CHOICES Magazine
Summer 2021 Conscious Connections Issue
Online Article Archive
Maria’s Message
If I must choose someone to love over and over, I will choose me. Choosing me will take away the pressure on others to love me back, to be grateful for me. Choosing me will make me wake up in the morning, looking forward to being with me. To experience life together.
Pay Attention
“That’s right,” Grandma repeated. “Pay attention.” She paused and leaned forward. “When you look, really look. Don’t just glance. What do you see? What do you hear? Take it all in and let it touch your heart. Then you will feel all the beauty.”
Emotional Connection to Your Dreams
Do you have big dreams, goals, and plans for your life? How do those dreams make you feel? Business leaders, psychologists, and researchers have found that to live your dreams, you need an emotional connection to them.
Searching for the Wild Child
I grew up playing in the Finnish woodlands since I was five or six years old. Scents of spring-fresh fir, summer-warmed moss and autumn-soaked leaves permeated my senses, my very being. A wild child of the forest I was, free to explore while learning to be self-reliant. And I always found my way home.
Tracey Starr
Tracey Starr (Samlow) is a fun-loving serial entrepreneur; business, marketing, public relations, and personal development consultant; multiple #1 Amazon best-selling author; inspirational speaker; promotor of conscious expert entrepreneurs (Miracle Messengers™️), products, and services; Body~Mind~Spirit Coach; and Heart 2 Heart Connector™️.
Cybersecurity & Your Business
Globally, cyberattacks are increasing daily. Hackers target vulnerable organizations and individuals with the primary goal of stealing your personal and company data for financial gain, wreaking havoc on your business’s reputation, and causing legal issues.
A Final Note
The law of cause and effect tells us we can change the effect only by changing the cause. If we are thinking negative thoughts, we are going to get negative results. When you keep doing the same old thing in the same old way, it’s not only called insanity…. It’s called pure stubbornness. If you want different results or a different effect, you must change the cause.
Mindful Connections
hen you reach the end of the day, do you sit as I do and wonder where the time went? Are you honest when you ask yourself about what you accomplished during those hours? And even further, do you judge the day for its value beyond any financial gain or loss? Or do you expand your thinking beyond the obvious?
How to Prepare for a Stress-Free Return From Vacation
Do you yearn for a vacation but hesitate taking time off because you dread the state your business will be in when you return? You’re not alone.
Protect Your Mental and Emotional Health
When we think of getting and being healthy, we typically think of physical aspects. We think of losing weight, gaining muscle, and looking athletic. What most of us fail to remember is that our mental health is as important as our physical health.
How Coaches Help You Improve Your Life and Wellbeing
Throughout the process of being mentored, a life coach will help you explore your life to determine what you want, your why, your how, and what is blocking you. Your coach will help you find your path or purpose, as well as develop a fresh perspective and look at life from a different angle.
Consider the Power of One
Many social norms have changed in 2021, social media and how we value the connections found there is different now. Maybe it is in your world also?