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Alone time

Nov 7, 2014 By elinwaldal 4 Comments

Alone time

The solace I find in re-connecting with myself, whether it is found in the quiet of a slumbering house at dawn, a walk among the trees, or watching the sun slip behind the horizon, is beyond measure. It has been my experience, that when my mind stills, my heart opens up to all that is possible. It wasn’t always that […]

Filed Under: Life Lessons, NaBloPoMo Nov 14 Tagged With: Alone, Luna Fest, Self-Care, Self-Love

Message from the Pantry

Nov 3, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 18 Comments

Message from the Pantry

In March of 2011, the universe sent me a rather messy message via my pantry. Last Friday I got sick. And I mean the sort of sick that found me in fetal position on the floor of our closet text messaging Jimmy a distress signal. Jimmy lovingly calls me, Deep-End-Diver, because when things go wrong […]

Filed Under: Life Lessons, NaBloPoMo13, Writing Tagged With: Inner Voice, NaBloPoMo13, Self-Care, Sickness, Writing

Running home to me

Apr 20, 2011 By elinwaldal Leave a Comment

Running home to me

  For years I was a runner. I have run from people, places, jobs, situations, success…you get the point…if I could run from it, many times I would but for the most part, that is a thing of the past. On a different level I also have been an on again off again runner–as in for […]

Filed Under: Exercise Tagged With: health, running, Self-Care

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