Stress Managing Techniques

Hey everyone! I know it's been a while since I've posted. It's often hard for me to keep up with everything I have in my life, which brings me to this post. When there are so many things going on in one's life stress can often become a huge overwhelming concern.
I have problems like this all the time. I've always been very stressed and stress has always affected me in an overwhelming way. In addition, I've had trouble sleeping for as long as I can remember. Finally, finally I have found something that is a solution to both problems. FINALLY! The solution is... (drumroll please) guided meditations or guided relaxations. It's crazy how amazing these meditations are.
There are guided meditations that focus on all kinds of things.There are meditations that target stress, sleeping issues, soreness, and so on. There are even "mind vacations" that take you somewhere in your mind. Below I have linked a few meditations I have founds.

Stress: Here is a great stress meditation I have found. Although she stumbles a little bit, this is truly a great meditation. This instantly eased my worries, which is an incredible thing.

Muscle Relaxation: Here is a great guided meditation and progressive muscle relaxation. It's really great and instantly relaxed me.

And here is the vacation one I talked about.

There are a TON. Try searching for guided meditations or guided relaxations. You can also look for specific, targeted ones.

Anyway, that's my post. I've only listened to a couple so far, but there are so many to try. I can't wait to hear some more.

XOXO,
MMM

Reflections, Resolutions, and Absence

Hey everybody! I'm sorry I've been gone for so long. It may not seem like it, but I really missed you all. I've just been insanely swamped with all kinds of things. Anyway, it's 2014! Can you believe it?!?! I'm  not very good at writing reflections, so all I have to say to you about New Year is that it seems crazy we're already here. 2013 passed us by so fast and New Years is a great example of the fact that we really have to seize the day. We've been given an entire, well, new year, and so we have to make the mstof it.
In a year from now, when I look back on 2014 I want to be able to say, "Oh, yeah, 2014! Wow, that was a great year. It was the year I did this, and that, and this really cool thing! It was the year that I finally did this and I had a blast doing that!"
Do you think that the New Year is more about beginnings or endings? I used to think of it as all about endings. I used to think of the New Year as the end of a year, and the end of those memories. Now, though, I realize it's so much more; it's a whole entire new year in which to make memories and have new beginnings.
As part of my New Year's resolutions, I will try to blog at least once a week. However, I think that New Years resolutions just fade away. I don't want to promise you that I'll blog once a week, so I'm going to be honest with you; my New Year's resolutions only say to never let an entire month go by without blogging. And by that I mean, blog at least once in January, once in February, and so on. I will try to have a post at least once a week, but no promises! I tend to come on here once in a while, but then post 3 posts or so. I need to learn to be careful about how many posts I do at once, so I can blog more often.
Anyway, that's my little update on why I've been gone and what you have to look forward. Have an incredible 2014!

-MMM