The Winner of the Hungry for Balance Giveaway is Mimi from Mindful Mimi
Mimi won a free pass to the Hungry for Balance Online Retreat. Be sure to check out her blog and you can always follow her on twitter. Join Mimi on March 20th and spend 6 weeks celebrating your needs and passions, living with intention, practicing putting yourself first, connecting with other like-minded people, and holding yourself accountable for living your best life.
It is time to take action so register today! And if you register by March 1 you will receive a special gift in the mail for your authentic self.
Celebrating New Members of this Community
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Due to my vacation, this week’s list includes three weeks worth of new members to the CreateaBalance.com community. I’m excited to send a belated welcome to so many people that visited to read Lance’s guest post and Jay’s guest post.
Welcome! I hope you consider kicking your feet up and participating in ongoing conversations.
- Hilde @ Coach Hilde
- Michelle @ Life Poster
- Jennifer @ Principles for Peace
- Maricor Coquia @ MaricorCoquia.com
- Marta van der Meer @ Road to 40
- Nicholas Powiull @ Conscious Flex
- Andrew @ Good Honest Dollar
- Jenna @ Luxury Rentals Miami Beach
- Roger @ The Conservative Buddhist
- Natalia Burleson @ NataliaBurleson.com
- Susan Mazza @ Random Acts of Leadership
- Celes @ Embrace Living.Net
- Evita @ Evolving Beings
- Audra Krell @ AudraKrell.com
- Tabitha @ I Choose Bliss
- Deepikaur @ Redefinability
- Shari Smothers @ Blog About Writing
- Bamboo Forest @ Pun Intended
- The Journey Within
- Happiness Is Better
- Laurie
Celebrating My Gratitude Attitude
I was so relieved to know my gratitude journal was waiting for me when I returned from paradise earlier this week. It has been helping me appreciate all that I have in my real world as I continue to heal my broken heart from leaving my vacation paradise.
Here are my gratitude journal entries for the week.
- My day job
- My vacation
- I don’t have a mortgage
- Listening to my children laugh together
- Canoeing in the mangroves with my parents
- Welcome back messages I received this week
- Amazing and loving people helping my children learn and grow
And a moment to self acknowledge. I acknowledge myself for…
- Being in the moment with my tears.
- Listening to what the tears are telling me.
- Slowly entering back into the world of blogging.
- Calling a personal trainer this week to gain additional accountable.
- Reaching out to a marketing coach so I can build a juicy marketing strategy to fill my Hungry for Balance Online Retreat.
This is Your Moment to Shine!
As always, I welcome you to reflect on your week, see the
goodness in your life, and share what you are grateful for
and what you are self acknowledging in the comments section.
Oh wow!!!! I just checked out your blog (something I do on a regular basis) and found out I’ve won. Yooohooooo! Thanks so much. I am really looking forward to your online retreat. I am curious and excited.
Great to hear you had a good vacation. We need some time off from time to time.
Mimi
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Thanks including me in your post. Very cool idea!
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Hi Stacey,
It’s great to be here today – for that I am grateful – for the opportunity I have to read your words and be inspired. Thank you, Stacey, for being you – here. Today. And every day.
Lance´s last blog post..Sunday Thought For The Day
My gratitude for this week is receiving help from my two gentlemen next door with shoveling snow, otherwise, I can’t do it alone! Help comes when I least expected…
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Wahoo Mimi- Very exciting!
Thanks Stacy for letting me be a part of the balance while you were recreating yours. It was truly a pleasure!
Jay´s last blog post..The Sunday Ponder
Congrats to Mimi! And thank you for the mention in your post. 🙂
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Mimi – Yeah! I’m thrilled that you will be part of the Hungry for Balance Online Retreat!
Happiness Is Better – Thank you!
Lance – Thank you for your uplifting words.
BC – Friendly neighbors are priceless. I’m on the hunt to move into a new neighborhood and friendly neighbors are high on my priority list.
Jay – Anytime!
Deepikar – Thank you for contributing to the CreateaBalance.com experience.
Hi Stacey. Yayyy, I’m glad you’re Celebrating Your Life — better late than never *smile*. It is hard for a lot of people to be with their tears but you have, and from what I can see, with a lot of compassion for yourself. One of my sisters will NOT allow herself to cry. When we would watch a movie together, she would get up and leave the room if a teary part came up. Crying is a great release. And… thanks for sharing The Quote Effect here too!
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I am grateful for the power to connect with like minded people. I look forward to learning and sharing with you in the future. Keep growing, keep evolving, and keep shining sister 🙂
Ivan Campuzano
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I love that you embraced your tears. I am grateful that my husband still loves me, even when I am not acting very lovable. I am also grateful for an imagination that allows me to imagine what it must be like to walk down the red carpet at the Oscars! 🙂
Davina – Let’s give everyone permission to be still with their tears. Tears are hard to face but bring secrets from the soul.
Ivan – I am also grateful for the power to connect with like-minded people. Cheers for the blogosphere!
Jennifer – Your comment has got me thinking…let’s all create our own red magical carpets.
Hi Stacy,
I love that you embrcaed your tears…
I am grateful for two days of watching my son surf plus getting in some beautiful walks on the beach. I am grateful that each time I am online there are so many loving and kind people online.
Hi Stacey,
Welcome back from your vacation and thank you for putting me in your conversation group.
Cheers!
The Journey Within´s last blog post..Road Map for Spiritual Journey
Diane – I’m grateful for your contribution to CreateaBalance.com. Watching surfing for two days sounds spectacular.
The Journey Within – I hope you continue to join the conversation.
I’m glad you included your gratitude list here, it spurs me on to start my own list. I read about the idea of sharing what you are grateful for quite recently and i think I’m going to put it into plan.
What other way can you learn to appreciate all that you have? 🙂
Cheers,
Glen
Glen Allsopp´s last blog post..Be the Light that Gives Others Permission to Shine
This post made me smile. I hope that you continue to do this for a very long time, Stacey. I really like reading about what you do.
It’s been a difficult week for me, because my wife was out of town for 2 /12 days, leaving me with the kids. (Two seventy pound babies, one is part Chow, and the other one has black spots)
I’m very grateful for the praise that people have given me for my writing recently. It really is great to be encouraged along the path as you as try to discover yourself, and how to create a better living.
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Glen – Hi! The purpose of my gratitude list is to move others to start their own list. I love your “be the light” post. It really sums up my Celebrate Your Life Friday Series…by putting a shining light on my own life I hope to give people permission to celebrate their lives via gratitude and self-acknowledgement.
Trey – I am grateful that my words made you smile and I acknowledge you for embracing all of the praise you are receiving. Drink it up!
I had my cousin with who I had not been in touch for over a couple of decades visit me with her son and she brought with her a DVD of her daughter’s achievements. I have blogged about it and I am very grateful and happy that we reestablished contact after so many years. This was made possible by my father coming to live with us and I am grateful for that development also.
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Congrats Mimi!
There is something special about vacation paradises. I flip back through various vacations over the years and I’m glad I’ve had the experiences.
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I am grateful for my husband and my mom – two people who took care of me last week while I had the flu!
Today I’m grateful that I’m finally feeling better.
Good luck with the marketing coach!
Rummuser – I love reconnecting with people from my past. Enjoy!
J.D. – Vacations are true moments to remember.
Stacey Shipman – Having people to take care of you is priceless.
You’re very sweet, thank you 🙂