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Recent posts from Thriving Now.
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The Income Limit You Set to Stay Safe
You can earn enough to pay the bills and still find yourself returning to the same income level. A fuller workday collapses through exhaustion. An unusual cancellation erases the extra. Opportunities arrive, but asking, scheduling, or following through becomes strangely difficult. Before blaming yourself, consider whether the current level is emotionally familiar. More income might…
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Craving Sugar and Sweets
I have these intense cravings for sugar and sweets, and I want to eat healthier foods. How can I change my behavior? -Linda First, if you want to reduce your sugar cravings to help with weight loss, remember that a lot of weight issues are related to safety. Cravings won’t shift unless you feel safe…
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Fear of Intimacy: If I Get Close It Will Hurt
Even if we REALLY want love and closeness, if part of us is afraid of being hurt, it will be hard to attract the love we crave. Identifying the fears and then gently releasing them can allow more warmth and intimacy into our lives.
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When We’re Blind To Love
For many of us, having love in our life is the whipped cream on top of … well… just about anything. It makes life delicious! If we grew up not feeling loved or understood or as connected as we wanted, we may have blocks to allowing warm, loving connection into our lives now. We may…
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When You Don’t Feel Worth the Work of Caring for Your Body
When care has meant criticism, obligation, or another impossible program, part of us may decide that caring for the body is not worth the work. What looks irrational about self care often becomes understandable when we ask what the body expects and what this response has been trying to prevent. With self care, the aim…
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Transforming The Ego… Rather Than Fighting It
So many books, programs, gurus, and spiritualist talk about overcoming the ego. Fighting it. Some even insist you must destroy the ego or you can never live a true spiritual life. What if you could love your ego… and sooth it… and help it transform instead? Perhaps it could become your biggest supporter and head…
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Body Image Study Group
The Body Image Study Group recordings are for Thriving Now Team Members only.
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An Energetic Approach to Pain Relief
You have dreams and experiences you want to create. But when you hurt… your energy is low, your focus is off, and your vibration is not as high as you would like. (And that’s on a good day.) A lot of us were taught to tough it out and push through…to grit our teeth and…
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The Forced-Performance Trap: Work, Calls, and Financial Safety
You know the call matters. Someone asked about your services. Returning it could lead to income. Yet days pass. The phone feels like a demand rather than an opportunity, and the longer you wait, the more shame gathers around it. This can be more than fear of the conversation. A protective part may be refusing…
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When Thinness Is Armor and Body Change Feels Vulnerable
Thinness can function as emotional armor even when the person already appears thin. It may offer a sense of worth, control, desirability, or protection from rejection. Any body change can then feel like losing the one defense that seemed reliable. Pregnancy, aging, illness, recovery, medication, or ordinary fluctuation may expose how much safety was assigned…