Hello there, this is Kimberly Wilson and welcome back to Tranquility DeJure,

nourishing conversations about living a full and meaningful life with doses of tranquility.

This is episode 550.

I can't believe that a year ago now we were having our 500th episode kind of anniversary and it was so fun to be with you guys. Thank you again for joining me

live for that, my goodness, slash August. And for tuning in for so many years. Next month is our 16 year anniversary.

So again, thank you for being here. And also thank you as I had two interviews back to back

because I wanted to get out last weeks to help celebrate the launch of her book. So that's why

we got a little off with the every other, meaning an interview

followed by My Muse. So I'm sorry you had to wait just a smidgen more for self-care part two.

But I hope it was worth a wait because I've got some really yummy stuff here today.

So in this week's episode, again, it's part two of the self-care checklist,

also kind of known as healthy habits that I created and pulled together for Year of Tranquility,

which is my latest book that came out in 2019. So we're going to be talking a little bit,

or I'm going to be sharing some ideas around journaling,

gratitude, positive self-talk, and mindful eating. All good stuff. And again, this will be a four-part

series. So let's start with journaling as I look at my journal on my desk, always at the ready.

So the idea of putting pen to paper or some of you may be more about fingers to keyboard. So this can serve as a therapeutic

brain dump. That's also a little bit of shining light into dark unexplored places. So I tend to

use it for a lot of processing, listmaking even, brainstorming, exploring what is this all about?

Like, why is this triggering me? What's going on?

A way to really dive deeper.

So the idea really is without overthinking.

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