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The Importance of Putting Yourself First
Hello everyone! After a little break following the Essentials for Everyday Life series, I’m back at it with a mini-series about taking care of yourself. With all of the great opportunities that summer brings, it’s an excellent time to take care of yourself and even re-invent yourself. You’re no good to anyone else if you’re not good to yourself! Enjoy! Jen Elements for Taking Care of Yourself The Importance of Putting Yourself First The world has become such a fast-paced place that we oftentimes find ourselves so busy and so wrapped up in school, work, activities, family and friends that life passes us by and in doing so, we exhaust ourselves and burn...
Read MoreSmile Vlog
Continuing my discussion about smiling and why we should! Didn’t see the blog? Read it here!
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Essentials for Everyday Life Smile Sources say it can take as little as 13 muscles to form a smile. It’s an easy and natural thing to do, so natural that we oftentimes do so involuntarily and sometimes no matter how hard we try not to, we just can’t keep ourselves from smiling. That’s how powerful those few muscles are and how powerful a smile is. Smiling isn’t just physically powerful. It’s actually even more emotionally powerful. We all have bad days. We all feel sad or stressed out at times. One thing that can make you feel better and get you through it is smiling. I’m not saying you should hide your pain or whatever is bothering you with a smile. Instead a smile...
Read MoreBeing Grateful Vlog
Continuing my discussion about being grateful, in this vlog I talk more about why we should all be (more) grateful. Didn’t see the blog? Read it here!
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Being Grateful The Merriam-Webster Dictionary gives the simple definition of the word “Grateful” as “feeling or showing thanks; feeling or showing thanks to someone for some helpful act.” Honestly, how often do you feel this or show this? Society has become so wrapped up and consumed by daily lives and, quite honestly, themselves and / or their own personal interests, that we seldomly think about what we are each blessed with or smile and say thank you when someone does something nice. In a way, we have become selfish. We’re always looking for something better or something else we could have and do. The latest fashions, the newest video game, the next big electronic, a...
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