By Julie Ann Cairns | Abundance
A lot is said these days about the power of gratitude. And rightly so – practising gratitude for the good things we already have in our lives creates a powerful foundation for both happiness and abundance. However, according to Dr Amit Sood, a Professor of Medicine from the famous Mayo Clinic, if you want to […]
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By Julie Ann Cairns | Abundance
Sometimes the kindest thing you can do for someone is to have a firm boundary with them.
Why do I say that? And why is it important to understand this?
Because it’s something that I feel people often get confused about, especially when it comes to the Abundance Mindset.
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By Julie Ann Cairns | Abundance
It’s the holiday season… and I want to ask you: how do you feel about that? The holiday season is a wonderful time for many people, when they get to hang out with their loved ones and spend time connecting back to their roots… enjoying wonderful meals, exchanging beautiful gifts, heartfelt messages and hugs, savouring […]
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This post is a longer one… and you’ll want to read to the very end because what I have to say is VITAL for cultivating a life of true abundance.
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By Julie Ann Cairns | Abundance
Sometimes I go on social media and it makes me feel uplifted and inspired and hopeful about the world. Other times, I come away feeling a wee bit frightened. And then… yeah, then there are the times that I come away feeling like everyone (I mean, EVERYONE) has their shiz together except me. That’s the […]
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By Julie Ann Cairns | Abundance
There’s something you might not know about me (though I did mention it briefly in one of my earliest blog posts here). I won’t keep you in suspense: my ex-husband, the father of my child, is transgender. When we got married he was called Daniel. 15 years later, he is now she, and her name […]
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By Julie Ann Cairns | Gratitude & Compassion
This is the final post of 10 posts I’m writing about how to combine gratitude and compassion for a happier life. This series was all sparked by a remarkable finding from brain research as expressed by Dr Amit Sood of the famous Mayo Clinic: “Because of the way your brain works, the pursuit of gratitude […]
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By Julie Ann Cairns | Gratitude & Compassion
This is the eighth of 10 posts I’m writing about how to combine gratitude and compassion for a happier life. I’ve come up with a simple 4-part framework for combining gratitude and compassion, and I’m sharing how to do that using 10 different examples in 10 posts. In each post I focus on a different […]
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By Julie Ann Cairns | Gratitude & Compassion
This is the seventh of 10 posts I’m writing about how to combine gratitude and compassion for a happier life. This series was all sparked by a remarkable finding from brain research as expressed by Dr Amit Sood of the famous Mayo Clinic: “Because of the way your brain works, the pursuit of gratitude and […]
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By Julie Ann Cairns | Gratitude & Compassion
This is the sixth of 10 posts I’m writing about how to combine gratitude and compassion for a happier life. Why? Well, according to Dr Amit Sood of the Mayo Clinic: “Because of the way your brain works, the pursuit of gratitude and compassion will make you happier than the pursuit of happiness itself.” This […]
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