Monday Motivation: The Magic of No

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Good morning and Happy Monday! It’s April 1st and y’all know what that means. Folks are going to be doing pranks because they think it’s funny. But we have a magic word that is not only strong, decisive, and full, it’s also a complete sentence. You may use it liberally today, tomorrow, and all week long,…

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Monday Motivation: Be Too Powerful

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Good morning and Happy Monday! There are plenty of people and media influencers telling you how and what to be. As if their knowledge would somehow make you a better person if you lived by their rules. I’m not saying you can’t learn things from media sights (I mean, you’re here reading this and I’m…

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Monday Motivation: Start Small

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Good morning and Happy Monday! Boy, things are pretty crazy these days, aren’t they? The US government thinks it’s a good idea to force China to give up TikTok just so the wealthy can own your data. Several states (including my own) are doubling down on taking away women’s rights to bodily autonomy. And there’s…

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Monday Motivation: Be Beautiful & Strange

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Good morning and Happy Monday! You are here. You are amazing. You are beautiful and strange in all that you are. Feels good to be acknowledged for just being, yeah? One of the things that bothers me most about living in a Capitalist society is this idea of being a ‘productive’ member. ‘Productive’ means literally…

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Monday Motivation: 20 Things to Stop Wearing

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Good morning and Happy Monday! Happy Women’s History Month! This is a great time to focus on the great things about being a woman (even if the world is on fire). Being a woman in this world isn’t easy. There are plenty of places where being a woman is the hardest person to be –…

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Monday Motivation: Love into Evolution

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Good morning and Happy Monday! Have you ever heard someone say some derogatory about themselves? Like they hate parts of their body, or they’re disappointed in something their mind does – ADHD, Anxiety, PTSD, etc. Have you every done this yourself? Has it ever brought change or improvement? I bet the answer is no to…

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Monday Motivation: I Rested Today

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Good morning and Happy Monday! And Happy President’s Day if you celebrate. This is a day that many people take off (if they don’t work in retail or the food services). It is one of the few, rare holidays when Americans don’t have to work – Americans, by and large, are workaholics – mostly to…

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Monday Motivation: Stock up on Compassion

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Good morning and Happy Monday! Kung Hei Fat Choi! Happy Lunar New Year! This is the first Monday in the Year of the Wood Dragon, and it’s a great time to take stock of the qualities of the dragon to upgrade not only your mental health but your whole world. According to a Chinese folklore…

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Monday Motivation: Upgrade Your Conviction

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Good morning and Happy Monday! This world likes to fit people into boxes. It makes them and their lives easy to categorize, and either admire or dismiss. But we’re more multifaceted that that and we aren’t boxed in very well. You have so much potential ahead of you, no matter your age, education, or financial…

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Monday Motivation: Better Parties

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Good morning and Happy Monday! One of the most famous clichés out there is “Misery loves company.” And it’s cliché because everyone has an anecdote of how down people want to bring you down with them. It’s so easy, too. The energy of being down is seductive for some reason. Joy is the same. Or…

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