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Youuuu guysss!!! July is my favourite month of the year! It’s my birthday month ya’ll and I’m super excited for all this month and the next year of my life has to offer and I’m even more excited (if that were even possible) to with you my SEVEN for this week:

Rainy days. I love the rain. I love rainy days and snuggling deeper under the covers. And I get to sing to the annoyance of those around me…”Here comes the rain gain…”

Saying YES. I made a commitment to myself this year that I will say yes to experiences that put me in the same room with like minded people who will inspire me to be a better me. I had one of those experiences this week. I accepted an invitation to a book launch and that one YES has lead to so many great opportunities I almost cannot believe it.

JULY!!! It’s my birthday month!

Trying new things. My gym has started TRX Training and after being encouraged by friends I decided to give it a try. OH.EM.GEE. DEATH!!! What my “friends” failed to mention is that TRX was born in the Navy Seals and it uses your body weight and gravity to complete the exercises. I started the class with some trepidation but I still was not ready. I thought I was going to die. I felt like I wanted to throw up for an hour afterward. Rivers of sweat mixed with tears…thank the Lord for the sweat because it was a class where the men outnumbered the women – almost unheard of in my gym and really that bit alone should have tipped me off. This shit was VERY hard…arms, legs and brain was quivering from the shock afterward. All this to impress upon you that TRX is NOT for the lazy. You will die. And it does not end there…the morning after the workout, I tried to swing my legs off the bed to get up and start my day…I had to look back for my legs. You will die. And for the rest of the week you will ache from your neck down. But you will want to do it again. Because…the shock wears off and the aches subside and you feel great about yourself (You didnt actually die) and then you have try it again, if only to prove to yourself that you can.

Chocolate cake. Because yes! Always YES. (And I deserved it after that TRX class)

Good friends I am blessed to have surrounded myself with really good people who tell it like it is. Always reminding me that “good work speaks for itself” whenever I start doubting myself and start worrying that I might not being enough.

172 days to Christmas…how you like them apples and grapes and presents and fireworks and BAM! the year is over. Get started. Every success story, started with a first day. You dont have to get it right…just get it going. A lesson I have been learning as I push myself out of my comfort zone and face my fears.

My hope is that by paying attention to the little things, the every day details that make up all the blessings in my life and by sowing the seeds of faith and gratitude, I can truly carry with me and reap the rewards of “positivity + balance + bliss” throughout the days ahead.

Thank you for reading, I appreciate you! This is me blowing some glitter and confetti on you because you’re super blessed to have received the gift of another 86,400 seconds today, to spend any way you desire.

Make those seconds count!

I love hearing from you…what are you grateful today? What made you smile? Feel free to share below!

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7 for SEVEN

Hellooo Loves!

It’s been more down than up these last few days. I am struggling and I have been reminding myself constantly that had it not been for disappointment and detours and zig-zags and crossroads and the many setbacks I have faced, I would not have come this far. Still…it can be hard sometimes in the midst of personal struggle to remain mindful.

My seven this week is rather short, as I use some of my favourite quotes to remind myself that looking forward is the only way…forward.
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If you’re like me…and perhaps you’re struggling a bit this week, this month…this decade, I hope that one of these quotes, so ripe with wisdom, inspires you as much as they have me.

Thank you for reading, I appreciate you! This is me blowing some glitter and confetti on you because you’re super blessed to have received the gift of another 86,400 seconds today, to spend any way you desire.

Make those seconds count!

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Hellooo Loves! I came across this quote on a friend’s wall today, “I am thankful for all the dreams I don’t have to close my eyes to see anymore.” And it really changed the course of my Monday.

It’s been reverberating in my head all day…because I get so caught up sometimes on where I am headed and doing the things I need to do now to get there, that I forget that this present moment was once a dream.

This present moment…was once a dream. And that thought, my dear friends, put this week’s 7 for Seven in a whole new context.

ThankfulThis present moment…and all the moments that lead me to this point. Too often, I forget about the times I prayed, hoped and worked hard for something…forgetting that where I am right now is a result of many dreams – big and small – coming true. I am grateful to be living my dreams.

Which brings me to, having bigger dreams. Because I was created to live the best life I could.

Second (third, fourth, fifth) chances…or as many as it takes. Because we all need them.

Finally doing laundry. The pile was starting to look at me accusingly.

Season 3 of OITNB. Yep. I binge watched the entire season Friday night into Saturday. It was the best.brain.cooler.everrrr. And then GOT completely destroyed that cool on Sunday…but that’s another story for another time.

Finishing strong. Completed my final exams last week…and the last exam was a pretty good one. I am savouring this little respite, because the next phase is right around the corner.

Videos that melt my heart.

Denali from FELT SOUL MEDIA on Vimeo.

And there you have it folks, I hope that by paying attention to the little things, the every day details that make up all the blessings in my life and by sowing the seeds of faith and gratitude, I can truly carry with me and reap the rewards of “positivity + balance + bliss” throughout the days ahead.

