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Diana Navarro
- Nov 19, 2020
- 4 min
Zen Habits Anyone Can Do #5 of 5: One Day at a Time, The Zen Series
Design Your Life with Beauty--For You, Your home, Your Environment As someone who experiences chronic pain, PTSD, anxiety and is affected by the worrisome events happening now I have had to put into practice what I learned, and researched for the past two decades, I share it with you here in a five part series. What is Zen? (A reminder) Zen originates from the tranquil practices of Buddhism. The general idea of achieving Zen or peace in life is to simplify and tone down the s
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Diana Navarro
- Nov 19, 2020
- 4 min
Zen Habits Anyone Can Do #4 of 5: Your Time is Yours, The Zen Series
Design Your Life with Beauty--For You, Your home, Your Environment As someone who experiences chronic pain, PTSD, anxiety and is affected by the worrisome events happening now I have had to put into practice what I learned, and researched for the past two decades, I share it with you here in a five part series. What is Zen? (A reminder) Zen originates from the tranquil practices of Buddhism. The general idea of achieving Zen or peace in life is to simplify and tone down the s
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Diana Navarro
- Nov 19, 2020
- 4 min
Zen Habits Anyone Can Do #3 of 5: Your Surroundings, The Zen Series
Design Your Life with Beauty--For You, Your home, Your Environment As someone who experiences chronic pain, PTSD, anxiety and is affected by the worrisome events happening now I have had to put into practice what I learned, and researched for the past two decades, I share it with you here in a five part series. What is Zen? (A reminder) Zen originates from the tranquil practices of Buddhism. The general idea of achieving Zen or peace in life is to simplify and tone down the s
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Diana Navarro
- Nov 12, 2020
- 5 min
Zen Habits Anyone Can Practice #1 of 2: Your Perspective, The Zen Series
Design Your Life with Beauty--For You, Your home, Your Environment As someone who experiences chronic pain, PTSD, anxiety and is affected by the worrisome events happening now I have had to put into practice what I learned, and researched for the past two decades, I share it with you here in a five part series. Today’s busy life constantly comes with packages of stress, anxiety, and apprehension; all of which are not invited to a healthy happy life. To cope, people search for
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Diana Navarro
- Nov 1, 2020
- 3 min
Three Myths About Self-Compassion
Design Your Life with Beauty--For You, Your home, Your Environment We hear a lot about self-compassion these days and, for most, the concept is a foreign one. Just a generation or two ago, the mindset was that life was hard, extremely hard, and that was all there was to it. Men worked day and night, women tending to the family and home. Husbands and wives woke up to the sound of the rooster crowing and then went to sleep with the sun setting. They did this day in and day out
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Diana Navarro
- Oct 1, 2020
- 3 min
20 Simple Wrinkle Minimizers that are Healthy Too
Design Your Life with Beauty--For You, Your home, Your Environment Aging of the skin is a natural process by which the collagen and elastin, that keep our skin looking firm and youthful, begin to decline, this results in wrinkles. Cell production and cell quality also diminish over time resulting in wrinkles. These factors unfortunately are out of our control, though diet and supplements can slow down the process, but it won’t stop it. The influences that are within our contr
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Diana Navarro
- Sep 30, 2020
- 3 min
What a Pandemic Can Teach You About Simple Living
Design Your Life with Beauty--For You, Your home, Your Environment COVID-19 has disrupted our daily routines, but it has also had a few positive effects. You’ve probably simplified your life, and you may like what that’s doing for your health and relationships. For example, 59% of fathers said they feel closer to their children as the result of complying with coronavirus restrictions. That’s according to one survey by the Canadian Men’s Health Foundation. Many of them also to
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Diana Navarro
- Sep 30, 2020
- 3 min
Breathe Out Stress Anytime, Anywhere
Design Your Life with Beauty--For You, Your home, Your Environment In today's frantic and fast-paced world, everything seems to happen at breakneck speed. It's vital that you take care of yourself so you remain calm and happy throughout the day. Thankfully, tools like yoga and meditation provide your mind and body with an opportunity to learn to deal with stress in an effective way. Meditation and yoga exercise the mind. Just as your body needs regular exercise to remain fit
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Diana Navarro
- Jun 4, 2020
- 2 min
Lucky Bamboo, Easy, Attractive and Good Feng Shui
Home~Where The Soul Longs To Be If you want a plant that you can place at your desk or almost anywhere and that require a minimum of care, then the lucky bamboo can be exactly what you are looking for. Despite the name, Lucky Bamboos are not bamboos at all, they are water lilies that just look like ones called dracaena sanderiana. Their caring necessities are minimal: all you need to do is provide them with regular cleaning, change the water from their pot/container weekly, l
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Diana Navarro
- May 23, 2020
- 6 min
Tips for Pain, Stress and Trauma Alleviation: The Basics
Home~Where The Soul Longs To Be General transcript to podcast, excerpt from Oddball the Resilience Guide What do you most want if you suffer from relentless chronic pain and stress? Relief! And…to know the cause, effective treatment and permanent cure. There is nothing worse than feeling the torture of constant pain. Chronic pain and stress deplete your vital energy, negatively affect your ability to move, to care for yourself, to care for others, to work, to sleep, to enjoy
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Diana Navarro
- May 18, 2020
- 3 min
Do You Know The History of Coffee?
