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place it on your calendar. You can begin with 10 minutes each day. Over time, you can extend the time, but the important piece is prioritizing time for you. Placing time on the calendar to nurture yourself reminds you that you are important in your life, that nurturing yourself is essential not optional, and that you value yourself. Remember the more we nurture ourselves, the more we value and love ourselves and the more we value and love ourselves, the more we prioritize nurturing ourselves - creating a beautifully sustaining cycle! Schedule time to nurture yourself daily and watch your self-nurturing practice thrive! 3 EMBRACE A Growth Mindset One of my best self-nurturing practices has been to release my expectations of perfection and embrace a growth mindset. I have heard from many clients over time that their unrealistic expectations of themselves and others leads to tremendous stress and conflict in their lives. When we expect ourselves to be perfect, we feed our sense of “not being good enough” which continually undermines our confidence and belief in ourselves. When we choose to release perfectionism and instead embrace a growth mindset, we allow our mistakes to lead us to learning. Through this practice of self- nurturing we are able to see that we have made a mistake, but we are not a mistake and can bring more patience and compassion to the experience. Releasing perfectionism and embracing a growth mindset allows us to nurture ourselves on this process of life with more peace, ease and grace. To invite in a growth mindset, begin including the word “yet” when identifying something you are 52 working on. Instead of saying I am not good at this, say I am not good at this yet. Nurture yourself through your journey of growth and be open to the infinite possibilities within you by embracing a growth mindset for 2020! 4 Not Serving You  LET GO OF WHAT IS I love the question from the reflection ritual - What will you need to let go of in order to cultivate more peace and joy in 2020? Imagine if we incorporated a practice of letting go regularly in our lives by identifying what was no longer serving us and having the courage to let it go? This letting go can come in the form of decluttering our homes, our schedules, our thoughts, our responsibilities, and our expectations. This practice can also be embodied every time we set a boundary and say no to activities that no longer bring us joy. Reflecting regularly on what you need to let go of in order to cultivate more peace and joy can be empowering and clarifying. This question can help you identify what you want and need in any given situation. Make a list of all the things not serving you today and make a commitment to letting them go over the next year marveling at space and energy in your life you have created! 5 Acknowledge YOURSELF AND YOUR BLESSINGS EVERY DAY In order to cultivate resilience, we must acknowledge ourselves daily. Nurturing a practice of acknowledging yourself every www.AspireMAG.net | December 2019 / January 2020