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“Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.”
~Henry David Thoreau, Walden
Do we really wear only 20 percent of our clothes 80 percent of the time? It seems hard to believe, but studies say it’s true for most of us.
How many of your clothes have been languishing in your closet for years? Do you have items [...]
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Our life is frittered away by detail… simplify, simplify.
~Henry David Thoreau
A re you drowning in your stuff? Starved for time? Feeling overwhelmed? Ready to get out of the vicious work and spend cycle? Do you long for a a life that reflects your priorities and values? Do the headlines and economic indicators - skyrocketing [...]
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Does our clutter make us fat? Simplification and organization expert Peter Walsh thinks so. This is the topic of his book, Does This Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat?: An Easy Plan for Losing Weight and Living More.
He makes a strong case for the link between excess stuff and excess body weight. [...]
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Stress Make You Sick. Stress suppresses the immune system and has been linked to many chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes, heart disease, cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome. Stress Kills. How can we learn to live in these stress filled times without succumbing to its ill effects?
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I first discovered Victoria Moran on Oprah years ago and have been enjoying her books ever since. Reading her warm and personal writing on topics of wellness, aging, weight loss, yoga, healthy eating, spirituality and leading a charmed life feels like receiving advice from my long lost spiritual big sister.
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Here’s a little more wisdom from Edwene Gaines’ book, The Four Spiritual Laws of Prosperity: A Simple Guide to Unlimited Abundance which aligns nicely with the voluntary simplicity philosophy. This is the first of fourteen suggestions for increasing integrity and self care.
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I have been an avid reader of Janet Luhrs’ Simple Living newsletter for years. It began back in the late 1990s when I read her book, The Simple Living Guide, a thoughtful practical guide for how to simplify our busy lives and live more deliberately. According to lawyer turned simple living advocate and writer [...]
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I am reading a new book, The Four Spiritual Laws of Prosperity: A Simple Guide to Unlimited Abundance by Edwene Gaines, in which she suggests you take a 21 day break from gossiping, complaining, and criticizing to really open yourself up to new possibilities. She calls it a life changing exercise and substantiates this [...]
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