Turn challenges into triumphs!

Hi there!

WooHoo! Gosh I love that it's Wednesday! It's the day I get to share a little extra positivity and goodness with you.

Good things are happening around us every day. Sometimes they're obvious and we get to enjoy them. Sometimes we get to be reminded by someone else.

And in today’s newsletter I get to share a couple of them with you!

Before I do - if you’re reading this on the web and aren’t subscribed, you need to subscribe. Next week we select a winner for our monthly Giveaway and you’ll want to be in the drawing for this one!

Today’s edition is sponsored by….

And now - on to the fun stuff 🙂 

What's Inside

• 🌸 Positive Corner

• 🧘‍ Motivation in Motion

• 😊 Self Care In Action

• 📰 Good News of the Day

• 📚 What We're Reading

• 📋 To Do This Week

• 🎁 This Month's Giveaway Winner

🌸 Positive Corner

"Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they’re supposed to help you discover who you are." - Bernice Johnson Reagon.

That's right! No matter how rough it feels in life right now, we can get through it. It's a challenge - not a Stop sign.

Are you in the middle of a challenging moment? Reach out to your friends, family, mentors. Let them know you're experiencing a challenge in life right now. Open your mind and heart to their kindness.

When you know you have emotional support you have more than enough strength to get through this challenge.

🧘‍ Motivation in Motion

Meet the superhero of climate change, Christiana Figueres. She's showing the world how "stubborn optimism" can literally save the planet.

Her work, from uniting global leaders to making the historic Paris climate agreement happen, proves that when you mix determination with a dash of optimism, the impossible becomes possible.

She is the co-founder of Global Optimism, co-host of the podcast “Outrage & Optimism” and is the co-author of the recently published book, “The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis". She is a member of the B Team and a non executive Board member of ACCIONA and ACCIONA Energía. She is the Chair of The Earthshot Prize Foundation.

She is motivating and inspiring and more.

😊 Self Care In Action

Our friends at iAwake have presented us with a new, powerful and transformative, deeply relaxing audio track.

This awesome track combines beautiful nature sounds, binaurally enhanced delta brainwave frequencies, and the Solfeggio frequency of 528 Hz, known as the “Miracle Tone” for its profound healing properties.

In Nature is an invitation to reconnect with our fundamental need for nature's embrace, beckoning us to pause, take a deep breath, and align with the earth's rhythms, offering peace, balance, and rejuvenation for the soul.

→ Learn More and Listen to the 3 Minute Sample

📰 Good News of the Day

Do you believe in Karma? 8 in 10 Americans do and they're making sure to keep their cosmic mojo full! Check out what they’re doing here at GoodNewsNetwork

📚 What We're Reading

The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah - a review by Suzanne

This is a 5-star book! I loved the vivid portrait that Hannah paints of the Dust Bowl and the depression.

The hard choices people had to make for their survival were devastating. The ecological destruction wrought by the Dust Bowl helped to bring in new conservation practices that are still used to this day.

The travel from the shattered plains to California to then be treated like dirt was also heartbreaking. People who proudly had their own farms or owned their own businesses were treated like trash and forced to live in tent cities. Kristin Hannah really humanized the Great Depression.

The characters are so well defined. Elsa is a woman with low confidence, but through the love of her children she set that aside to survive. Great Depression hits, the family moves in with the husband's parents, husband deserts Elsa and the kids.

In particular, I loved her relationship with her in-laws and how they became her real parents. The often-angry relationship she had with her 13-year-old daughter Loreda. It rang as a true mother/daughter relationship.

Like Hannah’s past few novels, I flew through this one and couldn’t put it down. Tears were shed and emotions were felt. I loved this novel.

📋 To Do This Week

✅ Positive Affirmation: Look in the mirror and say, "I am stronger because of my challenges."

✅ Self Care Focus: Schedule a "sound spa" session with iAwake's transformative track. It's time to align your frequencies!

✅ Be The Sunshine: Spread some good news or perform a random act of kindness. Let's light up the world, one smile at a time.

🎁 This Month's Giveaway Winner

Hey Hey Charlotte Burton! That’s right - you are this month’s winner! You have won this fabulous Gratitude Journal. Check your email for instructions on how to get this to use every day!

Here's to embracing our fabulous selves, finding strength in challenges, and spreading positivity far and wide!

Jennifer W.

Chief Positivity Officer

P.S. Your stories, your victories, your moments of joy, your favorite book – I'd love to hear them all. Share your sparkle with me, and let's spread the glow together. Just reply to this email!

P.P.S. You're invited! To share your thoughts about the direction Self Care Genie is going. Self Care Genie Survey.