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Karly P.
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San Francisco, California
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http://www.firstourselves.com/
I want to transform women's lives through the power of self-care. Women are natural caretakers,...
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Honor Your Inner Child with Joy
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Last week I wrote an essay about rediscovering my inner child. As a wife, mom, and employee, it's easy for me to get caught up in my to-do list and my adult responsibilities. ...
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10 Benefits of Working at Home for Kids
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Many people mistakenly view working from home as a financial choice. While financial reasons certainly play a part in the decision, I tender that it's primarily a lifestyle ch ...
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Encouragement for Moms: A Poignant Reminder of Time's Swift Passage
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On Saturday morning, I watched a beautiful, short film, The Years Are Short, produced by Gretchen Rubin, the blogger behind The Happiness Project. It's the story of riding the ...
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Affirmation of the Week: I am committed.
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I share with you one of my favorite quotes: "Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness concerning all acts of initiative ...
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Jealous of Pretty Women? Turn Your Envy into Inspiration
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There can be a snide competition between women, where we allow other women to be beautiful .... to a point. Other women can be pretty, as long as they're not too pretty. A wom ...
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A Lovesong to Every Woman: You are Stronger Than You Know
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My nearly eight-year-old daughter said to me the other day, "I'm good at everything I try." This was said without any sense of competition or ego; just the matter-of ...
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10 Simple Steps for Strong Family Connections
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What makes for strong families, and healthy, confident children? Meaningful connection. In his groundbreaking, fantastic book, Hold Onto Your Kids, psychologist Gordon Neufeld ...
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Affirmation of the Week: Failure helps me succeed.
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"You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you can be satisfied that you've tried. If you don't accept failure as a pos ...
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Beat the Winter Blues: 10 Tips for Women
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I've spent the last ten years in Montana, where winter is long, dark and cold. The lack of sunlight and shortened days negatively effect my mood, manifesting in irritability, ...
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A Tip for Creating a Positive Body Image: Unite Your Body with Your Values
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A few years ago, I read Your Money or Your Life, a book that forever changed how I view money. The authors share a brilliant idea that elevates budgeting above simple allocati ...
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10 Tips for Finding Time to Relax
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A lack of time often keeps women from implementing self-care. Women lead busy lives, managing households, families, jobs, and relationships. Self-care can feel like one more i ...
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A Relationship Tip to Cultivate Gratitude for your Spouse
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This is the story of how a moleskine notebook saved my marriage.As Alan Loy Mcginnis observed, "If you train your mind to search for the positive things about other peopl ...
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7 Tips to Love Housework
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I'm a wife, a mother of four, and a homemaker---by choice. I get joy from nurturing those that I love: my husband, children, friends, and family. But there are days when I fe ...
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Affirmation of the Week: I am available to receive my good.
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Every night before dinner, my family holds hands, and recites this mantra, from minister Dr. Michael Beckwith: "I am available to receive more good than I have ever exper ...
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Does Your Body Express Your Personality?
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Sometimes I feel like I have multiple personality disorder, because I have so many different "selves." While, yes, I have many different roles---I'm a wife, a mom, a ...
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Reduce Anxiety by Creating Margin
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Margin. Wiggle room. Space. What are these things? They're how you reduce anxiety. They prevent a hassle---such as an unexpected car repair, or a sick child---from morphing in ...
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Breaking Sugar Addiction: 10 Steps to Give Up Sugar
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I'm a sugar addict who struggled with a sweet tooth for years. My book about overcoming sugar addiction is now available...and the best part is that it's free. So download a c ...
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Help Children Be More Independent in 8 Steps
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There's a delicate balance as a parent, between caring for your children and empowering them to care for themselves. There's a time and a place for adult guidance, when your c ...
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Affirmation of the Week: I am resilient. I embrace challenges as opportunities for growth.
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How do you feel when you encounter a setback? When your goals don't come easily, but require daily effort, or months or years of work?Life often feels like two steps forward, ...
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Heal a Negative Body Image by Accepting Your Body's Changes
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One of the hard things about about accepting our body's changes is that how we think about ourselves---how we feel in our bodies---doesn't keep pace with how we look in our bo ...
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