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Making a Dent in the Universe | Read more artofabeautifullife.com

Making a Dent in the Universe… The Things That Matter

Life is short. People matter. Kindness matters. Little gestures matter. That kind thought you are thinking of someone right now could sow seeds of greatness in their life. It could be the thing that might begin to slowly turn everything around for them just because someone, just because YOU, spoke a kindness from your heart or reached out to them in some way.

Show up. Speak up. Live the story you want to tell. BE the MAGIC. This is where life…

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Let's All Be Brave | Read more... artofabeautifullife.com

Let’s All Be Brave (Book Review)

I am not brave in the normal sense of the word. You will not catch me jumping out of an airplane. I’m not likely to go mountain climbing. And by not likely, I mean NEVER. But that does make those like myself any less brave. Brave means…

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The Perfect Starter Juice Recipes for Beginners | artofabeautifullife.com

The Perfect Starter Juice Recipes for Beginners

My first attempts at making juice were NOT very good. Well, I take that back. I would probably love those first attempts NOW. But working up to more veggies than fruits takes a little time, at least it did for my family, and I am the person who LOVE veggies. I found the more I juiced, the more veggies I could add and still loved it.

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The Secret to a Happy Life: Celebrate it! | Free, Printable 30 Day Celebration Journal | artofabeautifullife.com

The More You Praise and Celebrate Your Life

We talk a lot about gratitude, but I have come to love the word CELEBRATE over gratitude. When I am celebrating something, I am REALLY grateful for it. You know that feeling you get when something makes you so happy that you want to break out the champagne and start dancing in the streets? THAT feeling. Find out more about why I started a celebration journal…

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Immerse yourself in a life that moves you. | Read more... artofabeautifullife.com

Immerse Yourself in a Life That Moves You

If you take a step back right now and looked at your life, your home, your friends, your facebook pictures, your instagram, and your pinterest account, what are all these things saying about you? What is what you are reading, doing on the weekend, and who you are spending time with saying about you? Are these things moving your soul? Are you living the story you want to tell?

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This Could Be Your Butterfly Moment

Life is a journey. We are not meant to stay the same as we came into this world. Just as when you were a child and had so many things to learn, this never stops for us. There is always growth and change ahead for us if we want to live our best life. This could be your butterfly moment.

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Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life 30 Day Challenge | Read more... artofabeautifullife.com

Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life – 30 Day Challenge

This may be the most life-changing challenge yet. If you want to change your life, the Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life Challenge may be just what you need.

This isn’t just about “being positive” or saying positive things, although that is a result. It is about filling yourself with what you want to start pouring out of you.

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If your self-talk is not what it should be, you need to read this. | Read more at artofabeautifullife.com

What Happens When You’re the Man in the Arena

What happens when we are the man in the arena? This famous speech by Theodore Roosevelt assumes the critic is someone other than the man in the arena. We are not supposed to be our own critic. When we walk into the arena, we are the strong man. When we show up, we are the strong man. When we dance like no one is watching, we are the strong man. When we are authentic, we are the strong man. When we go after our goals, we are the strong man. When we go through the battle, we are the man in the arena.

“We need to be kinder when we talk to ourselves. Give ourselves a break. Encourage ourselves. We need to not be the critic to ourselves when we show up, when we are the man in the arena.” – Topaz

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Let’s change our choices and change our lives to be the person we always wanted to be, the person we were born to be. She’s in there. She’s been there all along. | Read more about 3 women who did just that! | artofabeautifullife.com

I Want a New Life Giveaway

Enter now to win a Kindle version of I Want a New Life by Michele Poydence. This is one of my all-time favorite fiction books. It is an inspiring story of three women who go on a kind of inner sojourn to transform their lives. They trust God as they step outside of their comfort zones and trust that the life they were meant to live is on the other side of it. Enter now for a chance to win!

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Less Is More - Take the 30 Day Declutter Challenge | artofabeautifullife.com

30 Day Declutter Challenge: Less Equals More

As happy as we think buy stuff makes us, it comes with a price, not only the price we pay for it. We must give it space in our homes, and we must give our time take care of it.

The Real Cost of Things

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Time
As I have started to think of things in this way, it makes me think a little differently when I am making buying choices. There are things that I think I want, but as I think about them in the context of what I am actually trading for these things…

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They went out and happened to things. | Read more at artofabeautifullife.com

10 Ways to Be Contagious in an Epic Kind of Way

We have this one precious life to live, to give, to make a dent…in the Universe, and I am astounded at the power we have to change not only our lives but the lives of others, too.I have come to believe more than ever the PROFOUND impact we can have on others. Friends, this is POWERFUL stuff.

It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them.

They went out and happened to things.
-Leonardo Da Vinci

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