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Get In The Flow Of Simply Enough

By Elizabeth H. Cottrell

Get in the flow of Simply Enough: book cover and author headshot
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A book that delivers on its promise This book really delivers on the promise of its subtitle. I found it both inspiring and practical, and that’s a combination hard to achieve. Simply Enough: Create space for what matters is a fresh and important contribution to today’s popular conversations about simple living and decluttering. Instead of […]

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September’s Driving Lesson: Learn To Shift Gears

By Elizabeth H. Cottrell

September's Driving Lesson: Learn to shift gears
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Even if I hadn’t been paying attention to the calendar, the weather here in the Shenandoah Valley this week has loudly proclaimed the arrival of Fall. When I saw the thermometer’s 45 degrees yesterday morning, I donned a jacket to walk up the driveway to get the newspaper. The air was clear, cool, and invigorating. […]

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Life Is Beautiful…and Hard

By Elizabeth H. Cottrell

Everything Happens For A Reason by Kate Bowler Book Review
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Thanks to a recommendation from my highschool friend Becky Russell, I recently finished reading Kate Bowler’s remarkable and moving book Everything Happens For A Reason: and other lies I’ve loved. (Amazon link) When Kate Bowler was diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer, she was 35, happily married, and had a newborn son named Zach. She was […]

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Is It Well With Your Soul?

By Elizabeth H. Cottrell

Is it well with your soul? The Soul Care Summit
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In our time on this earth, we are both body and soul. We are bombarded with advice on how to take care care of our bodies (though many of us do it quite poorly), but the nourishment and care for our souls is not such a mainstream topic. It should be. I have certainly been […]

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What Masks Need To Come Off?

By Elizabeth H. Cottrell

What masks need to come off? Woman removing mask.
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This updated and expanded post appeared originally in the February 2021 issue of Heartspoken’s “Compass Points” newsletter. If you’d like to be the first to get my content straight to your Inbox, subscribe to “Compass Points” using the form below or in the sidebar. After the last year (2020), we’ll never think of masks the […]

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My New Year’s Message: Open Your Heart And Mind

By Elizabeth H. Cottrell

Winding Road and Tunnel in Smokey Mountains
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I’m bringing this back from its original publication on this blog in 2015. Its message is timeless and it still expresses my deepest wish for you in the year ahead. And remember, every single day is a new beginning, even if you’re reading this in July. Forget the New Year’s resolutions At least for today… […]

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A Song To Myself ~ New Year Prayer

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Robyn Harrison's photo of bench in Asheville, NC
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I am so happy to repost this prayer from my friend Robyn Harrison, who generously agreed to let me share this poignant poem she wrote several years ago. The gorgeous photograph above is one of hers as well. She says she pulls this poem out each year, dusts it off, changes the date, and reads […]

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Why Today Is So Important

By Elizabeth H. Cottrell

Today: Man greeting Sun at Dawn
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What each day needs, that shalt thou ask. Each day will set its proper task. ~ Goethe If you think today is just another day, think again. Today is all you have, or all you can count on. Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow may not come. But today can be embraced and enjoyed and made the most […]

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