In her powerful column, “Living the Big Stuff™” Kristine Carlson shares timeless wisdom and practical ideas to empower women. When going through change and transition sometimes you have to break down to break through. Creating space for stillness in your life will allow the wisdom of your heart and your inner healer to come forth.

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By the time we’re a week into January, the party’s over. The holiday binge expires, the hangover wears off, and we’re left without excuses for gluttonous behavior. Consequently, we hop on the resolution bandwagon. January is traditionally considered to be the perfect time to create change. Unfortunately, real change rarely lasts. It’s not that resolutions

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We live in a world full of external stimuli. Whether it’s TV news, newspaper headlines, gossip magazines, intense movies, or reality show dramas, the media is a big source of overload for people who feel too much. On an ever so subtle level, all of this outside stimuli seeps through our porous boundaries, leaving us overwhelmed and confused.

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I had a shazam moment yesterday. We’re gearing up for a cross-country move right now, and have so much to do in such little time. From packing and saying goodbye to Sedona to getting settled in our new home in Portsmouth, NH, my mind was moving a roller coaster speed: “What should we pack first?” “How are we going to get everything all squared away over the next few weeks?” “What if things don’t go smoothly?” On and on I worried. After a busy morning with a TV interview and errands in Boston, I was hurrying to my next meeting when a park bench seemed to have my name on it. As I sat down to take a break and mull over everything, I realized that in all the busyness of moving I’d unwittingly let myself become stuck in the Sticky Swamp. Yikes!

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It is often said in Alcoholics Anonymous that “every problem comes bearing its own solution.” Food is not only your problem, it is also your teacher. It is a reflection of an even deeper problem, an opportunity and an invitation to face that which underlies your compulsive eating. Your only real problem—everyone’s only real problem—is a separation from your divine Source and thus separation from who you really are. Every step taken in love is a step back to your true self.

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