Thank you for reading, I appreciate you! This is me blowing some glitter and confetti on you because you’re super blessed to have received the gift of another 86,400 seconds today, to spend any way you desire.

Make those seconds count!

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Hellooo Loves! I have been reading up on gratitude and in his book ‘Thanks!‘, Dr. Robert A. Emmons describes research he carried out with three experimental groups over a 10-week period: The participants were split into three groups. Every week thy kept a journal where they described, in a single sentence, five things they were either grateful for (the gratitude condition) or displeased about (the hassles condition). The neutral group simply described five events that happened (the events condition).

“At the end of the ten weeks, we examined differences between the three groups on all of the well-being outcomes that we measured at the outset of the study. Participants in the gratitude condition felt better about their lives as a whole and were more optimistic about the future than participants in either of the other control conditions. To put it into numbers, according to the scale we used to calculate well-being, they were a full 25 percent happier than other participants.” – Robert A. Emmons from Thanks!

So clearly I’m on the right track. I’m certainly happier on a Monday now than I used to be a before my 7 for Seven practice. Thus, it is with great joy I share with you my 7 for Seven this week:

Celebrating the present. Right now, this moment is all I’m really sure about. So cheers to another day…even though I spent most of it completing the first of my exams. It’s still been a good day.

Quotes that inspire me. “If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, ‘thank you,’ that would suffice.” – Meister Eckhart

Saying Thank you. I am so grateful for this life. That I get another chance to do something positive. Life is so short and fragile. Love now.

Successfully making it through the weekend and not doing laundry. HA! I blame exams for this.

Chocolate Chai Because I drink tea sometimes!

My four-year-old neighbour and his hugs… They truly make my day.

Which brings me to the imagination of four-year-olds. Today he told me a story about a bird that flew right at him…only the bird didn’t have any wings, the bird had feet and it walked right up to him and pecked him on the nose. The only thing is that in his version, the bird had “foots” and it “bite me on my nose”.

And there you have it folks, I hope that by paying attention to the little things, the every day details that make up all the blessings in my life and by sowing the seeds of faith and gratitude, I can truly carry with me and reap the rewards of “positivity + balance + bliss” throughout the days ahead.

Thank you for reading, I appreciate you! This is me blowing some glitter and confetti on you because you’re super blessed to have received the gift of another 86,400 seconds today, to spend any way you desire.

Make those seconds count!

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Hellooo Loves! I’m loving that June begins on a Monday! Everything just feels so right.

June is always a busy month for me. Exams..ugh! I feel like I’ve been doing some exam or the other all my life. But there is a light at the end of this particular tunnel and I see it. It’s tiny right now…but it’s there!

So with eyes trained on the light on the horizon, here is my 7 for Seven this week:

Positive People. I have been blessed to have met and known many strong women on this journey. One such lady is my mother’s friend and she continues to support my family even though mummy is no longer here. Over the years, I watched her grow into the woman God created her to be. Life has not been easy for her…but then I don’t think any of us has ever met a strong person whose life was easy. She recently celebrated her 50th birthday even though she looks at least 15 years younger. But that’s how it goes when you laugh as much as she does. I am grateful to have Mariana Galindo in my life; she continues to inspire me to be better. Cheers to the next 50 beautiful lady!

Happy Memories. Being around Mariana this last week stirred up nostalgia like you wouldn’t believe. When it was time to get the words out for my own toast, it was hard, because so much of mummy’s life especially in the last two years involved her friendship with Mariana. I find myself even when the tears come, smiling at the joy they brought to each.

My Cohort of Awesome. I talk about this elite group often and still it will never be enough. I am so happy to have these people in my life. They see the real me and they are okay with who that is. So grateful.

Unto the next adventure. I’m attending my first blogger conference next month! I’m super excited about it especially as the planning with my fellow adventurers heats up!

Chocolate Raspberry Truffle Coffee. Because yes!

Being able to find time to read… things other than emails and textbooks. Yay for recreational reading!

Which brings me to books that open your mind. I just finished reading #GIRLBOSS by Sophia Amoruso. This review sums up my general feelings on the book. However, reading this book led me to what is now one of my favourite TED talks!

In case you missed it, Mel said, that there was a 1 in 400 trillion…YES TRILLION chance that you were born you. This takes into account the chance of your parents meeting each other, in this time and history of the planet, the chance of them reproducing, the chance of you being born at the exact moment that you were and every other factor including the extinction of the dinosaurs that goes into each individual person. You were born you, for a reason. And if that is not the kick in the pants you need to get out of bed and go do what you were created to do, I don’t know what is. It’s a new month! The year is half-way through…go make some shit happen! It’s now. The time is always now.

And there you have it folks, I hope that by paying attention to all the blessings in my life and by sowing the seeds of faith and gratitude, I can truly carry with me and reap the rewards of “positivity + balance + bliss” throughout the days ahead.

Thank you for reading, I appreciate you! This is me blowing some glitter and confetti on you because you’re super blessed to have received the gift of another 86,400 seconds today, to spend any way you desire.

Make those seconds count!

I love hearing from you…what are you grateful today? What made you smile? Feel free to share below!

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