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The Path to Self-development

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This is a new year in the Gregorian count of time, welcome 2016! We are starting yet another year in our personal count as well, whether we feel young, mature or older, every year, every month, every day counts in the telling of our very own story. I must say that 2015 brought me much joy, many learning experiences, many moments of great pleasure enjoyed with my children, my family, my friends, my community, my beloved husband and specially with myself. It also brough me lots of challenging moments in which I had to really make use of all the self-knowledge and self-development tools I have in order to rise above the situation and learn from it. Many triggers and stressful situations mean a lot of opportunities to deepen my own personal knowledge and to develop better strategies to deal with whatever the issue is. I am very satisfied and pleased with every single thing that came around my life this past year as it all helped me to create a better version of me.  Now, having started...

Self Care, an anytime and everyday commitment to yourself.

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Today I am sitting at a cute little Coffee place in the Davenport/Junction neighbourhood, the place is called M, yes it is a simple name. Sitting here is such a treat for me, an hour of childless responsibilities, an hour only for Me! and indeed feels like an special event! LOL.  It seems like these days it can get very tricky to find space to sit quietly just enjoying a nice cup of tea, listening to jazzy music and doing .... well something I like just for me, so I'm very appreciative right now of the fact that I'm taking some time away from home for what I call well deserved Self Care.  Lately I've been attending a group of Moms where we casually talk about all things children and motherhood, and I realize that one of the common topics around our conversations has been self care and how to create space for it in our busy lives with one or more children under our full or part time care. I have reflected on this and I feel that even though the days go by so fast and my sch...