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Energy Bath

Energy Bath

By Paula Kawal • on June 28, 2007

Most of us can agree that no matter what is happening in our everyday lives…the process of bathing seems to lighten the load. Something about getting clean is enjoyable, relaxing and presses the reset button for many of us starting or in many cases, ending our days. I am proposing to look at a routine which most of us view as a simple process

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Depression: A Spiritual Awakening

Depression: A Spiritual Awakening

By Paula Kawal • on May 30, 2007

Like many people (it might even be safe to say most people) I haven’t gotten this far in life without traversing a few bouts of depression. My first was in late childhood, my second was in my teen years and my third was alcohol related in my early twenties. These episodes were marked by an inability

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Your Body – A Gateway to Health

Your Body – A Gateway to Health

By Paula Kawal • on May 30, 2007

Yesterday I wrote about my experiences with depression, one of which I noted was alcohol related. Addiction patterns surface in many ways, but one of the most obviously unhealthy manifests through substance abuse. Moving through these illnesses has deeply connected me to my health. In my life, health

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The Truth About Clutter

The Truth About Clutter

By Paula Kawal • on April 16, 2007

This post is all about the mess. The mess hiding behind your desk, in your closets and drawers, bookshelves, cabinets and any visible space that you can put something. I’m suggesting that you get rid of it all…and create spaciousness in your living environment. I am not suggesting that

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The Power of Gratitude

The Power of Gratitude

By Paula Kawal • on April 4, 2007

I used to think of gratitude as the giving thanks I did once a year at Thanksgiving and outside of this holiday I never really thought about it much. I didn’t come from a family that said grace or felt very thankful for much of anything in life. To my family life was burdensome, difficult and

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Choosing the Way You Heal

Choosing the Way You Heal

By Paula Kawal • on March 15, 2007

Why Make a Choice? It takes faith…my friend said quietly over the phone during a conversation about a medical condition she was seeking treatment for. I know I want to try an alternative…like healing myself…but I don’t have the faith that I can make it work. My friend’s

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Conscious Choice

Conscious Choice

By Paula Kawal • on March 13, 2007

What is Conscious Choice? In my last article I talked a little about making choices conscious. In this entry I would like to further define what it is to make a conscious choice. A conscious choice involves a synergy of thinking and doing. It creates a harmonious interaction between your physical

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Removing the Fast Lane

Removing the Fast Lane

By Paula Kawal • on March 7, 2007

Fast Lane Thinking I live in the Seattle area where urbanites chug Starbucks driving their SUVs down traffic clogged roads. This is a land of Magellan equipped traffic adventurers racing against unknown masses of fellow drivers to be the first one down the hidden back roads of their environments in

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Meeting Needs Without Repeating Patterns

Meeting Needs Without Repeating Patterns

By Paula Kawal • on February 25, 2007

Familiar Ground So you find yourself sitting alone wondering how in the world this has happened to you again. You were just going along as usual when something came up that got you into behavior you yourself don’t even like…yet you still engage in it because it meets some unconscious need

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Re-Write Your Story

Re-Write Your Story

By Paula Kawal • on February 9, 2007

Close Encounters So you’re about to go into a room with that person who asks you questions that make you feel uncomfortable. The conversations always leave you feeling less than good and you’ve developed either a history of avoiding them or anxious anticipation of the next unpleasant encounter.

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