Entries by Sandra Payne

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The Power of You

The Teacher Inside Us All. It’s hard to decide where to even start with all that I want to share with you about my past weekend experience taking a Meditation “Teacher” training.  I put “teacher” in brackets with a smile on my face because when I signed up for the training I had this expectation […]

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Are You Happy?

What an interesting question. When I started reading Marci Shimoff’s book, Happy for No Reason, it felt like she was sharing bits of my story, and also bits of my dreams.  But it all starts with answering this simple, but huge question. Are You Happy? I feel like there will be a range of answers […]

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The Road to Acceptance

When a Dream Dies I have a strong belief that absolutely anything is possible and that we all live with a limitless potential to create a life that we desire. But sometimes the vision that we have does not play out exactly how we thought. I wrote a couple weeks ago about resilience and how […]

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Disease to Please

The Disease to Please I always liked the idea of setting boundaries, it sounded very strong, like I was building a fortress protecting myself. But actually determining what boundaries I wanted and setting them was not something I ever did.  Maybe it was too powerful for me to accept as a possibility, as something that […]

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Loosening the Grips of Control

Isn’t is funny how easy it is to say to someone “oh just let it go” or “shake it off” but when you’re on the receiving end of those suggestions it can leave you frustrated right? It’s much easier said than done. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could just shake something off and move […]

FEARS – We Simply Can’t Let Them Win

We all have fears, and we all wish we didn’t, but no amount of wishing and hoping is going to make them disappear. So how exactly do we “get over” our fears?? I’ll tell you that number one always is AWARENESS. Once you become aware and acknowledge your fear then and only then can you […]

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The Balancing Act of Life

Life Balance… what exactly does it look like? Loosely translated, Balance is an even distribution, or a condition in which different elements are equal or in the correct proportions.  So what does it look like to have balance in your life.

Add a Little Green to Your Day

I am a green smoothie lover. Sometimes my busy life and hectic schedule can make it tough for me to sit down for a healthy prepared meal at lunchtime. But generally around noon I’m getting pretty hungry with my amped up metabolism from my workout. Quite often I turn to smoothies to get part of […]

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Combating Loneliness

Do you love pumpkin? I capital LOVE pumpkin pie. It reminds me of family and the importance of being together. And then it reminds me that up here in the northern BC town, it can get pretty lonely. So HOW do we tackle loneliness? I know many people who live close to all their family […]