Essays

  • Monday, 6/10/24: Talking about summer planning

    Happy Monday! It’s a new week, which means it’s time for your next Monday motivation newsletter. Read on below for some steps to a happier Monday and some positive thoughts to get your week started. Three Steps to a Happier Monday Each newsletter starts with three prompts to inspire gratitude and simple intention setting. Take a moment and jot down answers…

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  • Monday, 6/3/24: Talking about getting through a turbulent time

    Happy Monday! It’s a new week, which means it’s time for your next Monday motivation newsletter. Read on below for some steps to a happier Monday and some positive thoughts to get your week started. Three Steps to a Happier Monday Each newsletter starts with three prompts to inspire gratitude and simple intention setting. Take a moment and jot down answers…

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  • Monday, 5/20/24: Talking about what’s on my radar this morning

    Happy Monday! It’s a new week, which means it’s time for your next Monday motivation newsletter. Read on below for some steps to a happier Monday and some positive thoughts to get your week started. Three Steps to a Happier Monday Each newsletter starts with three prompts to inspire gratitude and simple intention setting. Take a moment and jot down answers…

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  • May 2024 Intentions

    I’m writing this on the plane ride home to Chicago, reflecting on a great week with my parents and lots of fun reuniting with friends the weekend prior. May has been off to a jam-packed start and I don’t see any slow down until we cross the threshold of June. The fact that I’m doing my monthly planning two weeks into the…

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  • Monday, 5/13/24: Talking about planning May

    Happy Monday! It’s a new week, which means it’s time for your next Monday motivation newsletter. Read on below for some steps to a happier Monday and some positive thoughts to get your week started. Three Steps to a Happier Monday Each newsletter starts with three prompts to inspire gratitude and simple intention setting. Take a moment and jot down answers…

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  • Monday, 4/29/24: Talking about what’s on my radar this morning

    Happy Monday! It’s a new week, which means it’s time for your next Monday motivation newsletter. Read on below for some steps to a happier Monday and some positive thoughts to get your week started. Three Steps to a Happier Monday Each newsletter starts with three prompts to inspire gratitude and simple intention setting. Take a moment and jot down answers…

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  • Could This Be Rest?

    “This plank can be your rest.” … Not exactly the words you want to hear midway through a very difficult, very hot CorePower yoga class. In fact, when I heard the instructor say these six words, I had to bow my head and stare down at my mat – as if I was intensely inspecting it – in an effort to hide my…

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  • Monday, 4/22/24: Talking about things that could be rest

    Happy Monday! It’s a new week, which means it’s time for your next Monday motivation newsletter. Read on below for some steps to a happier Monday and some positive thoughts to get your week started. Three Steps to a Happier Monday Each newsletter starts with three prompts to inspire gratitude and simple intention setting. Take a moment and jot down answers…

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  • Monday, 4/15/24: Talking about what’s on my radar this morning

    Happy Monday! It’s a new week, which means it’s time for your next Monday motivation newsletter. Read on below for some steps to a happier Monday and some positive thoughts to get your week started. Three Steps to a Happier Monday Each newsletter starts with three prompts to inspire gratitude and simple intention setting. Take a moment and jot down answers…

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  • April 2024 Intentions

    I’m writing this as it rains outside, which is quite fitting for April! I don’t know what spring is like where you are, but in Chicago, “spring” is more like a continuation of winter, with a few warmer, sunnier days peppered in. Personally, I find these months harder to get through than the beginning of winter, but I know summer is on…

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  • Monday, 4/8/24: Talking about planning April

    Happy Monday! It’s a new week, which means it’s time for your next Monday motivation newsletter. Read on below for some steps to a happier Monday and some positive thoughts to get your week started. Three Steps to a Happier Monday Each newsletter starts with three prompts to inspire gratitude and simple intention setting. Take a moment and jot down answers…

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  • Monday, 4/1/24: Talking about what’s on my radar this morning

    Happy Monday! It’s a new week, which means it’s time for your next Monday motivation newsletter. Read on below for some steps to a happier Monday and some positive thoughts to get your week started. Three Steps to a Happier Monday Each newsletter starts with three prompts to inspire gratitude and simple intention setting. Take a moment and jot down answers…

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