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    how to become yourself

    By Beverly Pickard. “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.” Marianne Williamson What does this quote mean to you?  For me this quote brings me...

    • Posted February 25, 2014
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    banana bread with chocolate and golden berries

    From our Partners at Naturally Savvy. By Marc Borenstein Jazz up your banana bread with a couple of great superfoods! Chocolate is already a favorite addition, but golden berries add a unique and mildy tart take on this classic...

    • Posted February 22, 2014
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    Guacamole Hummus: 2 great tastes in one dip

    Most people love hummus. Many love guacamole. Why not combine two great tastes that taste great together? Super easy, healthy and tasty, add a twist to your next batch of hummus or guacamole and see it disappear...

    • Posted February 22, 2014
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    a lesson in business clarity… from a hairstylist?

    By Kate Northrup. Though I’m a natural blonde, I have uncharacteristically intense eyebrows for my coloring. After a few weeks without maintenance they start to look like caterpillars. And I start to mistake myself for Groucho Marks...

    • Posted February 22, 2014
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    women’s olympic hockey: canadian hearts of gold

    By Natalie Hughes, Editor in Chief. My favourite image being shared around social media the evening after the game was won was this little beauty. (P.S. I’m Canadian.) So who said that women’s sports can’t draw an...

    • Posted February 22, 2014
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    take a bath: 4 natural concoctions for full relaxation

    From our partners at Naturally Savvy. By Eleanor Healy. You’re wound up like a top from work, or your in-laws showed up unexpectedly for the weekend. What do you do? Take a bath and let your troubles melt...

    • Posted February 21, 2014
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  • Madelines: big love for little cakes

    From Julie of By the Recipe. I’ve been known to tell a story or two. And usually they are really long. This one is maybe not as long as I thought it would be. For a time,...

    • Posted February 21, 2014
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    10 great ways mindfulness turns fear into an ally

    By Ed and Deb Shapiro. At first glance you might not put mindfulness and fear together, or think that one can counterbalance the other. But while mindfulness invites us to be present with fear rather than run...

    • Posted February 21, 2014
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    open hearted living with darcy lubow

    Something I have been thinking about a lot lately is what it means to have an open heart. This is no real surprise in February, the month full of reminders about love, and that I will be...

    • Posted February 21, 2014
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    5 Ways You Can Be Happy NOW

    By Char’ Berry. The pursuit of happiness should be an extraordinary journey that isn’t wrapped around the “set” conditions we have for our happiness.  If you continue to look at your situations, circumstances, or other people to...

    • Posted February 21, 2014
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