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Grounding Gratitude Practices to Get Through Holiday Stress

Esoteric EsaNovember 24, 2021

by Esoteric EsaNovember 24, 202106876

The holiday season ya llego! Between arranging traveling plans and mentally preparing to possibly deal with toxic family members, this can certainly become a stressful time of year. It’s not always easy for folks to cut off family members and...

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Your Weekly Tarotscope for January 13- Jan 19, 2019 Revealed

HipLatinaJanuary 10, 2019August 18, 2020

by HipLatinaJanuary 10, 2019August 18, 202002485

Theme of the Week: 5 of Wands Some things may have been rehashed or been brought back to the surface recently, and now we have to deal with them. What we want to do is handle this assertively, but not...

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The Power of Gratitude to Enhance Wealth + Happiness

Deborah ParrishDecember 24, 2018August 21, 2020

by Deborah ParrishDecember 24, 2018August 21, 202012890

It has been said that gratitude is the antidote to fear. You simply can’t feel gratitude and fear at the same time. Gratitude doesn’t mean settling for less or not making every effort to realize your true potential. Rather, it’s...

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Lola’s POV: What Really Defines Happiness?

lolaAugust 5, 2018September 11, 2020

by lolaAugust 5, 2018September 11, 202001061

I’ve often overheard conversations amongst my peers, family members, and coworkers about happiness. Some talk about how after they began a relationship, they became happy, while some people talk about how they’d be happier if they had something they don’t....

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4 Buddhist Meditations To Help Us Gain Perspective

HipLatinaJuly 15, 2018September 22, 2020

by HipLatinaJuly 15, 2018September 22, 202006591

The first thing I should say is that reading a short article isn’t going to do it. This is just step one, but for any of the concepts below to affect your life in any real way, you’re going to...

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#Gratitude Sunday: 5 Ways to Feel More Grateful This Week

Katie SterrJuly 7, 2018September 21, 2020

by Katie SterrJuly 7, 2018September 21, 202001402

Sometimes we all need little ways to think more positively about our lives—so here are five ways to feel more grateful this week. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/436919601343625486/ Keep a gratitude journal: Write down a few things you feel grateful for at the end...

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Lola’s POV: A Special Note to All My Internet Friends

lolaJanuary 7, 2018November 4, 2020

by lolaJanuary 7, 2018November 4, 202001553

Internet friends: my generation’s version of previous’ generations “pen pals.” Today’s communications have brought us together, and now, we’re only an app away. During my years navigating through social media, I’ve met so many people who changed my life with...

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7 #TweetYourTamales Pictures That Will Fill You Up With Latino Pride

Araceli CruzDecember 27, 2017November 18, 2020

by Araceli CruzDecember 27, 2017November 18, 202003014

#TweetYourTamales lit up Twitter this holiday weekend after The New Yorker published “The Comfort of Tamales at the End of 2017.” Writer Gustavo Arellano wrote this stellar piece of our age-old tradition of making tamales with our loved one, and how...

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Lola’s POV: A different kind of Christmas

lolaDecember 24, 2017November 19, 2020

by lolaDecember 24, 2017November 19, 20201891

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. The holidays in Puerto Rico are mostly about “el fichuleo, el lechón, y la familia.” Parties and festivities are the biggest attraction of Christmas on the island, but under these circumstances, after...

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Lola’s POV: Gratitude Should Be Expressed EVERY Day

lolaNovember 26, 2017December 1, 2020

by lolaNovember 26, 2017December 1, 20200747

My Thanksgiving Day usually begins with me, waking up my parents around 10:30 am to hurry downstairs and watch the Thanksgiving Day parade, which is often interrupted by tens of calls from family members and friends wishing us a Happy...

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7 Extraordinary Celebrity Reactions to the Solar Eclipse

Araceli CruzAugust 22, 2017December 29, 2020

by Araceli CruzAugust 22, 2017December 29, 202001190

Yesterday we experienced the solar eclipse — a beautiful and rare gift from mother nature. Some people drove hundreds of miles to “see it”, while others couldn’t care less. But for the majority of Americans, we invested…big time. From the...

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9 Illustrations That Beautiful Show the Wonders of Being Single and Living Alone

Araceli CruzAugust 16, 2017January 4, 2021

by Araceli CruzAugust 16, 2017January 4, 202104457

Living alone is a mixed bag. On the one hand, having a space all to yourself can be so freeing, but on the other, it can also be a little isolating. We were recently told about an amazing artist named Yaoyao...