Self-Love Guided Meditation

06.22.22
10:44am

I recently read bell hooks’ book All About Love and it inspired me to create this guided meditation. This book changed me. I keep thinking about it and how I have, do, and want to love. bell hooks states “life-affirming thought patterns and behaviors” create the foundation for self-love and that “affirmations work for anyone…
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A ‘let that shit go!’ breakthrough

08.04.21
10:35am

I had a huge shift in my thinking and it feels so damn good!  Once again, I learned I’ve just gotta let that shit go! Since the COVID-quarantine began, I’ve consciously worked to release the limiting beliefs, misaligned values, resentments, and unhelpful behaviors that have stood in the way of the thing I really want –…
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I Have To Tell The Truth

01.12.20
7:07pm

I am a black woman.  In case you forget, I AM a black woman. You may be thinking, “Why does this matter? Why is Marva telling me this?” For 45+ years, I have spent most of my days navigating majority white spaces, and in order to do that, I’ve suppressed my voice, my thoughts, my…
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Wow! I’m Shocked and Thrilled.

11.22.17
8:33am

I would never have believed this if I weren’t experiencing it for myself. It’s been 6 years since I hit-the-wall and exited from corporate America. It’s been 15 years since I started my healing journey and as noted in Deepak’s latest 21-Day Meditation Challenge called Making Every Moment Matter, “I experience the healing power of…
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The Link Between Your Health And Our Health

10.05.17
6:21pm

Back in July, I talked about how distressing I find the current political and cultural environment. Thankfully I have moments of hope and optimism. I know this turmoil is leading us somewhere more peaceful, just and equitable and I want to do my part to help create that better place. What can you and I…
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Is Sugar Really A Big Deal?

08.15.17
9:40am

I suppose one could doubt sugar’s role in the many health problems that plague the American population (and anywhere else our Western way of eating is exported). Tooth decay, acne, obesity, high blood pressure, dementia, type 2 diabetes, cirrhosis of the liver, and, of course, cardiovascular disease. It’s also understandable if you doubt the public…
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Do You Keep Your Emotions On Lockdown?

03.19.17
2:03pm

I have to warn you. This newsletter is longer than the usual 250 words. It’s been over 9 months since I’ve written a newsletter and I wanted to share why I’ve largely been silent – why I barely talked to friends and family and didn’t communicate with my tribe of WOBO women.  The easy answer…
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What’s Behind Your New Year’s Resolutions?

01.10.17
8:52am

I’m sure you’ve either written or given serious thought to what you want to accomplish in 2017. One of the things I’ve realized is how in the past I would write my new year’s resolutions from a place of fear. I didn’t know it then but I realize it now. Fear is an asset if our…
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Backsliding Happens

06.17.16
6:20pm

Hello friends! Life has been quite a whirlwind lately… Last month, my husband and I sold our home of 18 years. Much like 4 years ago when I left my career of 23 years, with such a significant transition there is an influx of emotions: excitement, sadness and fear. On any given day, I swung between all…
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Making Lightness The New You

04.05.16
9:11am

This was the title for Day 8 of the current 21-Day Meditation Challenge. I usually hound everyone I know to give it a try when a new one is starting. Read more. I did a bad job of that this time but I do hope that many of you have been enjoying Deepak’s latest meditation. I…
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