Author Archives: Diana Rankin
Election 2024
This is an article I wrote about the 2016 election. I change two words: 2016 to 2024 and President Obama to President Biden. The article still seems relevant. Today is a day to catch our breath and reflect. For some … Continue reading
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Tagged awakening, Election 2024, energy, happiness, healing, love, spirituality
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Mining the Body’s Wisdom
Happiness eludes us when we hold old fears and other negative emotions in our bodies. Releasing negative emotions provides us with greater wellbeing, health, and energy—and it allows us to be happy. Our bodies are wonderful monitors for telling us … Continue reading
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Tagged awakening, bless your body, bodies as emotional monitors, bodies as teachers, energy, happiness, healing, heart healing, intuition, joy, love, positive emotions, spiritual teachers, spirituality
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Life’s Small Moments
You are the only you in this whole world. You are unique. No one else is like you and no one else can be who you are or do exactly what you can do for this world. You have come … Continue reading
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Tagged awakening, energy, happiness, healing, joy, Life's small moments, love, spirituality
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Purposeful Daydreaming & 21 Pleasures
Happiness doesn’t just happen. You need to have the intention that you want to be happy, and then nourish that intention with repetition and emotion. As you work toward happiness it becomes a byproduct of living and enjoying your life. … Continue reading
Happiness Self-Notes
One of my favorite writers and author of one of my favorite books, Anna Cara, the late John O’Donohue, said, “The most powerful way to change your life is to change your mind.” You’ve probably already heard me say this, … Continue reading
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Tagged awakening, brain grooves, brain patterns, emotions, energy, happiness, happiness grooves, happiness thoughts, healing, intuition, joy, life-affirming, love, repattern the brain for happiness, spirituality, thoughts
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Will the White Bird Turn Red?
I went to see the movie White Bird, a movie that takes place during the German occupation of France during World War II. It’s a movie everyone should see before they vote. I think about that last statement, “It’s a … Continue reading
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Tagged awakening, beliefs, energy, happiness, healing, intuition, joy, love, spirituality, vote, White Bird
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Hazel’s Angels
It was in the mid-1990’s when I was attending Jean Houston’s New York Mystery School that I met Hazel and her angels. She was a lady of a certain age by then but during World War II Hazel was a … Continue reading
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Tagged awakening, energy, happiness, Hazel's Angels, healing, intuition, joy, love, spirituality
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Gratitude Generates Happiness
Happiness comes from a place of gratitude; unhappiness comes from a place of want. Does this mean wanting or asking for what you want brings you unhappiness? No. Certainly you must know what you want and ask for it, whether … Continue reading
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Tagged awakening, energy, grateful, gratitude, happiness, healing, intuition, joy, love, silver lining, spirituality, sunshine in dark clouds
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Find a Happiness Buddy
Sometimes it is difficult to pick ourselves up and find that happiness that seems so elusive. It is in these times, we need a happiness buddy, that other person who can add light to our world and bring laughter into … Continue reading
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Tagged awakening, energy, friend, friendship, happiness, happiness buddy, healing, joy, love, spirituality
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Create an Awareness Journal for Greater Happiness
Happiness does not just happen. You must cultivate it, appreciate it, and nurture it. It is too easy to think we are at the whims of our emotions. We are not. We are the one who experiences our emotions, and … Continue reading
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