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Heather Haygood
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The Christmas Conspiracy
Is it purely memory-based? Do we adults want our children to taste a little bit of what we experienced? I would say that is true for some...
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Heather Haygood
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Christmas is for the brokenhearted
Instead of resting in abundance, we are reminded of all that we are lacking. I remember Christmases like this from my own past.
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Heather Haygood
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What is Christmas all about?
I’ve often said that humanity and hardship are old companions. We can see that hardship is at the forefront of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s
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Heather Haygood
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And so, it begins
While everyone is making their Black Friday shopping plans, I am blocking time off my calendar to stay home with my family.
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Heather Haygood
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The science of gratitude
Complaining is also quite literally bad for your health. Research from Stanford University has shown that complaining shrinks the...
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Heather Haygood
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Don't forget to breathe
I do not need to say yes to every opportunity, party, brunch, or request that my children, husband, or extended family make.
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Heather Haygood
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Curating gratitude
These people took authority over their minds and hearts; then in extreme hardship found the peace of God.
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Heather Haygood
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Peace
Nature is releasing last season’s growth and preparing to welcome new growth in the spring. I remind myself and my children...
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Heather Haygood
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Reflect, release, renew
When I was younger, I loved autumn for all the beautiful colors, the cozy nights in watching my favorite shows, and the rain...
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Heather Haygood
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Letting Go
Letting go of my children so they can see the world gives them an opportunity to flourish and bloom. As mothers we cannot selfishly hold...
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Heather Haygood
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Forgive
Forgiveness means that you are letting go. You are not attached to the outcome. You are releasing yourself from the pain of affliction.
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Heather Haygood
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Be STILL
We live in a distracted world. It seems that no matter where we turn there is always noise.
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Heather Haygood
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Hope
And yet…the history of the world is colored with stories of hope. We write books, movies and songs about our heroes and we tell them ...
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Heather Haygood
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Love and fear
There are only two emotions: love and fear. All positive emotions come from love; all negative emotions come from fear. -Elisabeth...
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Heather Haygood
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Love and limiting beliefs
Your limiting beliefs about love are a combination of what you learned in childhood and an accumulation of your experiences...
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Heather Haygood
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Your love journey
Letting go is the last piece of the past puzzle. We do not want to carry past woes into our future.
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Heather Haygood
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Healing comes in waves
If you have been reading my articles for a while, you know that I absolutely love being a mother.
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Heather Haygood
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Love and Parenting: Train a child in the way he should go
Children learn what they live. If a child lives with criticism, he will learn to condemn others. If a child lives with fear...
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Heather Haygood
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Love and parenting: Discipline with love
It is safe to say that we have all experienced that unruly kid in a restaurant, or the bully child on the playground...
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Heather Haygood
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Love and fear
Losing someone always causes a pause for reflection. We don’t know that we are living our last day. How differently would we live if we did?
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