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Oct 2, 2024 | 
innerself.com | Lawrence Doochin
Image by Kev from PixabayHow you can navigate the emotional complexities of a cancer diagnosis. What role does self-compassion play in the cancer healing journey? Can a cancer diagnosis serve as a wake-up call for personal growth? How you can make informed treatment choices while avoiding self-judgment. What is the importance of gratitude and connection in the healing process? So, You or Someone You Love Has Cancer? by Lawrence Doochin.
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Jul 13, 2024 | 
innerself.com | Robert Jennings |Lawrence Doochin |Joyce Vissell |Emma L Lawrance
Image by Ankit SinghOur InnerSelf welcomes your inner Self. Comment from Marie:One thing we all have in common is we all have, or at least had, a mother... thus we also had ancestors. We have a lineage from which we descend. This means we have certain traits we have inherited (skin color, eye color, build, etc.) as well as some personality traits and behaviors that we also have either acquired genetically or through modeled behavior.
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May 13, 2024 | 
innerself.com | Robert Jennings |Mónica Esgueva |Judith Orloff |Lawrence Doochin
Image by MAMADOU TRAORE Our InnerSelf welcomes your inner self. As the featured articles came together for this week, one a day, I (Marie) was interested to see that two of the 7 featured articles quoted the Peace Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi: Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, let me sow forgiveness. Where there is doubt, let me sow faith... And this is such a wonderful (and powerful) mantra or prayer to focus upon.
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May 9, 2024 | 
innerself.com | Lawrence Doochin
Image by Max from PixabayDid we do everything our parents always said to do, or do we always do what our partners tell us now to do? Do we automatically do what we’re told by the government or others in positions of authority, like a job supervisor? If we automatically accept what they tell us, do we start to believe and take their belief systems in as our own? Will this only take us farther away from knowing what we believe and who we truly are?
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Feb 27, 2024 | 
innerself.com | Lawrence Doochin
Image by Dmitriy from PixabayLabels are not only misleading, but they can also define us in a way that is not beneficial for us to be defined. If someone asks me about another person they’ve never met and I characterize the person as strange or as someone who doesn’t conform to society’s norms, or even having an unusual appearance, this portrayal would be interpreted by a hundred people in a hundred different ways according to their unique belief systems. So, everything becomes relative.
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Feb 2, 2024 | 
innerself.com | Lawrence Doochin
Image by Marcello Migliosi If you or a loved one has cancer, or any major health issue, my heart opens to you in the largest way because I know personally how difficult the journey can be. It is really true that one has to walk in another’s shoes before they can understand that person’s experience. Not only is the journey with a major health issue difficult, but it can also be very fearful and confusing.
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Feb 1, 2024 | 
innerself.com | Lawrence Doochin
Image by Gerd AltmannWatch the video version on YouTube. Narrated by Marie T. Russell. February 2-3-4, 2024The focus for today (and the weekend) is:I use my intentions for my benefit as well as that of humanity. Today's inspiration was written by Lawrence Doochin:Do you feel that your current vocation and life situation in general is where you have just been randomly placed, or that there was purposeful intention in getting to this place - on your part or the part of someone else or the Universe?
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Jan 7, 2024 | 
innerself.com | Lawrence Doochin
Image by Redleaf_LodiLife brings us a lot of pointers that are intended to help awaken us to greater realities and perspectives beyond the limited ways in which we see ourselves and the world. Understanding our fears is at the top of the list. We each have many individual fears—not having enough money, losing our job, not living up to our own or other’s expectations, not being a success, not finding a partner, or getting sick in a pandemic, to name a few.
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Jan 6, 2024 | 
innerself.com | Lawrence Doochin
Image by Frauke RietherWatch the video version on YouTube. Narrated by Marie T. Russell. January 5-6-7, 2024The focus for today (and the weekend) is:I free myself by widening my circle of compassion. Today's inspiration was written by Lawrence Doochin:The following quote is attibuted to Albert Einstein: "Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.” Compassion is an offshoot of love.
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Dec 5, 2023 | 
innerself.com | Lawrence Doochin
Image by Caro Sodar Watch the video version on YouTube. Narrated by Marie T. Russell. December 5, 2023The focus for today is:I release my conditioning and becomea powerful carrier of change for the world. Today's inspiration was written by Lawrence Doochin:We become self-aware by witnessing our reactions and tracing them back to the beliefs that have created this reaction. As we do this, we release our conditioning and fear, and we become a powerful carrier of change for the world.
