by Karen Creamer | Jan 9, 2025 | books, italian, my one word, Spiritual Practice
Anyone who has been following me for a while has heard me talk about My One Word, but for those who are new:
My One Word is pretty simple: it’s a spiritual practice where you choose one word to focus on and to inspire you for an entire year. There is a book entitled My One Word by Mike Ashcraft and Rachel Olsen for anyone who is like me and likes to read about new ideas.
There is also a website that walks you through the practice if you are interested in investigating it further: MyOneWord.org Keep reading
by Karen Creamer | Jan 2, 2025 | Being BRAVE, Comfort, fitness, health
I retired from nursing in May last year (my birthday gift to myself).
I took a part time job at
Quest Fitness and started working the front desk.
After a while, I thought about trying out some of the classes there and then I thought of all the reasons why this was a bad idea: I’m out of shape! I haven’t done an in-person exercise class in years! I don’t remember how to use any of the equipment! And so forth, ad nauseum. Plus, there were a lot of different types of classes (over 60!) and teachers and I had no idea where to even start.
Bottom line: I was afraid to try.
I needed a strategy!
Then an old saying came to mind … Keep reading
by Karen Creamer | Nov 20, 2024 | Connection, yoga
When I was in my forties, I had lost some weight and decided that the next step was to get more physically active. I decided that I wanted to learn yoga and nervously signed up for my first in-person yoga class.
I did my due diligence prior to going. I called ahead and spoke to the teacher and explained that the extent of my yoga practice thus far consisted of following along with the YogaKids Videos with my son when he was little. She said that was fine! Come to the class! It’s for all levels! Keep reading
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