By: Nathan
July 10, 2023

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If you are living with a chronic illness, you might have heard of Spoon Theory. It is a metaphor that helps explain the limited energy and resources that people with chronic conditions have to deal with everyday tasks. In this article, I will share with you what Spoon Theory is, how it can help you […]

By: Ricky Lyman
April 17, 2023

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Your story represents the story of all, and has it’s place in the library of forever. We live for moments of joy and ease. The moment your child is born. Birthdays, anniversaries, graduations. The first steps into a vacation you’ve been planning for 6-months. The promotion at work. The new car. The new home. The […]

By: Jas
April 16, 2023

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This is Part 2 of the ‘Flow for writers’ series. You can read Part 1 in full HERE, or find a short recap below. Welcome to Part 2 of the ‘Flow for writers’ series. As a mini-recap for Part 1: A psychologist called Mihaly Csíkszentmihályi (“Chick-sent-me-high”) spent decades researching the concepts of FLOW and CREATIVITY […]

By: Dr. Steven Farmer
April 3, 2023

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The spring or Vernal Equinox is the time of year when the sun crosses the plane of the Earth’s equator, and day and night are of equal length across the entire planet. Now there’s increasing evidence that the season that begun on February 1 is blooming much more fully. Since winter is clearly over, now […]

By: Jas
March 27, 2023

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A Hungarian-American scientist dedicated his life’s work to researching the science and art of flow. His decades of research included studying those working in creative, scientific and sporting fields. Needless to say, his vast body of work is of relevance to us all, and especially to those of us who wish to write more effectively […]

By: Lisa Campion
March 7, 2023

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There comes a time in our psychic and spiritual development where we cannot move forward without having a consistent spiritual practice. If you wanted to get physically fit, you would put your time into working out and it takes more than one workout to get you there. The same goes for working out your psychic […]

By: Dr. Steven Farmer
March 2, 2023

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“To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter… to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird’s nest or a wildflower in spring – these are some of the rewards of the simple […]

By: Ricky Lyman
February 20, 2023

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You’re here, reading this because of a universal series of causes and effects throughout all of the time. Frankly, it’s a miracle you’re here. But we’ll get to that later :) These causes and effects seem to govern our life, our environment, and the decisions we make. It’s your place in society, your chosen identity, […]

By: Lauren Sapala
February 7, 2023

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The choices around publishing these days are probably some of the toughest choices a writer has to make. We’re all familiar with the first big choice between going the traditional publishing route or deciding to self-publish. However, even after that choice is made, many other choices follow. One of the biggest roadblocks to writers deciding […]

By: Lisa Campion
February 2, 2023

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We have constructed lives based on ideas (usually other people’s ideas) of what we should do to feel successful. These are mental constructs based on a set of mostly random factors. Go to this school, drive this car, marry this type of person, live in this zip code, work this kind of job. As if […]

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