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Home2024

Keys to Living a Sweet Life

Keys to Living a Sweet Life
December 26, 2024
Sarah McLean
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Keys to Living a Sweet Life

Here are some practices essential to adopt for your everyday self-care for a beautiful and sweet New Year …… Sit in silence and meditate for at least 30 minutes each day. (All

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Offer it Up!

Offer it Up!
December 11, 2024
Sarah McLean
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Offer it Up!

When we meditate, it may seem like we are sitting alone in a room and practicing only for ourselves. However, this can change when we meditate with an awakened heart and mind (call

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Meditation – the Path to Peacemaking

Meditation – the Path to Peacemaking
October 26, 2024
Sarah McLean
Inspiration

Meditation – the Path to Peacemaking

“Creating peace on earth is not usually the reason most people learn to meditate. Yet, solutions to the world’s strife are on the mind of every person I meet.” Dr. De

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Cultivating Joy

Cultivating Joy
October 13, 2024
Sarah McLean
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Cultivating Joy

Have you ever spent even five minutes remembering events and experiences that made you feel joyful? I urge you to try it. Close your eyes and invite your most joyous memories to po

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Joy & Sorrow

Joy & Sorrow
October 5, 2024
Sarah McLean
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Joy & Sorrow

A student recently asked, “I am truly concerned about all the pain and suffering humans and animals are experiencing due to war, floods, and hurricanes. For some reason, and I do

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Affirm Your Beauty

Affirm Your Beauty
September 10, 2024
Sarah McLean
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Affirm Your Beauty

Some students ask me if affirmations for self-love work. I say, try them! If nothing else, they can help you to become more aware of how you feel about yourself. Let’s work w

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Present Moment, Wonderful Moment

Present Moment, Wonderful Moment
August 1, 2024
Sarah McLean
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Present Moment, Wonderful Moment

“With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.” That was what Ralph Waldo Emerson practiced. Sounds good, living in the now. But how can we keep

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Cultivating the Gratitude Attitude

Cultivating the Gratitude Attitude
July 13, 2024
Sarah McLean
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Cultivating the Gratitude Attitude

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, and confusion to clarity. It can turn a

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Ho’Oponopono

Ho'Oponopono
June 4, 2024
Sarah McLean
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Ho’Oponopono

“I’m sorry. Please forgive me. I love you. Thank you” Hoʻoponopono (ho-o-pono-pono) is an ancient Hawaiian practice of reconciliation and forgiveness traditionally practiced

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How to Peacefully Coexist

How to Peacefully Coexist
May 6, 2024
Sarah McLean
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How to Peacefully Coexist

These past few years, many of us have been challenged and stretched in ways that we’ve never experienced before.  We’ve had to deepen our faith, enhance our patience,

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