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The ART of

Self-Nurturing

5 Empowering Ways to Practice

JOY & EMBRACE MIRACLES BY KELLEY GRIMES , MSW

In this time when life continues to be stressful and challenging and nurturing ourselves is more important than ever for our resilience practicing joy and embracing miracles may be just the medicine we all need . But practicing joy may feel out of reach when we are experiencing sadness and grief and are witnessing so much suffering in the world . I know that in the past embracing joy felt like a betrayal of my grief . I have come to understand that practicing joy and looking for the miracles all around me are the way through the sadness and grief and may be the most empowering choices I can make .

These empowering choices seem really important to highlight as I have heard from many people about how they are feeling overwhelmed and completely disempowered witnessing so much suffering in the world and don ’ t have a way to positively impact it . Understanding that we have the ability to transform our experience by practicing

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