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10 Ways to Sneak Fitness Into Your Day

Posted by Deb Kelly on Saturday, March 11, 2017, In : achieving wellness 
  1. While Waiting Around - Nobody likes standing in line.  Here's a full-body exercise routine to help pass the time. Squeeze your behind 10 times.  Tighten your stomach muscles 10 times.  Stretch your arms downward behind you and squeeze your triceps 10 times.  Rise up on your toes and squeeze your calves 10 times.
  2. While Sitting Around - Improve your grip strength by keeping a tennis ball at your desk at work, and another by your favorite chair at home.  At least twice a day, grab a ball and sque...

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Simple Pleasures

Posted by Deb Kelly on Thursday, December 8, 2016, In : achieving wellness 

Simple pleasures are just that: simple! Forget fancy and think basic, everyday things that brighten your mood when you take time to notice them. 

1) Being outside: 
Fresh air boosts your mood and your vitamin D levels.

2) Seeing someone you love: It doesn't matter if the last time you saw them was 5 weeks or 5 minutes ago. It rocks every time.

3) Being home alone: You hear that? Nope, we didn't either. And it's glorious. 

4) Dancing: Nothing makes dinner taste as delicious as a kitchen dance party...


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How to be Truly Happier

Posted by Deb Kelly on Wednesday, October 19, 2016, In : achieving wellness 


  1. Happier-ness isn’t something you feel, but something you do. It’s a skill every one of us has and can improve by regularly practicing the scientifically-proven habits of gratitude, kindness, and mindfulness.
  2. It’s OK to be not OK. True emotional well-being is not the absence of negative emotions. It’s the practice of strengthening your emotional immune system so that you learn how to be OK even when not everything is OK.
  3. “I’ll be happy when…” is the surest way to never feel happy...

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The Sacred Secret of Love

Posted by Deb Kelly on Tuesday, February 17, 2015, In : achieving wellness 

Written by Jafree Ozwald
www.EnlightenedBeings.com

Your true nature is love itself. This is the only kind of love that is real and everlasting. This love cannot be damaged, altered, threatened or changed in any way. It pours out of you naturally when your mind is calm and at ease, and it opens your heart to the God Source, flooding your body with absolute elation.  Every day that you choose to do those gentle and kind things to yourself, those things that bring deep peace into your heart (such ...


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The Top 10 Causes of Enlightenment

Posted by Deb Kelly on Friday, January 23, 2015, In : achieving wellness 

The Top 10 Causes of Enlightenment 

(and how to transcend ANY experience of suffering)

Written by Jafree Ozwald
www.EnlightenedBeings.com

"Enlightenment is the moment when the wave realizes that it is water." ~Thich Nhat Hanh

Enlightenment is not something that can be given to you. Whatever that has been given to you, can also be taken away from you. You must find this great spiritual liberation within yourself, and learn how to cultivate it's presence in your life, as you are the master of it all...


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Three Tips to Begin A Meditation Practice

Posted by Deb Kelly on Thursday, January 15, 2015, In : achieving wellness 

What happens when you begin to meditate is that you begin to feel into yourself. You become aware of how you feel physically and emotionally. You start to gain insight into your life and your purpose. Intuition becomes more and more clear, and when you consider your intention, you become a superfeeler.

Meditation practices focus on the breath. There are so many techniques that involve different things to do with the breath. You can count the breath as it comes and goes, holding the breath at t...

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Magic Meditation for Motivation

Posted by Deb Kelly on Thursday, January 15, 2015, In : achieving wellness 

Written by Jafree Ozwald 
www.EnlightenedBeings.com 

"To the mind that is still, the whole Universe surrenders."  ~Lao Tzu

 Quieting the mind chatter is not always something we want to do.  Especially when life can be so entertaining, with so many activities, task lists to accomplish, and people to meet and greet along the way.  The frantic desperate non-meditative mind has become the norm of our society, and the cause of all social injustice and corruption.  Once everyone learns the art and sci...


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Talk to Your 10-Year-Old Self

Posted by Deb Kelly on Friday, October 17, 2014, In : achieving wellness 
I love this idea!  I'm definitely going to try it.


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The Science of Happiness

Posted by Deb Kelly on Friday, October 17, 2014, In : achieving wellness 

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The Magical Power of Detachment

Posted by Deb Kelly on Thursday, October 9, 2014, In : achieving wellness 

Written by Jafree Ozwald
www.EnlightenedBeings.com

“The law of detachment means that in order to acquire anything in the physical universe, you have to relinquish your attachment to it. This doesn’t mean you give up your intention to create your desire. You don’t give up the intention, and you don’t give up the desire. You give up your attachment to the result.” ~Deepak Chopra

The wise Buddha once said, “Attachment Leads to Suffering”. What he meant by this was that whenever we bec...


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Communications

Posted by Deb Kelly on Sunday, October 5, 2014, In : achieving wellness 


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Perception and Confidence

Posted by Deb Kelly on Friday, October 3, 2014, In : achieving wellness 

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The Secret of Attraction

Posted by Deb Kelly on Tuesday, September 30, 2014, In : achieving wellness 
The secret of attraction is to love yourself. Attractive people neither judge themselves nor others. They are open to gestures of love. They think about love, and express their love in every action. They know that love is not a mere sentiment, but the ultimate truth at the heart of the universe."
~ Deepak Chopra


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Empathy

Posted by Deb Kelly on Monday, September 29, 2014, In : achieving wellness 


From one of my favorite websites, www.happify.com.

Peace, Picnicgal

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Responding to Conflict

Posted by Deb Kelly on Friday, September 26, 2014, In : achieving wellness 


Due to recent complications in my life, I've decided to share my thoughts here on my blog, so I'm taking it in a new direction.  I'm getting off the social networks for a while and will be spending time here at Picnicgal's Place.

Starting the series will be this wonderful article I saw today regarding responding to conflict.  It's something I really needed to see at this particular time.  The Universe is a wonderful place.

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Why do so many of us tend to avoid working through misunder...

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