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Revealing the Gift Within Our Shadow

By Jan BowenPrivate MusingsNo Comments

Wherever there is light, there is shadow. While the beneficial aspects of light that allow us to see are immediately obvious, we sometimes have to probe to discover the gifts within the shadows — both literally and figuratively. The celebrated Swiss psychiatrist, Carl Jung, created the term that describes both the aspects of human nature that are hidden from us...

January 22, 2017

A day in the life accompanied by Albert Einstein.

My Imaginary Friends and Their Purpose in Our Lives

By Jan BowenLife of Purpose, Private MusingsNo Comments

Don't misunderstand -- I have real friends, too, but since I was very young (8 or 9 years old), I've had a team of imaginary friends with whom I conversed with routinely. Some you probably wouldn't know. But others, I'm fairly confident you would know. My imaginary pals include Albert Einstein, Carl Jung, Teilhard de Chardin, Aldous Huxley, and Buckminster...

January 8, 2017

6 Ways to Increase Growth and Potential

By Jan BowenPrivate MusingsNo Comments

A new year -- time for fresh potential. Time for new beginnings, resolutions, decisions, lists. So many options can feel overwhelming, confusing, or discouraging -- the antithesis of motivation. Yet, January is a tremendous opportunity for assessing our alignment, charting our route to happiness, and determining our goals. There are few times automatically built in to our natural year and...

December 30, 2016

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The Difference Between Passion and Purpose

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Passion, purpose and the path between — what’s the real secret to living a fulfilled life? Do all the questions you hear about purpose and passion lead you farther away from a resolution? Themes and opinions on the topic vary, leaving speculation to whether they're the same thing and if they last a lifetime. Do you even really have to...

October 24, 2016

Woman falling onto a trampoline expressing mental toughness.

7 Steps The Strongest Women Take to Bounce Back After A Knock Out

By Jan BowenPublished ArticlesNo Comments

Find your mental toughness! It's time to get you back in the game! Everyone gets knocked down from time to time. Whether it’s the result of a breakup, losing a job, or some other life upheaval, as long as you’re alive, you will get knocked down. But you don’t have to stay there! You can move forward with your life by showing...

October 10, 2016

Living an Intuitive Life

By Jan BowenPrivate MusingsNo Comments

What does it mean to live an intuitive life? Very simply, it means allowing your intuition to guide you through life. It doesn't guarantee a simple life, or a perfect life, or all your dreams-come-true. But it does bring peace of mind, fulfillment, deep joy, freedom from anxiety, and a conviction of purpose. And those are qualities we all say...

September 16, 2016

It’s Time To STOP Shaming Your Body For Being Imperfect!

By Jan BowenPublished ArticlesNo Comments

Don’t waste another minute feeling self-conscious. Oh, negative body image. This is a big one for me! Maybe not as much now in my older years where I’ve finally reached the ‘I don’t give a shit’ stage of my life. But I was guilty, guilty, guilty of this negative behavior all through childhood and into my late twenties. I…

July 6, 2016

Shifting From Ease of Writing… to Angst and Back

By Jan BowenPrivate MusingsNo Comments

Writing relaxes and inspires me. I know myself to be a writer. It is part of my identity. Ever since I could first hold a pencil in my hand, I wrote. Sharing my writing, however, required me to overcome major doubts and achieve a depth of self-confidence I may not reached otherwise. Getting from the ease of drafting my thoughts…

May 26, 2016

5 Major Life Lessons We Need to Teach Our Kids — And Ourselves!

By Jan BowenPublished ArticlesNo Comments

If being a kid seems hard ... try being a grown up! Does it break your heart to tell your kids to toughen up? Are you confused about how to best teach your children when to be kind AND when to stand up for themselves? It’s a complex world out there. We’re sending our children into a society we, as adults, haven’t completely mastered...

October 12, 2015

Revealing the Gift Within Our Shadow

My Imaginary Friends and Their Purpose in Our Lives

6 Ways to Increase Growth and Potential

The Difference Between Passion and Purpose

7 Steps The Strongest Women Take to Bounce Back After A Knock Out

Living an Intuitive Life

It’s Time To STOP Shaming Your Body For Being Imperfect!

Shifting From Ease of Writing… to Angst and Back

5 Major Life Lessons We Need to Teach Our Kids — And Ourselves!

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