Veronica Shukla

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  • Tackle Mini Goals in 5 Minutes a Day, Plus Push-up Mini Goal Plan

    Tackle Mini Goals in 5 Minutes a Day, Plus Push-up Mini Goal Plan

    Do you have mini goals? Mini goals are small goals that build up to the accomplishment of larger goals. Mini goals are great because they help you feel more accomplished. People tend to want results immediately, and when that doesn’t happen, they often get discouraged, sometimes quitting altogether. But when we break larger goals up…

  • Choose your Suffering

    Choose your Suffering

    There was once a miser who lived alone aside from some servants and a dog, whom he hadn’t bothered to name, in a large draughty mansion. He had no friends and had never even given anyone a present. He spent his days alone counting and recounting his money, never leaving his house for fear of…

  • 4 Examples of the Power of the Breath

    4 Examples of the Power of the Breath

    We all know how important breathing is. It’s so important, it’s an involuntary action of our bodies, carried out without having to think about it. Our body just does it, because if we stopped breathing long enough, we’d die. Since our body does it involuntarily, we often just forget about it, but the breath is…

  • How to Save Money on Hair Care Products

    What if I told you you don’t have to wash your hair? By the end of this article, you’ll believe me. You know, sometimes when you think about things, like really think about them, they start to make no sense. Well, about a year or two ago, I started really thinking about the current norm for hair…

  • Full-Time Parents Accomplishing Goals: A Solution

    Full-Time Parents Accomplishing Goals: A Solution

    EDIT: This group is now in operation. Please visit the Parents Accomplishing Goals (PAG) Cooperative website to learn more. I am in the process of creating a group that will allow full-time parents to accomplish other goals. These goals could be things like professional work, volunteering, studying, and starting a business. I am a full time mother. I…

  • Whole Systems Design Permaculture Design Course Review

    Whole Systems Design Permaculture Design Course Review

    This summer I attended a Permaculture Design Course (PDC) at Whole Systems Design in Richmond, Vermont, from July 10, though July 19, 2015. The PDC was tought by a team of permaculture professionals including Ben Falk of Whole Systems Design, Mark Krawczyk of Keyline Vermont, Sean Dembrosky of Edible Acres, and Mark Angelini of Roots to Fruits.  Upon…