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Josie Coco
3 min read
Just one day, a delicious retreat
You could spend it reading and sipping on herbal tea snuggled up in bed, a vintage hunt through second-hand markets, a crafting day...
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Josie Coco
5 min read
Returning to now
Everyday practices can become a form of meditation. Cooking, gardening, walking are some of mine when I want to focus my mind on just one...
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Josie Coco
4 min read
Staying present, restoring serenity
The hectic pace of our lives robs us of our serenity, our peace of mind.
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Josie Coco
2 min read
Let there be frequent days of grace
This day comes but once in 4 years. What a fabulous day to set aside to live in grace.
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Josie Coco
4 min read
Create a space for inner reflection
...whether you have an altar in your home for your favourite archangel, or spirit guides, gods and demi-gods, or a virtual reality...
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Josie Coco
4 min read
You cannot give from an empty cup
Reverence, says Sarah, is that altered state of consciousness where you feel awe and wonder in the presence of spirit.
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Josie Coco
4 min read
Waking up doesn't have to be spiritual
Today's inspiration is to commit to your spiritual awakening. So for those of you that do spirituality, this is your time. For me, not so...
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Josie Coco
3 min read
Find an inner silent place and visit there often
When our lives are busy and filled with the needs of children and family, study and careers, it's easy to lose sight of our personal priorit
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Josie Coco
3 min read
Self-mastery is the journey of a thousand miles...
Those choices are fuelled by the delight of beginning to experience ease in places where there was hardship, and joy in spaces that were...
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Josie Coco
4 min read
A life in progress
Is it really my preference, or is it something I'm conditioned to accept, adopt, believe. Or is it an altogether unconscious expression of m
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Josie Coco
5 min read
The lost treasure of forgotten memories
We're looking for nuggets of gold that help us to remember who we are, what our preferences were, what we still do today that harks back...
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Josie Coco
5 min read
There's very little logic in our choices and decisions if our basic needs are unmet
If we have unmet foundational needs, there is going to be a tendency to drive to have those needs met.
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Josie Coco
4 min read
Feel good! Find those feel good moments! Indulge!
If you're looking for happiness look back before you look forward. Yes, thank you Sarah, that's an important key.
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Josie Coco
4 min read
Greet your authentic self with grace
Be willing to remember. Be prepared to take a closer look through the many layers of our lives, and find the glimpses of our authentic self.
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Josie Coco
5 min read
The path to freedom is paved with good therapy, deep inner work and dark chocolate
The dark night of the soul, a time when you begin to question the meaning of everything that you have thus far, given meaning to.
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Josie Coco
4 min read
Venturing from comfort is scary, and pivotal to activating your dreams
You have to leave the certainty of your comfort to go into the wilderness of your dreams.
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Josie Coco
5 min read
Befriending your fears sets you free
"It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him." J. R. R. Tolkien. Our dragons are our fears.
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Josie Coco
4 min read
Let your dreams form in your imagination first
There are so many benefits of dreaming your dream that include switching you out of "it's never going to happen to me" mode.
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Josie Coco
4 min read
Are you able to give your dreams wings?
Many of those precious dreams we'll find buried under a raft of disappointments, failed attempts, stupid mistakes, bad timing, bitter...
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Josie Coco
4 min read
You have a priceless point of view. What's holding you back?
Unless you were encouraged, given every opportunity, celebrated and accomplished through your early years, a $5 reminder is going to do Jack
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