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Spring Cleaning for Your Soul, Day 9: Simplify your Schedule
Hello and welcome to Day 9 of the Spring Cleaning for Your Soul Challenge. We hope you’re enjoying following along with our enlightening exercises. Feel free to write to us via email and let us know how this series is working for you. For Day 9 of our soul cleanse and purge process, we will touch upon the concept of simplifying our schedule. Many people don’t enjoy following a routine. They feel that it hampers their personal freedom. Another reason why having a schedule can seem so stifling is that we then become tempted to fill up any open spot on the calendar with more activities and events. Then, when…
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Spring Cleaning for Your Soul, Day 5: Clean Up Your Chaos
Hello and welcome to Day 5 of our Spring Cleaning for Your Soul challenge! Today we’re going to work on cleaning up our chaos. One thing that always feels really good at springtime is clearing out the clutter and chaos of our daily lives. Most people think of spring cleaning as a household task. The warm, soft breeze beckons us to open up the windows of our homes and let in the fresh, clean air. We suddenly feel like cleaning out not only our closets but all of the chaos of our busy and brimming existence. Invite some peace into your life by cutting out the chaos and calamity. Make…
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Solar Cookers for Meal Prep Off the Grid
When the grid goes down, so does everything you depend on it for. That means, in addition to your ability to cook, you may also lose the ability to have clean drinking water if an outage renders your water treatment plant unusable. You need a backup plan for being able to cook. In addition to that, you’ll want to have a way to heat water or to purify it. You can do that by using a solar cooker. Solar Cookers All-Season Solar Cooker The All-Season Solar Cooker is a lightweight gadget that’s big on its ability to cook food while still being affordable. It’s compact, yet bigger when operational than…
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Homemade Soft Pretzels
The month of April is National Soft Pretzel Month. My son is a big fan of big soft pretzels — so much so that we had to start making them at home. This is a simple soft pretzel recipe that you can adapt with butter and salt or cinnamon and sugar. The recipe also contains short videos that illustrate each step. There are also tips so that you can make your pretzels the best ever! Baking Tips Tip 1: One of the keys to success with this recipe is to dip the pretzels in a boiling alkaline bath before baking. This step is what gives soft pretzels that distinctive rich…
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Spring Cleaning for Your Soul, Day 4: Purge Your Regrets
Welcome back for Day 4 of the “Spring Cleaning for Your Soul” Challenge. Thank you for continuing to follow along. Today we’ll delve into the topic of purging our regrets. Do you have things in your life that you feel regretful over? Situations that you wish you hadn’t been a part of? Things you wish you hadn’t said? What Are Your Regrets? Remember that spring is a time of rebirth. In the same way that our great planet self cleanses and purges itself of whatever it no longer needs, you can rid yourself of any regrets that may be causing you emotional discomfort and holding you back from whatever it…
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Spring Cleaning for Your Soul, Day 3: Clear Away Worries
Hello, and it’s so good to have you here for Day 3 of our Spring Cleaning for the Soul Daily Challenge. On Day 3 of our illuminating series, we’ll talk about how worrying gets the best of us. We’ll also learn how to work through the stuck situation that is worrying. Remember that spring is a season of change. If something like a perpetually worried mind has been holding you back from doing and being all the things you wish for, then use this time to clear out what’s been holding you back. Move on to a more purposeful, empowered and joyfully-in-the-moment mindset. Do you identify with being a worrier?…
