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It's A Certificate Of Completion
I have great news! I completed the Stress Management course I signed up to take. It had been about two years of thinking about taking a...
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Amanda R
- Mar 16, 2021
- 2 min
How To Pull Yourself Out Of A Negative Thought Loop With Music
Today we're going to talk about music therapy and how it can support our mental and emotional health. One way we can calm down when we're...
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Amanda R
- Mar 8, 2021
- 2 min
What Is Awareness And How To Become More Aware?
Hello! Today I'm going to talk about awareness. What is awareness? How do you become more aware? Why do you want to be more aware? What...
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Amanda R
- Mar 1, 2021
- 2 min
What Is a Happiness List?
Back in 2019, I created a list of activities that I love to do. Each one had a positive effect on me with the same purpose - reduce...
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Amanda R
- Feb 21, 2021
- 2 min
How To Follow Through On Something You Truly Want To Do
Today I made cinnamon rolls for the first time from scratch! It was obviously more complex than braking open a tub of Pillsbury and place...
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Amanda R
- Feb 17, 2021
- 2 min
The Time I Caved And Found A Therapist
It was about 8 years ago now that I was messaging a co-worker about my constant worrying and overthinking. It wasn't "normal" to be...
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Amanda R
- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
How You Might Be Adding Stress and Anxiety To Your Every Day Life
Do you find yourself making lists of work you have to do each day only to get easily overwhelmed? This feeling may cause anxiety along...
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Amanda R
- Jan 5, 2021
- 1 min
If you're going through some hard shit right now
I took a walk this afternoon. It was about 35* and snow on the ground. It wasn't super long but enough to get outside, increase the HR,...
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Amanda R
- Dec 31, 2020
- 1 min
Goodbye 2020
Though the year was not what we expected, I hope we all close this chapter with more gratitude and moving more slowly and present. This...
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Amanda R
- Oct 11, 2020
- 3 min
A New Affirmation
When you've lived with anxiety and the need to be "perfect" for years (~20 years), it takes patience and time to reprogram your brain to...
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Amanda R
- Sep 27, 2020
- 1 min
The Timing Was Right
I did a thing this last week and I'm so excited about it! Ever since I became a health and fitness coach and began personal development,...
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Amanda R
- Sep 19, 2020
- 2 min
What happens when you're not "present"?
For me, I lived years and years (~13) of my life in high stress, thinking about and planning the future, sad about the past and how it...
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Amanda R
- Sep 10, 2020
- 2 min
A Lot Can Change In A Year
My blogs will always have some type of mindset theme to them. I feel like the older I grow, the more personal development I do, the more...
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Amanda R
- Aug 23, 2020
- 3 min
How Do You React In Stressful Times?
A few weeks ago I locked myself out of the house. Like most mornings, I was rushing out the door to get to the office. I had my work bag,...
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Amanda R
- Jul 31, 2020
- 2 min
Awareness
It's been a minute since my last blog post. At the beginning of the year, I set out to post a blog every Friday. For a couple months I...
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Amanda R
- May 19, 2020
- 3 min
When Old Habits Fight Back
Remember in a previous post I had mentioned that I am creating new, positive pathways in my brain? That it takes practice and time and...
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Amanda R
- May 9, 2020
- 3 min
Believing In Personal Development
Last week I talked to you about 'spiraling thoughts' and the method I use to reel it in before it drags me down the rabbit hole. Today, I...
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Amanda R
- May 4, 2020
- 2 min
The Power of Practice
Over the weekend, I realized something that I wanted to share with you. Saturday, I planned to have this really cool movie theater night...
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Amanda R
- Apr 25, 2020
- 3 min
Welcome To The Party
Before writing this post, I asked myself, "If I write a pity party post, how can I make this informative without causing my readers to...
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Amanda R
- Apr 18, 2020
- 2 min
That's Too Hard
Well, my company began furloughing people this past week and as of right now will be going through the end of May. Awesome. This upcoming...
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