Want To Boost Your Self-Confidence? Try These 6 Tips

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Want To Boost Your Self-Confidence? Try These 6 Tips

When I talk to women (of my age and all ages), something I hear a lot is that they struggle with confidence. They don’t feel good about themselves—how they look, how they sound, how they dress, etc. It hurts me to hear, because confidence is SO IMPORTANT if you want to live your fullest life, and we all deserve to have it, no matter what age we are.

The way I see it, confidence is a byproduct of the way we treat ourselves. It goes back to something I’ve said before: Our minds are POWERFUL! The thoughts and words we allow into our minds are directly connected to what manifests in our lives.

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How Worrying About Your Age Could Be Holding You Back

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How Worrying About Your Age Could Be Holding You Back

turned 65 a mere four months ago—an age that a lot of women dread. Despite all the preconceived notions of how I thought I would feel about it, I have to admit, I feel better than ever! That might sound like I am just saying some feel good bullshit, but I promise it’s the truth.

I have worried about my age at certain points in the past, many years ago. Now, I rarely think about age unless someone else brings it up. A recent conversation got me thinking a lot about how much people—particularly women—worry about their age, and how much that can hold you back from being as happy as possible.

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5 Tips To Quiet Your Mind

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5 Tips To Quiet Your Mind

There’s no doubt about it: We are living in stressful times.

I cannot get through a day without talking to a client about everything that is going on in our world. Topics like Russia invading Ukraine, living though a pandemic, last year’s insurrection, mass murders and shootings, racial and gender inequality, and terrorist attacks seem to be daily headlines. And that’s on top of important ongoing movements, like #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter, which finally forced us to confront sexual assault against women and police brutality and racially motivated violence.

These events and topics can trigger us, traumatize us, and even reopen deep wounds we thought had healed. This causes an unfathomable amount of stress.

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What is Pure Joy Wellness? My Philosophy On Living Well Your Whole Life

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What is Pure Joy Wellness? My Philosophy On Living Well Your Whole Life

Welcome to 2022, everyone! I’m so happy to kick off this new year with you and take this Pure Joy Wellness Community to a whole new level! There are so many exciting launches, surprises, and initiatives I have planned for this year, so in light of that, I wanted to do a kind of “reintroduction” slash “here’s what we stand for” blog post to get everyone in our community in alignment. I’ve done so much reflecting on 2021 and there is a lot I want to get across to both the long-time and new members of the PJW crew. This is sort of a thought-dump, but I promise it’s worth the read!!

Here’s what Pure Joy Wellness is all about…


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Pure Joy Wellness Approved! Ten Percent Happier App

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Pure Joy Wellness Approved! Ten Percent Happier App

Welcome back to my monthly product series, Pure Joy Wellness Approved! This is the ninth edition, and for those of you who are new to my blog, here’s what you can expect from PJWA:

The wellness industry is saturated with products. (It’s a multi-trillion dollar industry, after all.) My goal with this series, Pure Joy Wellness Approved, is to help you cut through the noise, and give you insight into the items and brands that I use on a regular basis. Every month, I’ll be featuring a product I love that can make achieving your health goals easier—whether you want to lose weight, take better care of your skin, develop an exercise routine, find balance with your nutrition, or improve your mental health, to name a few.

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Why Gratitude Is An Essential Part Of A Happy, Healthy Life

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Why Gratitude Is An Essential Part Of A Happy, Healthy Life

With Thanksgiving a mere three days away, let’s take a moment to talk about gratitude. It’s a concept that comes up a lot around the holidays, and also one that’s been embraced by the health and wellness community in recent years. You’ve probably heard of people starting their own “gratitude practices” or writing in gratitude journals.

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Why I Always Celebrate My Birthday

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Why I Always Celebrate My Birthday

For this week’s blog post, I want to talk about birthdays. As we get older, many of us come to dread our birthdays. We think, “Ugh, another year older,” as if being alive is something we should be upset about and not look forward to. As you can imagine, I whole-heartedly disagree with this point of view, because I view aging as a privilege, not a punishment.

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How To Manage Your Emotions!

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How To Manage Your Emotions!

Given the state of our world, we’re all experiencing a lot of emotional ups, downs, ebbs, and flows right now. It truly feels like an emotional rollercoaster. Our imminent future is unpredictable, and the majority, if not all, of us are essentially under quarantine. It’s scary, it’s frustrating, and every emotion in between. That’s why I asked nationally recognized child and family psychologist, Dr. Jennifer Hartstein, what we can do to manage our emotions.

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The Gesture that Has Changed My Life

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The Gesture that Has Changed My Life

Giving thanks is the most incredible gesture in the world.  It goes beyond just saying the words “thank you.”  It is truly and genuinely feeling gratitude in your heart for who you are, where you are, and what you have right now.  I think about what I am grateful for all the time but I haven’t always had that practice.

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