What is Energy?
Energy doesn’t communicate in human tongues, but it does speak clearly. It speaks through the metaphors of our lived experiences, the hurricanes and earthquakes of nature, the expressions of the body’s symptoms, or the whispered message of a randomly chosen passage in a book.
Do you feel constricted when you feel criticism? Do you feel lighter and open when you feel gratitude?
Yet isn’t it difficult to consciously change criticism to gratitude? 
To make this change, don’t focus on the emotion.
Instead notice the physical feeling of criticism (or other negative feeling). Notice the constriction. Now imagine it loosen up. Feel your chest and solar plexus expand. Sense it transform to physical openness. Imagine the deep breath you can now take. Keep breathing deeply.
Now think of something you feel grateful for. It can be small or big. Link that thought to the deep open breaths you feel.
Do this often and gratitude will be easier to access.
Have an abundant month!
(Note: this is a guest post from author Heather Dugdale.)
. . . just buy stock in Hanes and purchase every color of sweat pant and sweatshirt known to man! The Ego (middle child) has been killing me about her clothes. She wears the same red hoodie every day and literally the nicest thing I can get her into to go to church is a velour sweatsuit. In the spirit of giving and forgiveness, and complete exhaustion, I’ve decided to just give in. And here’s what I’ve learned about accepting defeat:
It took lots of tears and bargaining to get this sweet angelic child in that dress. But, note, she is covered from head to toe!
This is a guest post by Michael West.
Skin care is just as important during the harsh winter months as it is during the summer season. Parents sometimes see the cloudy skies, overcast days, and snow filled streets and develop a false sense of security, but the truth is children suffer from extremely painful, annoying skin conditions that require treatment.