Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Laurel Woodward, author of the new Kitchen Witchery. 2020 was a year of change. As COVID raced across borders causing millions to become ill, countries shut down. COVID shut down economies. It shut down schools, restaurants, and gyms. It caused an entire "new normal" as business models shifted to work from home. I doubt there is a single person, perhaps on the entire planet, whose life was not affected in some way or another. But 2020 wasn't all bad. One silver lining to come out of the shutdown was that it caused a large portion of the populous to slow down and reinvent their lives. No longer did we have to wake before dawn to make our

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Joann Calabrese, author of the new Growing Mindful. Focusing attention is a key part of meditation, prayer, and ritual. Carrying that skill into the rest of our lives can be valuable for achieving goals and living our purpose. Yet maintaining focus during busy days can be challenging. And now while navigating the increased obstacles of COVID-19, it can feel impossible. One powerful focusing tool for countering distractions is holding onto a spiritual concept as the day unfolds. It can easily be incorporated into busy lives. The spiritual concept serves as a focusing anchor and a lens for experiences. As an example, consider working with

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Dr. Debbie Palmer, author of the new Mindful Beauty. I've read so much about what makes happy people happy—and the things they do on a daily basis that makes them so joyful. What I know is this: being cheerful is contagious—for you and for everyone else around you. (It's hard not to smile when someone else smiles at you!) It also brings a natural radiance and beauty to your face that can't be mimicked by skin creams or treatments. Happy people are beautiful people. This is what I call truly natural beauty. Here, then, are 8 habits of happy people. Try them—they're contagious! Smile. Smiling makes you happy on the inside. It

Author Lisa Freinkel Tishman, PhD, brings us a new way to work with and think about our cards. You can find out more about her book HERE. Care: an attitude of turning toward and paying attention. Compassion: an attitude of responding. Cheer: an attitude of thankful joy. Calm: an attitude of balance and equanimity. The Four C’s build on each other, each one embodying a different aspect of an interconnected life. Taken together, as the scaffolding upon which we build a life of abundance and ease, these Four C’s help us navigate our separate seas of isolation and fear. And we can begin simply enough. We can begin cultivating these four attitudes just by asking