Home~Where The Soul Longs To Be A Brief Look At Coffee History
Coffee is probably one of the most popular beverages consumed by adults, yet many do not know coffee history very well. Understanding coffee history will make you appreciate that rich aroma you love so much. According to Arabic legend an Arabian goat herder was going about his daily activities when all of a sudden his flock of goats began dancing around a green leafy plant. The plant appeared to have cherries gro
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Diana Navarro
- May 18, 2020
- 2 min
10 Facts You Never Knew About Coffee
Home~Where The Soul Longs To Be The next time you are at your favorite coffee shop and someone catches your eye, here are ten interesting coffee facts that you can use to break the ice:
1) Coffee is considered an aphrodisiac. Because it contains a high dose of caffeine and other various alkaloids, studies have shown that coffee can increase stamina and the overall length of intimate sessions.
2) Although coffee has been a part of the Arab culture for thousands of years, it
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Diana Navarro
- Mar 16, 2020
- 6 min
Why Some People Wait for a Disaster to Take Care of Themselves
Home~Where The Soul Longs To Be General transcript to podcast, excerpt from Oddball, The Resilience Guide “I’m Too…” The Reasons and Excuses for not Engaging in Self-Care Which Builds Resilience I’m too busy this that and the other so I don’t can’t do that I have a lot of money so I don’t need that I have kid(s) so I can’t do that I have to make a living so I can’t do that I’m too sick so I can’t do that I’m tired so I can’t do that That’s stupid so I won’t do that I’m scared
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Diana Navarro
- Mar 16, 2020
- 3 min
Why Do I Need Self Care and How do I Start? Let's Discuss
Home~Where The Soul Longs To Be Book excerpt and general transcript to podcast The Basic Requirements for Resilience and Self-Care to Make You Whole, Balanced and all Around Better Are: Assessing Preparedness for Self-Care · Do you have the motivation, time, commitment and space to care for yourself fully? · Create a conscious healthy habits and reduction/elimination of unhealthy ones. Hence creating an enjoyable, doable ritual is key. Undertaking huge tasks right away, may n
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Diana Navarro
- Mar 8, 2020
- 21 min
Habits and Rudeness, What’s the Connection? (I'm a Psychic Empath & I Sense Rude People)
Home~Where The Soul Longs To Be General transcript to podcast For the most part, a bad habit is something that you do repetitively, that you can stop doing when you really and truly decide to, and that society has deemed to be bad and rude. Often it breaks laws, customs or some moral code for the society. Most people think that bad habits are something to be avoided because they can often affect your health and wellness. There are different categories of bad habits. Let's loo
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Diana Navarro
- Mar 2, 2020
- 16 min
Physical Spaces, We Need to respect Boundaries: I'm a Psychic Empath & I Sense Rude People (5)
Home~Where The Soul Longs To Be General transcript to podcast (podcast coming soon) Do Use Manners Physical Space and Contact In many ways this is an extension of the previous chapter on Public Spaces. When we are in public we undoubtedly are going to deal with many people, most of them strangers… Oh No Moments--Holding doors This is a huge one. It happens all the time. When you enter or exit a place there usually is a regular or revolving door. It’s a good idea to see if som
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Diana Navarro
- Mar 2, 2020
- 7 min
Public Places, So Much Can Go Wrong: I'm a Psychic Empath & I sense Rude People (4)
Home~Where The Soul Longs To Be General transcript to podcast (podcast coming soon) Public Places, So much can Go Wrong If we Don't Use Manners Anything can happen in public places. These are places anyone can walk into, move through, standing in, eating at and so on. There is potential for meeting anyone from a future friend to a psycho. This is why it’s so crucial to be aware of yourself as well as your surroundings. Of course I’m not suggestion one becomes paranoid but bei
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Diana Navarro
- Mar 2, 2020
- 13 min
Communication & Manners,What can Possibly go Wrong: I'm a Psychic Empath and I sense Rude People (3)
Home~Where The Soul Longs To Be General transcript to podcast, with some variations Personal and General Communication: Lots Can Go Wrong We are living in a world with tons of information coming from every direction. We have to know how to filter and get what we need to function effectively without being overwhelmed. What happens however is that we get accustomed to getting the minimum of information and we lose the critical information we may need. This goes for any type of
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Diana Navarro
- Feb 26, 2020
- 8 min
Manners, the 7 Virtues and 7 Vices: I sense Rude People (2) Podcast
Home~Where The Soul Longs To Be General transcript to podcast, with some variations Thy Shall Not…Steal, Lie (or any of the other sins) Compared to the 7 Virtues/Graces Social Graces are the elixir that lubricates and beautifies our social structure. So, what happened to good old fashion manners? You don’t have to be rich or elite to show common courtesy, class and sophistication. I find it a very welcomed surprise with increasing rarity when someone displays courtesy, manner
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