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  • My “Day of Me” and why I think you should have one too

    You’ve heard it before—self-care is important. You know in your gut it’s true. I hope you are allowing your head and your heart to follow. Because self-care can sometimes feel selfish, experts play to that emotion: You can’t get water from an empty well. In an airplane emergency, you put the oxygen on yourself first…

  • Happy Monday! Episode 6

    How to give up stress as a way of life Transcript Good morning and happy Monday! Can you believe we are in week 6 of our journey to fall in love with Mondays? If you missed any of the episodes or need a refresher, you can find the videos on my YouTube Channel, Christie Hawkes….

  • If at first you don’t succeed

    Have you ever attempted something and failed? Have you ever let fear of failure stop you from trying something? Which did you regret more? I hope it was the chance not taken. Amazing facts about the world’s biggest failures Walt Disney went bankrupt…several times. Thomas Edison tried more than 6,000 materials as the filament in…

  • Happy Monday! Episode 5

    Early to bed, early to rise… Transcript Good morning and happy Monday! You may think it’s odd that I’m coming to you in my pajamas–and odder still that I magically woke up this morning with my hair done and my makeup on. Well, you’ll soon see that the environment is perfectly appropriate for today’s discussion–and…

  • Fall 2019 bucket list update #1

    We are one month into fall, which means it is time to check in on our fall bucket list items. It would be a shame to let this beautiful season slip away without doing the things we really want to do. Here’s what I’ve been up to. I hope you will share your fall goals…

  • Happy Monday! Episode 4

    Harness the power of music Transcript Good morning and happy Monday! We’ve reached week four in this venture. I hope if you are not yet in love with Mondays, you at least feel like you’re developing some tools to better cope with them. If you’re still struggling, never fear, this week I’m bringing out the…

  • Break up with your scale; fall in love with your body

    Take your time and your talent and figure out what you have to contribute to this world, and get over what the hell your butt looks like in those jeans! “ America Ferrera I broke up with my bathroom scale almost a month ago, after a long dysfunctional relationship. Surprisingly, I don’t miss her at…

  • Happy Monday! Episode 3

    Taking loving kindness on the road Transcript Good morning and happy Monday! If you’re wondering why I am coming to you from my car this time, it’s because for many of us the work week actually begins with that first commute on Monday morning. And how that commute goes can set the tone for the…

  • Thank you notes – October 2019 (and the drawing winners!)

    Thank you Betty and Maddi… for coming together for the Murray High School homecoming game. It just so happens we had family from both teams that night. Betty (GG) graduated with the class of 1945 from Murray High School. Maddi is a cheerleader for Cottonwood High School and will graduate with the class of 2023….

  • My fourth blogiversary give-away

    Tomorrow marks four years since I published my first blog post. I truly cannot believe it. Several of you have been with me for the entire journey and many more of you have joined me along the way. I couldn’t be more grateful for your support. In keeping with tradition, I will be thanking four…