Introducing a Month of Confidence

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do. ~Eleanor Roosevelt, You [...]

You Are Already a Masterpiece

…Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a masterpiece. You cannot be improved. You have only to come to it, to know it, to realise it. ~ Osho ~ It seems to me that we’re always striving to better ourselves. We want to be a new, improved version of ourselves. Especially as [...]

What Are You Choosing to Become?

Aristotle said “Time does not exist except for change.” The origin of the word change is the Old English cambium, which means “to become.” In other words, time does not exist except for becoming something new. What, exactly, are you choosing to become? ~Robert Cooper from The Other 90% Image Credit: Hiroyuki Takeda As we [...]

Dreaming of Sugar Plum Fairies

Last night as I prepared dinner for my horde, I pulled out my special Christmas recipes and started prepping for the mini Christmas cakes I first made before my eldest son was even a glimmer in his daddy’s eye. The recipe, on a page torn from a magazine, was dated 1988. As I measured fruit [...]

A Month of Celebration!

Welcome once again to a new month of wonderfulness here at The Calm Space! December is all at once one of my favourite months, and one of the ones I have been known to *ahem* stress a little over. This year, I’ve vowed to make December easy. And to celebrate all the little moments as [...]

Self-Kindness :: Special Holiday Edition!

Can you remember this time last year? How did you feel when the clock struck midnight to herald in 2011? There is something about this time of year. I’ve always felt that holiday time, with all its celebrations and good cheer, should be a time of great joy, love, laughter, and enthusiasm. But somewhere along [...]

A holiday touch of kindness

I’ve been thinking about what you and I need as we plunge into the holiday season.   We’re just keeping our head above water coping with life, with work, relationships, family, friends, and those endless chores. So when the holidays appear on the horizon it can feel like we’ve lifted this additional load upon our [...]

Your Breathing Space for November: Believe in Your Dreams

  The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. ~Eleanor Roosevelt Image: Seyed Mostafa Zamani

The Power and Beauty of Dreams

Only one thing makes a dream impossible: the fear of failure. ~Paulo Coelho With life on full throttle as we hurtle towards 2012, it’s sometimes difficult to find a moment to breathe, let alone a moment to tap into our dreams. But dreams are powerful things, and they can help us slow down the pace [...]

The Strains of Spirit in Memory

I sat today, writing in that scramble of inspiration. Feverish almost. Gathering words before they flew away. My heart thumped in my chest and my spirit longed to soar, high and free. Ah, there it was: Beethoven’s 5th Piano Concerto fitting my mood perfectly. The incredible wafts of melody in the first movement. Intense harmony. [...]

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