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    5 WAYS OF SELF-CARE TO IMPROVE YOUR LIFE

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    Here are five ways to improve your life with daily steps of self-care that become habit when practiced with intention. By beginning with yourself as a priority and…

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    WHAT IS GOOD ABOUT FEELING VULNERABLE?

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    Vulnerability helps us open the door to new connections. If only for a moment, we let our guard down and engage with people on another level.

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    WHAT IS THE SPIRITUAL WORK OF GRATITUDE?

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    Why gratitude is a spiritual practice in which we include both memorable events and things that are painful.

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    MORE ADVICE FROM DEKKER

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    Dekker is a British black lab whose gifts for giving advice emerged when he sat around every day with the restrictions of the pandemic. He was born to…

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