Hello!
Welcome to 2022! Have you made any New Year’s Resolutions? It has been quite a ride and I am sure you are ready to get this year started. I have been toying around with changing the appearance of my newsletter but think that this is fine the way it is and it has definitely grown on me. I am definitely a Type A personality that likes to have everything in its place and a bit neurotic about things, but overall I am pretty sane, LOL! Sometimes as moms we don’t have all of our marbles in one basket because the kiddoes or hubby is on our last nerve but at the end of the day everyone is fed and the house is as organized as it is going to get…..until I have time to set it straight. Sound familiar? I hope that you enjoy this week’s newsletter that is filled with great articles, inspiration and seasonal/popular trends on the horizon especially in this New Year. It will be a good one as always. Take Care and we will talk soon.
Have a fantastic week in this 2022:-).
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3 Simple Ingredients for Dry Hands
I have a dry skin problem, especially when it comes to winter months, constant washing of my hands for germs, and overall antibacterial anything. This constant necessary task has rendered my hands ‘reptile dry’. This is what I call them because it is dry like a rock and scaly like a reptile, hence the term ‘reptile dry. Thankfully, I was able to find this DIY Mask for my hands on Pinterest. (Read More)
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Seasonal Favorites/Trends
What’s Trending: Twinkle Star 200 LED 66 FT Copper String Lights Fairy String Lights 8 Modes LED String Lights USB Powered with Remote
About This Item:
- Bright LEDs: 66ft 200 LED lights glow a WARM WHITE light, which make every night starry nights, adding some whimsical ambiance. High quality bendable copper wire, you can build the shapes you want easily.(our string lights have 3 strands while others seller only have 2)
- 8 Modes settings: combination, in waves, sequential, slogs, chasing/flash, slow fade, twinkle/flash, and steady on.
- USB-powered and remote control: Directly plug in/unplug it for power on/off and you can press the button on the USB to adjust 8 modes setting. And you can easily turn on/off the lights through the remote, set them in timer to auto on and off each day, adjust the brightness, adjust 8 modes setting.
- Waterproof: The wire parts of the string lights are fully sealed, thus making it submersible, with low voltage no overheat after many hours of usage, safe to touch after any hours of usage.
- Widely Use: Perfect for Indoor / Outdoor, decorate wedding, ceremony, Birthday, party, shows, restaurant, home etc.
Walk Past the Rabbit Hole into a Stellar New Year
To say it’s been a strange year is an understatement. Even stranger than last year, because most of us expected that 2021 would see an end to the global pandemic and political unrest. Not! So here we are, still in the worldwide chaos of COVID and politics, wondering what new disaster will befall us in 2022. Yikes!
But here’s the thing: what are we setting ourselves up for? If indeed, like attracts like, if what you think and feel brings more of the same to you, what are we setting ourselves up for? Peering out into 2022 and seeing only more to worry about narrows our focus. Our attention is caught in wretched “what if-s?” and sails right on by positive possibilities. Yet we don’t want to ignore reality and pretend all is well when it surely isn’t.
What to do?
Pay attention to what you are setting yourself up for. When you find yourself catastrophizing, barreling down the gloom-and-doom scenarios, stop. Yes. Just plain old – stop! Ask yourself, “Self, what else might happen here? What good thing just might happen along the way?” Because when you’re looking for it, you’ll always find something valuable, something to be grateful for, happening, in your – our – world.
A couple of months ago, I fell badly during a ballroom dance competition. I couldn’t get up off the dance floor. Literally. I was terrified. What if I’d injured myself so badly I’d never dance again? Walk properly again? How would I take care of my big dogs? And down the rabbit-hole of catastrophizing, I went, imagining every dire consequence of this fall. Yet people around me were taking care of me in a myriad of ways, from getting me to the ER, to getting me home safely, to referring me to a great PT, to caring for my dogs, and so much more. Which finally yanked me out of my catastrophizing into “Wait a minute. I’m being helped here. There’s hope. I’m gonna be OK.” Which I was, eventually. I had worried myself needlessly for days. And knowing what I know about how negative thoughts and feelings depress our immune system and ability to heal, you’d think I’d have remembered that and avoided catastrophizing entirely. Sigh…
So no, you don’t want to deny the reality of this past year. But there’s no need to dwell on its awfulness either. Instead, set yourself up for a great 2022 by looking to what is going right in your life. To what opportunities for growth, adventure, fun, love, and laughter exist, even if only as mere glimmerings, in your life.
2022 will be, to a large extent, what you make of it. So walk right past that rabbit hole and into the very best 2022 you can imagine.
Noelle C. Nelson, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist, consultant, popular speaker, and author of over a dozen best-selling books. Dr. Nelson focuses on how we can all enjoy happy, fulfilling lives while accomplishing great things in love, at home, and at work, as we appreciate ourselves, our world, and all others. She is the author of “Phoenix Rising: Surviving Catastrophic Loss: Fires, Floods, Hurricanes and Tornadoes” and “Happy Healthy… Dead: Why What You Think You Know About Aging Is Wrong and How To Get It Right.” Visit http://www.noellenelson.com, https://www.facebook.com/MeetTheAmazings, #MeetTheAmazings, @drnoellenelson, and listen to her podcast Up! Uplifting, Inspiring, Practical on Spotify, Google Podcasts and on YouTube.
~Until Next time Take Care of Yourself and each other.
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