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Your Relationship With God Can Make You Beautiful
Dear Friends, Today I want to share with you how your relationship with God can make you beautiful. First I should define beauty. Is it only skin deep? No of course not, but I do believe that who you are on the inside is reflected in your outward appearance. It is for this reason that your relationship with God can make you beautiful inside and out. I was listening to a podcast recently by Julia James Davis from The War On Beauty, I just love the way she describes beauty, and I agree with her definition of beauty completely. Julia defines “beauty as being objective not…
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How to Combat Loneliness and Make Friends
Dear Friends, I am so excited to share with you how to combat loneliness and make friends. We find ourselves in a unique time: the prevalence of social media has greatly impacted and shaped different generations of people. Millennials (born 1980-1994) were the last generation to have a childhood free of social media, smart phones, and the internet as we know it, they were at the beginning of the information age. Generation Z (born 1995-2012) on the other hand, had social media encroaching on every aspect of their lives. Generation Alpha (born 2013-2025) is the lucky generation because their parents are likely millennials. Millennials that saw what happened…
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Keeping a Prayer Journal for Spiritual Growth
Dear Friends, I am so excited for the final part of the healthy habits series about keeping a prayer journal for spiritual growth. Having a personal relationship with God is so important to our spiritual health as well as our overall health. A key element of any relationship is communication. In the last post I wrote about a way that God communicates with you; you reading the Bible which is appropriately called His Word. One of the ways that you can communicate with God is through prayer. Consistent communication between you and God will deepen your relationship with Him and help you grow spiritually. Keeping a…
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Reading Your Bible is the Best Way to Have a Great Day
Dear Friends, Today I want to talk about how reading your Bible is the best way to have a great day! We are into the soul section of the healthy habits series and there is really nothing better for the soul, in my opinion, than reading your Bible. We all have faith in something, because I am a Christian I have faith in God. Nurturing your faith is truly soul food. I believe the absolute best way to nurture your Christian faith is specifically to read your Bible. I say your Bible specifically; because that seems to be the best way for you to have a…
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How to Keep Your Romantic Relationship Amazing Forever!
Dear Friends, It is the beginning of February and that has us all thinking about love and relationships because we are so close to Valentines Day, so I am going to share with you how to keep your romantic relationship amazing forever! Let’s start by talking about the fact that most of us think love is that amazing feeling of butterflies in your stomach, excitement just when you hear your love interest’s name, that warm feeling you get when you see them, and the joy that washes over you when you hear from them. These are all wonderful feelings but are they love or feelings of lust? I…
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How Adding Fermented Foods to Your Daily Diet Can Change Your Life for the Better!
Dear Friends, I am so excited to share how adding fermented foods to your daily diet can change your life for the better! I know that sounds crazy right, because it is such a bold statement, but it really can! In this healthy habits for the new year series, I have suggested healthy habits for your mind, body, and soul. I have gone in depth so far about keeping a gratitude journal and how to make great goals and actually achieve them. I chose to go into depth about those two topics specifically because they have the greatest impact on my psychological health. Adding fermented foods to my…
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How to Set Great Goals and Actually Achieve Them
Dear Friends, The beginning of a new year is such a wonderful time for setting goals! Today I want to talk about how to set great goals and actually achieve them! I know everyone enjoys making New Year’s resolutions, but I prefer to set goals. There is just something about New Year’s resolutions that makes them seem like more of an idea, or something you think you might want to accomplish during that year, rather than something you are going to actively work toward achieving. A goal though, seems more tangible, it is something you set out to accomplish, it is not just an idea. I do not…
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Keeping a Gratitude Journal is Amazing for You!
Dear Friends, Today I am sharing the first blog in the healthy habits series. This week I’ll be covering the healthy habits I suggested for our minds. Today I am sharing about one of my favorite healthy habits; keeping a gratitude journal! You might be wondering how is keeping a gratitude journal going to help me in my relationships with others? It is going to help you in several ways but the most prominent way it will help you is that it is going to shift your mindset to a more positive one which will make you happier. It also increases your grit and resilience and can…
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Healthy Habits for the New Year!
Dear Friends, I am so excited to share some ideas I have of healthy habits for the new year with you. These are not just ideas I have for you, these are things I try to implement in my own daily life. Being in good health often makes you happier and more confident which impacts not only you but also your relationships with others. I am so excited about this new year! I don’t know what last year was like for you, but for me and my family, it was amazing in some ways and horrible in other ways, which made it a very trying year. …
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10 of the Best Meaningful Gifts for Spouses
Dear Friends, Today I am sharing my final gift list for the season. This time I am sharing my list of ten meaningful gifts for spouses. Each one of these ideas is near and dear to my heart, and because time is the most precious gift that I believe can be given, most of these gifts are free but do require you giving your spouse the gift of your time. 1. The first gift idea I have is a love letter scavenger hunt. In this hunt you will write a series of love letters and hide them around your bedroom or perhaps your entire house, it is…
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10 of the Best Meaningful Gifts for Children
Dear Friends, I am so excited to share my next ten meaningful gift ideas with you, this time the gifts I’m recommending are for children. These are all gifts I have either given children myself or received when I was a child, and they are still some of my fondest memories. 1. The first gift idea I have is a story written just for them. This story doesn’t have to be long but a child would love to receive a story written just for them that might have their favorite animal or toy or even them as the main character. For presenting it to them you could write it out…
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10 of the Best Meaningful Gifts for Family and Friends
Dear Friends, I am so excited to share with you some wonderful ideas I have for gifts for family and friends this Christmas season. I know that we should not focus on the gifts but it seems that in this season of giving we feel so generous because of the generosity that God showed to us. One thing that I notice about the holidays is that they come and go and the excitement of the presents fades rather quickly. In an earlier post I emphasized that time is the most precious gift you can give. For the next few blogs I will be sharing some of…
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Why a Tree of Gratitude is the Best Autumn Decoration
My favorite Autumn decoration is our Tree of Gratitude! Dear Friends, I have such a fun tradition to share with you today! Roughly 5 years ago I wrote a paper for one of my courses on the profound impact gratitude can have on a person’s life. What I learned effected me so much that I wanted to put things into motion in my family’s life right away that would focus on gratitude. It happened to be close to November at the time and I love Christmas decorations. My husband will tell you I am notorious for trying to get him to let me put up the Christmas…
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Time is the most precious gift
Time is the most precious gift you can give… Dear Friends, I hope you are as excited about the holidays as I am! We always spend so much time and energy preparing for our guests to arrive and put so much care into how everything is put together for everyone. When it comes time to have our holiday feasts and gatherings of all sorts, we can lose some of our time together by being on our phones. Time is the most precious gift we can give because it is finite. Time’s scarcity makes it truly more valuable than anything else which is why when you give it…
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Gratitude Truly Changes Everything for the Best
Gratitude truly changes everything! Dear Friends, In the spirit of Thanksgiving I thought it would be a great time to talk about gratitude. Gratitude is very commonly spoken about these days and yet it still seems to only be recognized for the surface level improvements it has on your emotions. Keeping a gratitude journal is more of a trendy activity at the moment which is wonderful. It is a great thing to keep a gratitude journal for your overall health and well being so it being a trend is truly a blessing. Did you know that gratitude really does change everything? It not only improves your emotional well being, but…
