Category: Self Improvement

Musings from Annabella

Week Five: The Art of Coming Home to Ourselves

The House With No One Home Here is a story: There once was a traveler who spent years wandering from village to village, always seeking the perfect place to belong. She carried a heavy pack filled with everything she thought others might need—blankets for the cold, food for the hungry, tools for the broken. In

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Week Four: Setting Your Course

Connecting the Dots on Your Journey to Love Hello again. We have been on this transformative journey using Katherine Woodward Thomas’s “Calling in the One,” since January, where we set our intentions and vision, courageously unloaded our emotional baggage in Week 2, and processed our deepest stories in Week 3. Now, in Week 4, we are going

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Week Three: Transforming Your Love Identity

“The world breaks everyone and afterwards, many are strong at the broken places.” – Ernest Hemingway The Pattern That Keeps You Stuck Winnie sits across from her date, nodding enthusiastically as he talks about his ex-girlfriend for the third time tonight. Inside, she’s screaming. Why do I always attract men who aren’t over their past? But instead of

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Week Two: Releasing Your Past to Welcome Love

“Life is full and overflowing with the new. But it is necessary to empty out the old to make room for the new to enter.” – Eileen Caddy Breaking the Invisible Chains of Your Past Last month, we began our transformational journey with the first of seven steps from Katherine Woodward Thomas’s Calling in “The One”. You

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Calling in Love: Finding Your Soulmate

Preparing for Love How many times have I been here, I thought. Spring is coming and I am staring down the barrel of another season without a partner. Do I want to get involved in the dating apps again? Am I stuck in a pattern? Why do I keep dating “the same person” over and

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A Grateful Heart, A More Abundant Life

Have you ever stopped to think about all that you have? Gratitude invites us to do so. By cultivating a grateful attitude, we open the doors to a new way of looking at the world, one in which we appreciate the little things and celebrate the big accomplishments, this nurtures a grateful heart, a more

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Exploring the Concept of Comfort in Health and Wellness

Exploring the deep connection between health and wellness involves finding solace in everyday experiences, identifying small moments of calm. Through practices that nourish both body and spirit, we can discover new ways to face daily challenges with greater resilience and fulfillment. What is comfort? Where can we find comfort?  As women, we carry the weight

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Lessons in Loneliness and Trust

The annual cycle of birthdays can be a great opportunity for personal growth and inner reflection. Taking advantage of this moment provides us with lessons in loneliness and trust that can be transformed into an enriching experience for the next cycles of our life. Have you ever looked forward to an event and dreaded it

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Growth Mindset

Fostering a Growth Mindset in oneself or others involves changing the way challenges and effort are perceived; it can have a profound and positive impact on people’s lives, helping them to reach their potential and live a fuller, more satisfying life. It was a hot late spring afternoon and I was taking a midafternoon break,

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