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5 Ways To Find More Bliss In A Day!
While I sit and do my Buddhist morning practice, Bob slips into bliss with me. Its a state of not quite awake, not quite asleep, smiling and yet so serene. Bliss is what I call "grounded power" Your feet are on the ground and your head can still reach for...
Great Big Art That Pulls A Room Into Power!
(via) A room that is focused on powerful art is filled with powerful energy. If you deprive your walls of life, you miss out on one of the greatest opportunities to light up different areas of the feng shui bagua (more on this here) that correspond to different...
Free Yourself From The Perfection Trap!
I found this amazing typography via galadarling, who has a totally different but not conflicting take on this topic. Today we are talking about the dark side of virtuous perfection. And, in this case, eating disorders, a problem that, she also quotes quite correctly,...
David Mramor’s Layers Of Life And Lovely Longing!
David Mramor paints and layers what I consider to be a worldview, an idea of how we see the world in gauzy film and bolting kicks of color. There is a sense that this world we view is always one step ahead of us, leading us with its mystery. This is the kind of art...
An Easy Exercise To Help You Protect Yourself From Negativity!
(design milk) Have you ever had a day where you're feeling fabulous, you run around expressing your exuberance to a few people in your neighborhood or your office or... the phone rings and then... suddenly... after a few minutes of talking... you feel less than great....
Apples & Cinnamon Paleo Granola!
While my 2/3 of the year Resolution is to start swinning in food styling and killer photography, this crazy awesome grain-free Apple Cinnamon granola has me making a batch of super yogurt (its the strongest-probiotic brilliance of yogurt, how-to is right HERE) and so,...
Be Unapologetically Yourself!
(inspirational collages) Because you really are amazing, why not share all of you with the world?! xoxo Dana
Letting The Impossible Beauty Of The World Into Your Life!
There is majesty at every turn in the world. It is hard to see it when you are stuck in your head. I know. I once lived in my head, isolated in my imagination, feeling the flashes of the past and the visions I had for the future bounce around in my brain, not knowing...
5 Lifestyle Goodies To Make Days Magical!
Gordon sure is a heartbreaker with those big brown saucer eyes and a smile on his face. Waking up to see something you love or someone you love - or both, in the best cases- is my first lifestyle bit of greatness of the day. If you don't have a Gordon to stare you...