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Rest Is Not Quitting: A January Reminder from the Body
Somewhere along the way, rest got a bad reputation. In January especially, there’s an unspoken pressure to push harder, move faster, and prove our commitment to change. Rest can feel like falling behind before the year has even begun. Rest isn’t quitting. Rest is integrating. Rest is repair.
shellyshands
3 days ago1 min read
Listening to the Body at the Start of the Year
January often arrives loud with expectations. New habits. New goals. New versions of ourselves we’re supposed to commit to immediately. But the body rarely speaks in resolutions. It speaks in sensations. Subtle ones. A tight shoulder that’s been whispering for months. A tired nervous system that never quite powered down after the holidays. A quiet longing to be touched in a way that feels safe and unhurried. At the start of a new year, listening to the body can be a radi
shellyshands
Jan 71 min read


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Setting and Respecting Boundaries To Build a Better Life
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First Quarter Moon - outward and expanding
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Expanding our Intentions
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Creative, Excited, On Fire!
Feeling like starting something new? Yeah, me too! I awoke this morning visualizing and creating and checking things off the list of...

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What is there left for you to eat?!?
A story about real for-serious gut trouble and discovery: A short while ago, for a few months I had been suffering with unpleasant and...

Shelly L West
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We CAN Build a New Life
We all go through life changes and challenges like parenthood, stale careers, lost love or a found love, geographical move, retirement,...

Shelly L West
Jan 21, 20222 min read
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