Today's reading from the Sock Monkey Oracle: Diva! If you don't ask you don't get. May all your wishes be fulfilled. http://sockmonkeyoracle.com ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mffvAG6ngs

Vision Boards are a great way to check-in with yourself and align your head and your heart. Sometimes we don't have the wall space to display them or clutter stresses us out. Be it Pinterest or old school, Shannon explores an interactive collage approach. Visit http://painterly.info and get your free mini-course: A Guide to Palette/Painting Knives! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_CwJQhVp-g

The benefits of finding and creating in your natural scale. Don't miss a thing! Subscribe to this channel. There's a new tip every week! Looking for more great free content? Visit http://painterly.info and get your free mini course: A Guide to Palette/Painting Knives! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bMDUWyWGxQ

Shannon talks with Central Valley Talk's host, Austin Reed about the 26 Day Gratitude Experience https://painterly.podia.com/today-i-am-grateful Today I am Grateful: 26 Day Gratitude Experience ARE YOU ~ Looking to increase your sense of well-being? ~ Wanting to enhance your relationships? ~ Wishing to improve your physical health? ~ Wanting to learn to shift your focus during difficult times? …then this course is for you! They say it takes 21 days to create a habit. I've created this 26-day program to make sure it really sticks. HERE'S HOW IT WORKS Prompt Each day you will receive my own gratitude thought for the day and an alphabetical prompt. Search You can choose to think of something to be grateful for that corresponds with the letter prompt or you can simply acknowledge something that's uppermost in your heart. Share You can share your gratitude any way you please. You are welcome to share it here, verbally, via social media...whatever feels right to you. WHAT YOU'LL GET By the end of this 26-day program, you will have: ~Developed a habit of searching for the good. ~Noticed and appreciated everyday miracles. ~Made your well-being a priority. ~Shared positivity. If you are looking to improve how you feel, I invite you to enroll today! FROM GRUMPY TO GRATEFUL Today I have a daily gratitude practice that helps me look for the good. But I didn't always focus in that direction. It all shifted in 2009 when my niece challenged us to share gratitude in our Facebook posts for the entire month of November. I gotta tell ya I didn't feel very grateful at the time. 2009 had been a particularly difficult year for my family. My husband was in a bad accident that left him disabled and I became a full-time caregiver. As a result, my artwork and business suffered. We lost our home and went bankrupt. It was a devastating time for us. But I wanted to shift my attitude. I needed to shift my attitude! So each day that November I searched for something to be grateful for, and posted it on Facebook. Sometimes, gratitude came easily. Other times the practice was quite a struggle. I focused on states of being rather than stuff, for I learned that stuff comes and goes, but states of being are eternal. For example, I was grateful for my husband's great attitude. He was so happy just to be alive! I was grateful for the way the light fell on the curtains. I was grateful for the purr of our cat. Stuff like that. This practice really helped me focus on the good. November came and went, but I continued my posts and practice, and to this day I start each day looking for the good, and sharing it with others. I love that this practice helps me focus on what is wonderful rather than what is lacking. I also love that I am sharing good vibes. I never thought I'd be starting over at age 50, but starting over I did, and for that I am truly grateful. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptb0u_aETBQ