I want to dive into a personal experience that significantly impacted me—whale-watching in Hawaii. **A Whale of an Experience** During a trip to Hawaii, we ventured on a whale-watching cruise. Although it was early in the season and our start was rocky due to technical difficulties with our original boat, our spirits were high. Despite […]
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**The Heavy Heart of Maui** Arriving in Maui with friends, we stayed close to Lahaina, and the emotional intensity of the place was immediate. The first days I was engulfed in sadness and heaviness, intensified by the stark evidence of fire damage—a constant reminder of loss. My empathy, often a source of deep feeling, was
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**The Braided Connection: Faith, Hope, and Charity** On Thanksgiving morning, I gathered with my prayer group, as we do every Thursday. Our focus was on the connection between faith, hope, charity, with gratitude. During the prayer, I saw a braid made of faith, hope, and charity. This image symbolized more than mere connection; it portrayed
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I know the power of affirmations, indeed today I was planning on just reposting my awesome snow affirmation podcast, but then realized I needed to share some holiday affirmations to go along with it. So I am going to start with the holiday affirmations I have gathered and then will repost my snow affirmation podcast
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Are you a little perplexed on how to keep this Holiday Season a Happy one? In todays episode I dive deep into these 12 tips to help. Listen Here Subscribe to Finding Joy in the Journey to have each episode delivered straight to your phone. So you never miss a tip or a tool. 🙂
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1. Set a Budget Number one, set a budget. I love YNAB, which stands for you Need a budget, and I’m going to share a link to another podcast I did about this program. Gift Spending According to a study done by the National Retail Federation, total holiday spending was over 1 trillion in 2018.
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Listen to the podcast episode here! Links to Prayer Cheat Sheet Episode Artful Agenda (my favorite online calendar app)
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Click here to listen to the episode! Creating our own limits can help us find success in the areas that are important to us. A few Christmas seasons ago, I was overwhelmed with all the chocolate coming into my house and was struggling with limiting myself. So I created my Chocolate Safe and it made
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Click here to listen to the podcast! Choose 3 things from this list! Do them for 40 days. Feel renewed, recharged, rejuvenated and repaired! Here are some ideas for tracking!
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Here are the 4 questions. Listen to the podcast episode to dive deeper!!
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