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►• Personal energy management is simple but not always easy. It consists of two phases: avoiding leaks and revitalization. First learn to identify and avoid the black holes that sap your precious energy, things that drain you and drag you down. Concurrently, learn to recharge your batteries by identifying what gives you wings, what drives and motivates you to take good care of yourself physically and emotionally.

In order to shift from an energy depletion mode to a cycle of abundance, one needs to tap into the power of self-love, which resides in your  ❤heart. [the above paragraph written by Nathalie Campeau, M.D.]

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I would not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum. ~Frances Willard~

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You cannot control the unexpected, but you can control your response to it.  ~Aikido Principle~

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I remember my desire to belong isn't just the desire to belong to my community but my deep desire to belong to myself. ~Jennifer Louden -women's life coach~

I am not a person who is afraid of criticism. After a long and fitful journey, I finally realized that my self-esteem is not on the line every time someone says something critical to or about me. No, I don’t like criticism and yes, I’d love it if everyone in the world loved me, but that’s just not realistic. Therefore, not only am I open to constructive feedback, but I expect it at this point in my life. BUT – within that openness is my right to hear you out, listen to what you have to say and decide it doesn't apply to me. Or I can simply disagree. And oh what freedom that is! I realized that while other people have the right to their opinion, I have the right to my opinion as well! And someone else’s commentary on my life or my behavior is simply that – an opinion. No more. No less. And nothing here on God’s green earth makes someone else’s opinion more important than mine

._ Sonia Twiggs Wharton