by pattyptakkogutek | Jan 20, 2015 | Guilt-Free Tips, inspiration
Change your thoughts…change the world! Thoughts are powerful….for the good or not so good. Your thoughts affect your everyday life…how you care for yourself, what you do with your hours during day, how you speak, etc. Your thoughts affect not only you, but others...
by pattyptakkogutek | Jan 12, 2015 | Guilt-Free Tips
Sister Mary Vodka and Pope Francis team up with their tips for happiness. In last week’s blog post I shared the “gratitude jar” strategy with you in order to promote happiness. I found that this daily routine: -builds positivity, – sets up the unconscious mind...
by pattyptakkogutek | Jan 5, 2015 | Guilt-Free Tips
We think when we are happy then we will be grateful; but it works just the opposite. We need to surround ourselves in gratitude and then we will find happiness. I’ll demonstrate. When I first read about making a “Gratitude Jar” on Facebook, I smiled thinking “how...
by pattyptakkogutek | Dec 29, 2014 | Guilt-Free Tips
As the year winds down, we usually take a quick inventory reflecting on our lives to see where there is room for improvement. With pen in hand we quickly make resolutions to reach some “ideal” in the New Year. Society, also dumps a burden on us to “better ourselves”...
by pattyptakkogutek | Dec 16, 2014 | Guilt-Free Tips
When talking with the doctor about my next visit, he instructed, “If you have to wait more than 15 minutes, you have my permission to leave!” Have you ever in your lifetime heard that? What a pleasant surprise! I sat in amazement at this unexpected statement. As I...
by pattyptakkogutek | Dec 9, 2014 | Guilt-Free Tips
‘Tis the season for pleasing and perfecting…. We shop to fulfill every wish. We bake everyone’s favorite dish. We decorate trees and string lights. We sign cards and mail seasonal greetings. We light candles, recite prayers, and attend services. But so much of...
