunteers? 
ABC’s of Self-LOVE! “K” is for KINDNESS
I am the luckiest girl in the world to be writing on the topic Self-Love & Kindness as part of Stratejoy’s ABC’s of SELF LOVE Blog Crawl + Treasure Hunt on VALENTINE’S DAY (say HOLLAH!! to Molly of Stratejoy and learn more about the Fierce LOVE course!)! I was a little daunted by the topic, even though this blog encompasses many ways to love yourself WELL in almost every blog post (see the Be YOURS! posts here, here and here!). Here we go… and I included pretty pictures, too!
I thought it would be a fun exercise to give myself a kindness grade, if you will. Would I get an “A-” or “C+” (or worse!) based on the number acts of kindness I show myself in a day? I closed my eyes and began to recount the activities that comprise my day, quantifying the moments I take time to show myself kindness, love and compassion. I wake up, I move, I make myself tea, take time to reflect and get outside to breathe fresh air before touching my phone or computer. Throughout the day I make healthy choices to show my body and mind love by picking the stairs over the elevator, stretching, choosing a healthy lunch, making time for a workout in the evening. I give myself time to re-charge and be a supportive spouse, co-worker, friend, daughter and human being each day. These are obviously very personal acts of kindness for me and may not apply to you, but you begin to get the picture. What would your “grade” be if you assessed your day start to finish? Acts of kindness and self-love are comprised of the conscious choices we make throughout our day and our life.
I wasn’t always this kind to myself. There used to be days filled with unrealistic expectations, self-doubt and harsh inner monologues for ‘failing’ to be something I was never intended to be in this life. Growing older is pretty magical in the sense that you really stop giving a sh*t about what everyone else thinks and begin to love the amazing person that you are and all the gifts you bring to this world. That’s kindness and an incredible dose of self-love. When you feel internalize all those amazing things about yourself, it makes a world of difference in how you interact with the world around you. A big, big shift for a better you and a better world.
Celebrate you. Love you. Be kind to you. In the spirit of this Stratejoy blog crawl, I’ve borrowed images from the party superstars at Confetti System and paired photos with quotes that embody the spirit and love and kindness. Borrow and re-post, but remember to be kind on the internet, loves.
If you’re catching up or just joining the crawl, you’re not too late to join the party. Click on the letter + word to go to the other posts that have already been published as part of the crawl (A = Acceptance; B = Beauty; C = Celebration; D = Determination; E = Enough; F = Freedom; G = Growth; H = Honoring; I = Integrity; J = Joy…). Leave a comment if you enjoyed any of the posts you read – a simple “thank you for your post” completely rocks a blogger’s world – seriously! Show some love for all the hard work and LOVE these authors are putting into the Stratejoy blog crawl. And HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!
Be Yours: Add Color
A veggie seduced me this weekend with its beautiful colors. I couldn’t resist buying a few bunches of rainbow swiss chard at this weekend’s farmers market. It seems timely to have stumbled upon this mushrooms and chard recipe from Martha Rose Shulman and I cannot wait to make it as my meatless meal this week. A few other fun items from the market included salad mixes filled with flowers (check out Sunset’s guide to edible flowers), beautiful baguettes, more flowers and eggs ranging in every shade, perfect for morning breakfasts and easy dinners. Part of being your Valentine – loving yourself ALL year – is picking the right foods for your meals. Fresh. Seasonal. Local. Or at least foods that are minimally processed and as close to their whole foods sources as possible.
Continuing to share the love via “Be Yours” (see Sexy Foods and Make Your Own Flowers) , culminating with a Stratejoy Fierce Love post this Tuesday (very excited for this post… I’ve been writing, writing, writing this weekend!). More WELL? Features are being shared on 365 til 30 and Possibiliteas! Thank you to each of you for the love, the comments and support. Big dreams are becoming a reality with each day!
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