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Ayla Donlin
Oct 20, 20212 min read
Dear Lucy & Ruby: Why try to meditate?
You will likely hear a lot about meditation and mindfulness.
Not just because I am a huge advocate...
Ayla Donlin
Oct 20, 20212 min read
Dear Lucy & Ruby: What does it mean to be a strong woman?
My description of what it means to be a strong woman has changed and evolved over the years, and I am sure it will continue to change...
Ayla Donlin
Sep 29, 20212 min read
Dear Lucy & Ruby: Energy is a Finite Resource
Dear Lucy & Ruby, Energy is a Finite Resource . . . There will be seasons of life when you feel like you have more energy...
Ayla Donlin
Sep 23, 20212 min read
Dear Lucy & Ruby,
This begins a little journal of communication to you with life lessons, stories, and/or memories that I would like to share with you as...
Ayla Donlin
Jun 9, 20212 min read
Get Free From the Comparison Trap
How much time and energy have you lost comparing yourself to others? . . . ➡️Get free from the comparison trap! ➡️Try these 3...
Ayla Donlin
Jun 2, 20212 min read
It's OK to have an "off" day!
🤪Do your fitness and/or nutrition plans ever get derailed by an “off” day…you just aren’t feeling right and/or things just aren’t going...
Ayla Donlin
May 4, 20211 min read
Healthy Habits: What They Are Not
You can get fit without spending hours a day working out, and you can eat healthy without being hungry all the time. You can build...
Ayla Donlin
Apr 19, 20212 min read
Nine Attitudes or Qualities of Mindfulness
✨Curious about mindfulness, but not sure where to start? . . . ➡️Mindfulness is a practice that can be so elusive in application. So...
Ayla Donlin
Apr 14, 20217 min read
Too Much To Do? Three Ways to Prioritize Our Commitments.
Are you tired of feeling like you always have too much to do, like you cannot sustain your perspective because you are running from one...
Ayla Donlin
Apr 8, 20212 min read
Self-Care?
➡️One of the biggest buzz words of the past year has been self-care, and, rightly so! This past year has offered all of us challenges of...
Ayla Donlin
Mar 30, 20212 min read
Perspective
🌥Perspective has been on my mind a lot lately.⛅️ . . . ➡️We periodically experience things in life that put everything into...
Ayla Donlin
Mar 8, 20212 min read
Body Goals
On International Women’s Day, I thought I’d take on a popular, unpopular topic - Body Goals. . . . I’d like to preface this message by...
Ayla Donlin
Feb 22, 20212 min read
Self-Respect
✨Self-Respect: Pride and confidence in oneself; a feeling that one is behaving with honor and dignity. . . . It took me a while to...
Ayla Donlin
Feb 17, 20212 min read
Self-Love
How is your self-love journey going? . . . Mine has been a winding road with a particularly rough patch through my twenties. I am happy...
Ayla Donlin
Feb 12, 20211 min read
Self-Awareness Meditation
Practice self-understanding, love, and compassion during this meditation.
Ayla Donlin
Feb 12, 20211 min read
Self-Love Meditation
Start to learn about and practice self-love during this meditation.
Ayla Donlin
Feb 12, 20211 min read
Self-Respect Meditation
Cultivate self-respect with this thoughtful meditation. R - Relax E - Exhale S - Survey P - Play E - Evaluate C - Compassion T - Take Action
Ayla Donlin
Feb 8, 20212 min read
Self-Actualization
✨Self-Actualization = the realization or fulfillment of one’s talents and potentialities, especially considered as a drive or need...
Ayla Donlin
Jan 11, 20212 min read
Self-Compassion
❤️Anyone else learning to be more self-compassionate?❤️ . . . ☀️Self-compassion = approaching, treating, and speaking to...
Ayla Donlin
Jan 8, 20210 min read
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