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Savour Life

Posted on January 31, 2016 by Lisa Ivaldi

3 min read I went through a very busy period last year.  I was quickly moving from one task to the next, always rushing and often trying to do more than one thing at once.  It was stressful and tiring … Continue reading →

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You Can’t Know!

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Lisa Ivaldi

4 min read When my daughter was little she used to say “I can’t know” instead of “I don’t know”. It was very cute – “Where’s your teddy bear?” – “I can’t know!” However, over the years I have come … Continue reading →

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Lighten Up

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Lisa Ivaldi

3 min read This year I have been reading Pema Chödrön’s Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion.  I try and read one of the teachings each morning before I get up. Number 29 struck home so … Continue reading →

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Focus on What You Want

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Lisa Ivaldi

3 min read Back in July 2011 I wrote a blog post about Setting Your Intentions.  The general idea was to focus on what you do want and not on what you don’t want.  Sounds simple enough, but it is … Continue reading →

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Illusion

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Lisa Ivaldi

3 min read I recently read an email from my sister-in-law where she mentioned her “baby food processor”.  When I jokingly wrote back that I wasn’t even going to ask why my babyless sister-in-law had a baby food processor, I found … Continue reading →

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Are you excited?

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Lisa Ivaldi

2 min read My 15 year old daughter is always asking me if I am excited about things that are coming up. Even though I am usually looking forward to whatever it is that she is asking about, I can … Continue reading →

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Preconceptions

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Lisa Ivaldi

3 min read Preconceptions … we all have them, about everything – that guy looks mean, she looks smart, that course will be hard, that jacket will be expensive.  We form a judgement “in advance of adequate knowledge or experience” – the … Continue reading →

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Me and My Shadow

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Lisa Ivaldi

3 min read Up until a year or two ago, I had an idea or a mental image of how I should look that was nothing like I actually looked.  I had it in my head that other people all … Continue reading →

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Choose to be Happy

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Lisa Ivaldi

2 min read We recently watched a movie called Small Apartments.  It was pretty offbeat but I’m really glad we watched it because at the very end there was a real nugget of wisdom in the form of a man’s advice to his younger brother: … Continue reading →

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Incremental Change

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Lisa Ivaldi

3 min read Change can be overwhelming.  We look at where we are and where we want to be and the gap can seem huge and insurmountable.  That’s why, many times, we don’t even try.  We can’t.  The change appears … Continue reading →

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