The Voice Season 6 Lives Premiere

Here's to everyone who performed tonight!!  You all did fantastic and wishing you so much wellness in your musical path.

I have been waiting since last week to share with you Josh Kaufman's performance of Sam Smith's "Stay With Me." Lawd, help me.  Sam Smith is my new favorite artist right now, I keep hearing things I love and it turns out to be him! I posted about him last week, which you can find here.
So when I heard Josh during band rehearsal I had a meltdown.  Please enjoy this video as I am still recovering from his performance.

Oh! And an added bonus: I styled him for his band rehearsal looks! You know I love a well dressed man (and he can sang). #dead

Meditation Mondays: Day 20 Visionary Me

Day 20 Visionary Me
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Connecting to others fulfills us and enables us to help others find fulfillment as well.

Let's explore.  Reach out to those who intrigue you.  Reach out to those who you want to talk to but for some reason have inhibitions. Afraid of rejection?  Fear is only in our mind.  Be open to others and others will be open to you.

Enrich your life with the spirits that light you up!

Deep connections seem hard to find and even harder to sustain.  Life gets in the way, "being busy."  Fear gets in the way but spirit brings us closer than just "things in common."  Spirit connects us so deeply that when we are not around each other, we can still feel each other.

When you miss someone, that's your spirit calling out for them.  That achey longing feeling, sometimes so terrible we can't bear and we want to distract ourselves from it, but that's just a calling to keep the connections alive.

Oprah says, "Everything I know is better when I share it."
Yes! Agreed, Oprah.  I love sharing.  I want to share and enjoy sharing with those around me.  Through sharing we connect ourselves to the spirits around us.  Sharing is part of our fulfillment as human beings.

Sharing is showing our love.  It's extending a piece of our self to someone else.  It's showing a bit of our self, our spirit to someone else.  When we do this, others will not be so afraid to do the same.  Sometimes we do not share, we do not put ourselves out there because of fear.  When we open ourselves to the world, the world opens itself up to us.

What we speak comes to life.  When we say we cannot do something, we won't.  But if you say, "Yes, I can, I believe. I will do my best." Everything in the Universe will work itself out so you can be the best you.  Words inform our action, empowers our intention.

It is the practice of sharing wisdom, perspective with others that brings us closer to who we really are.  In sharing our perspective we must be open to others perspective as well.  Though we may not see the world the way others do, being open to other perspectives enrich our lives. Let your guard down.

Meditation Mondays: Day 19 Blissful Me

Day 19 Blissful Me
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Bliss is an all encompassing holding place for joy, happiness and peace. 

What brings you the greatest joy? What makes time fly and you could do forever without care? This is your bliss.

When we find ourselves engaged in activities and with people who make our heart sing we are grounded in the present and deeply connected to true spirit.  Connecting to our true spirit brings us closer to our purpose and brings us closer to our potential as a person.

Spend a moment connecting with bliss in an everyday moment like your meal or your shower.  Take a moment to feel and connect all your senses.  How does this feel in your body? Your mind? Your heart?

I believe being in the present is so important. I don't know why I live my life the way I do, maybe I'm listening to my heart? My spirit?  I try to be as present as possible though sometimes people or ideas take me away from the present and cause inhibitions, fear and anxiety.

When we identify what makes us happy, abundance follows.

There is nothing as rich or real as bliss. Be in bliss, be in stillness.

Bliss does not necessarily make sense logically but it's a feeling you have that you are where you are supposed to be. In your bliss, nothing else matters, you are completely enveloped in your present.

What is your bliss?  What do you enjoy doing that time flies and your heart takes wing?  Doing what makes us happy will bring more things that will make us happy. 

Let go of your inhibitions.  Let go of what you think should be and just be, here. Being present will take you blissfully to your future.

It's scary to let go and just do the things we are passionate about.  Our ego asks questions like how In doing what our heart desires will lead us to our blissful future, sometimes places we did not know we wanted to be.

Day 18 Creative Me
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Day 18 Creative Me
To learn a bit more about what I'm posting, click here.
To do your own meditations with Deepak, go here. - See more at: http://vanessadoan.blogspot.com/#sthash.xoxYmPdo.dpuf

Day 18 Creative Me
To learn a bit more about what I'm posting, click here.
To do your own meditations with Deepak, go here. - See more at: http://vanessadoan.blogspot.com/#sthash.xoxYmPdo.dpuf

Music Obsession Sam Smith- Stay With Me

I just heard this song in a restaurant today and looked up Sam Smith... I am falling apart. This song is so good.  Also, did you see his subtle hand movements when he was singing?  Yea I saw that. His EP is on heavy rotation right now.  Between Sam Smith, Daley and James Vince McMorrow, these white dudes (all from across the Atlantic) have me feelin some type of way. What is happening?  I don't know but I'm just going to go with it.  Looking forward to the album dropping in June.

Happy Birthday Max Million$

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAX MILLION$.

Today marks one year of Max and I being roommates. He has been such a blessing in my life. I love the little guy and I look forward to many more years with his snaggle tooth under bite face and goofy personality.

Max had a birthday PAWdy on Saturday, here are the pics! Thank you to all the humans and pups who came to celebrate and for all the great gifts.