Smart Woman Guides™ Articles on Natural Lifestyle

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Living naturally doesn't have to be boring. Think fresh, think delicious, think healthy, think full-on sensory experience. Think awareness...

Living a natural lifestyle is finding a way to live in the modern world while nurturing our connection with Nature, the Earth, and our inner Selves. To you, it might mean eating whole foods, to another it might mean using nature based  cosmetics. Still others it might mean giving up their TV and car and meditating on a mountain top as a celibate vegetarian.  Whatever it means to you, embrace it and live it fully.

Living naturally can be as small as planting a garden or as large as unplugging from "The Grid", but wherever you take natural living, the point is to be in synch with your true nature and your highest expression of Self.  Be bold and live naturally! Life is too much fun to settle for a toxic, abusive, or non-supportive environment. Clean up your act and enjoy the benefits of a well-lived life!

Improve Your Health with Natural Foods: Remember the movie that came out recently where the fellow ate nothing but fast food for an entire month? If you saw the movie then you know the results of the month of junk food on the man’s body, mind and spirit. He basically felt and looked awful because of his poor food choices. Are you considering making big changes in your health by eating healthier? If you are ready to make that jump from junk food and quick meals to natural health food, (Click here to read more)

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• Education

• Entrepreneurship

• Empowerment

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• Finances

• Fun

• Health

• Intuition

• Natural Lifestyle

• Relationships

• Relaxation

• Sex and Sensuality

• Social Responsibility

• Spirituality

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Aging:

Early Menopause And Your Emotions: Learning that you’re going through premature menopause can be devastating and it’s not unusual to suddenly fall into a period of depression (Click here to read more)

Beauty:

Beauty Secrets Of A Traveling Woman: 10 Simple Tips: Let’s face it, life on the go is challenging. Though, we still want to look our best on the road. When traveling for business you’re busy. (Click here to read more)

Career:

Is Being a WAHM For You?: Working from home can be a scary thing. Going through the motions to get to that point can be even scarier! A ton of questions go through your mind-  (Click here to read more)

Confidence and Self-Esteem:

Who’s Your Everybody?: What will Everybody think? How often have you uttered those words, or some form of them? I recently read Martha Beck’s fabulous ‘Finding Your Own North Star’, a must-read (Click here to read more)

Creativity:

On Writing Poetry: My mother was an amateur artist who specialized in portraits. In spite of the fact that her art teacher told her she had too much talent for commercial art,  (Click here to read more)

Education:

Online Learning Offers Great Opportunities for Women: It's a good time to be a working woman in the United States.  (Click here to read more)

Empowerment:

The Power of Women:  Women and men have been attempting to re-define women as long as I've been alive, and long before that.  (Click here to read more)

Entrepreneurship:

Aware Entrepreneurs - Three Practices to Blend Spirituality with Meaningful Work:  (Click here to read more)

Family:

How to Shift from Daddy's Girl to Dad's Caregiver: Have you ever wondered how you can give back to your parents emotionally what they have given you?  (Click here to read more)

Finances:

Seven Prosperity Principles: Simple Rules to Attaining Wealth: The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason was one of the first books I read  (Click here to read more)

Fun:

Amp Up Your Power of Attraction by Having Fun: How do you answer the question – “What do you do for fun?” Before I lightened up  and accepted that life is supposed to be fun, I was often stumped by (Click here to read more)

Health:

Holiday Happiness with Less: Are you crazy yet? In this frenetic space between Thanksgiving and the end of year holidays, everywhere I look I see it - those tight jaws and sunken eyes,  (Click here to read more)

Intuition:

Trust Your Intuition: This past year I made a significant transition in my life. I moved – across country. As I considered the many decisions I had to make, I frequently listened to my intuition and checked in with my feelings to guide me. (Click here to read more)

Relationships:

Relationships: Control or Kindness: What do you see when you look at your partner?
When Carmella looks at Rudy, she sees his insecurity and withdrawal, which she does not find attractive.  (Click here to read more)

Relaxation:

Stress-Busters: 4 Relaxation Tips for Busy Women: If you are anything like countless other women on the planet, you often fly through the day, busy with work, busy with family,  (Click here to read more)

Sex and Sensuality:

"Peaches": There’s a ceremony in Tantra that involves naming your genitalia. The Quodoushka teachings, a western tradition of sacred sexuality, contain information about reconnecting to your genital sense of Self.  (Click here to read more)

Social Responsibility:

Enlightening Your Internal Environment: Do Unto Others: In this life, one thing we can be certain of is that not only is it not always about us, it's actually very rarely about us.  (Click here to read more)

Spirituality:

Nine Ways to Explore Your Life Purpose: Do you ever feel stuck or confused about what your next step is in your career, relationship or life? If you’re like many of us, this confusion and indecision can drain your energy and motivation. (Click here to read more)