Predatory language and how people unknowingly reinforce its power.
Predators use language to battle the morale of their victims and society unknowingly reinforces these feelings of battered self worth. Predators intentionally use words that attack the self esteem of the victim and send the victim into a spiral of self doubt. Often the victim is left wondering what they did to deserve this or [...]
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Sitting with Hate
Getting to know hate Emotions are not right & wrong. Emotions are a natural part of being human. They are also extremely useful tools. They give us information about our wellbeing, about our environment & help us be informed when choosing to act. It is only when we try to suppress emotions that they become [...]
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Tavern Rehabilitation Days 11 and 12
Another 2 days work in the humid summer heat. The big smashy, smashy is mostly done so now it is on to the slow work of cleaning up. Pulling nails and getting the little pieces of drywall down. Today Zac pulled up the carpet in the living room and the floor beneath is really beautiful. [...]
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Tavern Day 10 – End of week 2
We made it through another week! All three of the Q kids joined in the demo work today. We pulled down the ceiling in the Tavern and discovered that there once was a fire in the tavern! So what we thought was possibly mold was only fire damage, yay. The water damage is pretty restricted [...]
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Tavern Rehabilitation Day 9
Smashy! Smashy! Another day of smashing stuff. I stayed upstairs and finished up the floor. Nailing down loose floorboards. The kids spent time smashing stuff downstairs. Obviously smashing is more fun and they make much faster progress with the smashing work. We have now entirely filled up the downstairs with trash and desperately need to [...]
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Tavern Rehabilitation Day 6 and 7
Our days are getting busier and somehow we are running out of hours. We didn't post for Monday, day 6. We cleaned some more on Monday. It doesn't look as impressive as the clean up is slow work. Mother nature has turned up the summer heat and it is mighty hot in the tavern! Our [...]
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Tavern Rehabilitation – Day 2
Day 2 was very eventful! We went to the tavern with tools and supplies in hand expecting to do a little more carpet pulling. Soooooo flip flops were worn. BIG mistake. I know this seems obvious but we were rushing to get out the door this morning. Lesson 1: Nails go right through flip flops! [...]
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Tavern Renovation – Day 1
Our first day renovating the Tavern! Accalia and I have started stripping the apartment side of the Tavern. We have committed to a couple of hours in the morning before filming our live classes. The first day included pulling up of some carpet in the attic room and planning out our method of attack. The [...]
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Yoga for Stress- Free Online Class – Relieving Tension – Neck, Shoulders and Hips
Ok I'm stepping WAAAAAAAY out of my comfort zone and getting in front of the camera. We have decided to have classes online for friends and family unable to make it to the studio. We hope that you will enjoy these classes. Link to our free online yoga class playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4W5PnnnT6p_jf4uCf-Gr7O-SHUT8VMDd Join us in the [...]
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Yoga for Wellness – Free Online Class – Mostly Shoulders
Ok I'm stepping WAAAAAAAY out of my comfort zone and getting in front of the camera. We have decided to have classes online for friends and family unable to make it to the studio. We hope that you will enjoy these classes. Link to our free online yoga class playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4W5PnnnT6p_jf4uCf-Gr7O-SHUT8VMDd Join us in the [...]
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