Tag: inspirational
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Small wins
Hey there, how is your week going? Busy?? Sometimes we are so busy, that we miss the small wins in life, that are worth celebrating. There are time we need to do a speed check and slow things down a little. Growing houseplants, and taking care of them, has taught me about slowing down, and…
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Bring Joy into your Spaces – ‘Let Joy In’.
This is a chapter from the book I am writing called ‘Let Joy In’. I thought I’d share it with you, as I am feeling that it’s time again for me to let joy into my home and writing space. I hope this chapter helps and inspires you! Do you feel at ease in your…
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It’s Time to Take a Leap of Faith Towards Your Dream
Hey dreamer, How are you doing? Are you moving toward that beautiful dream? Do you feel ready for the next phase? You have taken steps toward your dream and given yourself permission to chase those things in your heart. Next there comes a point at which you need to cross an invisible threshold. You go…
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Kindness is a weapon…
Be a light to those Who’ve lost their way Let love and kindness Lead them on To brighter places And better days – Carrie Baker I wrote this short poem while I was getting ready for my day, as I was thinking about a recent ‘about me’ blog post I wrote (you can read that…
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Hi! I’m Carrie…
You may be new around here, or maybe you’re an old face looking in to see if I’m actually going to do anything… at all, with my pages. Let me introduce myself, because I don’t think I have really done that yet! As you already know, my name is Carrie. At the wonderful age of…
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And Breathe
Hey friend, How are you?I had hopes of showing up more on the old ‘socials’ and building my online community… But my half term week off was spent mostly feeling unwell and now we are back into the work/school run/school trip malarkey and I’ve not done much. But you know what?That’s ok. I’m learning to…
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Greet the Day
In the middle of the crazy morning routine of trying to get myself and two boys out of the house on time, I pause and take a moment. I step out onto the balcony in the freezing cold air to greet the day. I look at the sky, the weather, feeling its chill, I take…
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Wake up call…..
There is nothing like a long week of illness to make you rethink your life style. Not that I am a particularly unhealthy person, I just eat certain things that my body doesn’t tolerate too well. That and the fact I love dark chocolate……. If it were able, what would my body says to me…
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Don’t wait for the time to be right, to write.
I know I haven’t posted anything in months – sorry!! Life has been busy and noisy and whole lotta crazy! Right now I’m at the dining table with all three children at home. And by ‘home’, I’m talking about a two bedroom flat. My (nearly) four year old, is yelling at my five year old…
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Sometimes Life Gets In The Way….
This is the perfect description of my life at the moment…… A whole bunch of life getting in the way of the things I want to, or need to be doing. (Like writing!) Whenever I contemplate our move to the UK (which is in two months time), I have this news feed of ‘To Do’…
Carrie Baker - The Growth Collective 