A mind­set of lack means con­stant suf­fer­ing. Living from a per­spec­tive of “not enough” will keep you stuck in a hope­less cycle of worry, frus­tra­tion, and empti­ness. But open­ing your­self to a mind­set of abun­dance? That will bring you peace, con­tent­ment, and a deep sense of being whole. It’s all about find­ing ways to feast on your life. Read more

You’ve been there, right? When you really, really wish that per­son over there would change and make your life bet­ter? You wish your boss would be more under­stand­ing. You wish your part­ner would com­mu­ni­cate more openly. You wish your friend would lis­ten a lit­tle more and talk a lit­tle less. It’s a frus­trat­ing place to be. Read more

When I cel­e­brated my one year blo­giver­sary with The Blog Song this past February, I was delighted to receive sev­eral emails from friends say­ing that their young daugh­ters really enjoyed my goofy pro­duc­tion. And that gave me an idea for a new music video. So this one goes out to all my “lit­tle sis­ters.” Read more

Anna Guest-Jelley is truly one of my favorite peo­ple online. I’m not sure when I first dis­cov­ered her or her lovely web­site, but from my very first encounter, I knew this woman was shin­ing her light in a major way.

As you well know, we live in a cul­ture that con­tin­u­ally tells us it is absolutely not okay to be any­thing other than thin. I encounter women every sin­gle day — my clients, my Nia stu­dents, my blog read­ers — who are ashamed of their bod­ies and feel they can’t fully par­tic­i­pate in life unless they lose weight. I used to believe this very same thing. And I am here to tell you, it’s a myth. An ugly lie. You CAN live an amaz­ing life right now, in what­ever body you hap­pen to own. And Anna is absolutely liv­ing that truth. As a plus-sized woman, she is con­sciously cre­at­ing her best life rather than let­ting cul­tural stan­dards dic­tate what she can and can’t do. And she is cre­at­ing a space where other peo­ple can do the same. Read more

What are you hid­ing? How would it feel to step out of the shadows?

The Power of Un-hiding from Joy Tanksley on Vimeo.

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It’s time to reveal some seri­ously sweet dance-y feet! Major, major thanks to all of my par­tic­i­pants. What a fun, clever, cre­ative com­mu­nity of peo­ple. It’s so darn cool to have you all in my world. I had an absolute blast edit­ing all the FOOTage together. Read more

I hap­pen to think Wednesday is the per­fect day to dance, shout, and shake your body down to the ground… Read more

This month’s host­ess with the mostest for the Self-Discovery Word by Word Blogger Series is the incred­i­bly insight­ful Margarita Tartakovsky. If you don’t already read her blog, Weightless, get your tail over there right now. It’s an amaz­ing haven from the insan­ity of our diet-obsessed cul­ture. You’ll get major inspi­ra­tion and edu­ca­tion on how to love your body and break free from the num­ber on the scale. Her blog has become one of my absolute favorites.

Margarita has selected “cre­ativ­ity” as our word to explore this month. Read more

Hello, hello! I know a lot of you out there are doing the word of the year thing, so before we get too far into 2011, I thought I would share the vision board I cre­ated to go with my word (flow). Creating some sort of visual rep­re­sen­ta­tion of your word is a really great way to con­tinue explor­ing your word and invit­ing it into your life. In today’s video, I talk a bit about how to approach this process, and I give you a detailed tour of my own board. Enjoy! Read more