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		<title>Enjoying Life in Your Forties and Beyond</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is so much to be said for reaching my forties. I really no longer give a fig about what people think of my life or life choices. I am by far the happiest I have ever been with myself and my life. I have healed and I&#8217;m now capable of inspiring others to heal. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img  left; margin-right: 10px; border: none;' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=fe0d8b89b4f9b51d68ae5f359189a5a9&amp;size=20&amp;default=http://use.perl.org/images/pix.gif' alt=''/><div id="attachment_440" class="wp-caption alignnone" ><a href="http://ahealedheart.lisaoverman.com/files/2009/03/10-10-2006-13.jpg"><img src="http://ahealedheart.lisaoverman.com/files/2009/03/10-10-2006-13-300x202.jpg" alt="My dolphin experience with Echelle" width="300" height="202" class="size-medium wp-image-440" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">My dolphin experience with Echelle</p></div>There is so much to be said for reaching my forties. I really no longer give a fig about what people think of my life or life choices. I am by far the happiest I have ever been with myself and my life. I have healed and I&#8217;m now capable of inspiring others to heal. I&#8217;m free of the pain I spent many years feeling and have moved beyond the suffocating grief I lived through. </p><span id="more-309"></span>


<p>Being forty six gives me a certain freedom, I choose how I spend my time, energy and life. I strive each day to create good through my writing and my website, but I also strive to feel joy and contentment in my every day experiences. I love what I do, I love creating a healing space for people to enjoy, read and be inspired by. This is my life&#8217;s work and that feels more amazing than anything else; to have reached my forties and know exactly what I&#8217;m meant to be doing. It is the most divine feeling. I feel inspired, motivated and thrilled to be doing this work. I know my experiences and stories can guide others through their own journey of healing. That is a gift, to reach the other side of pain and loss and feel I can use it for something useful, something deeply uplifting. I feel grateful.</p>
<p>I believe when we reach our forties we view our life differently, we refocus on what we really want in our life, rather than what we think we are supposed to have in our life. We make time for ourselves, for those we love and we treasure every day, knowing that life can be short and we better play part of every day. Time doesn&#8217;t move backwards, it moves forward and as I explore this year of being forty six sometimes it flies by and I wonder if I&#8217;ve treasured each moments enough. </p>
<p>Life is good, I hope as you read this you will consider your own life.  Are you feeling inspired? What can you do in your own life to add joy and contentment? Are you doing something you love doing? If not find a few hours a week and make it all yours. Life is full of choices. Make yours all they can be. Make them uplifting. Namaste</p>
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