The Feminine Lifestyle Blog

Think traveling is out of your budget? Think again! Here are some quick and easy solutions for traveling when your heart says YES! and your wallet says "Nope!"😔 1. Travel with a friend and split expenses 2. Shop cheap flights on the Hopper app 3. Fly budget airlines: Frontier, Spirit, Norwegian (UK, Europe) 4. Ask family and friends for donations 5. Ask family or friends if you can use their sky miles or hotel points 6. Try Couchsurfing 7. Stay in hostels instead of hotels 8. Search Groupon for deals 9. Take a cruise (once you pay, all the good stuff is included) 10. Travel during non-peak seasons ✅Bonus: save 5% of your money each payday and put that towards your travel savings.

You should know that our culture, American culture, does not want you more feminine. The truth is that our culture thrives on you being more masculine than feminine.  Our culture thrives on women who work too many hours, don’t have time to cook, and can’t spend quality time with their family. It thrives on (and makes lots of dollars from) angry women, depressed women, sick women, single women.  And it thrives on your inability to realize that you have limits, you are fragile, you need love , you need help.  Isn’t it time our families thrived? If you have been feeling like you are living and loving at a deficit, then it’s time to start GIRL-ing down. It is time to put you and your family’s well-being FIRST. Here are a few ways to do that:  Be open to receiving help Be open to asking for help Refuse to hide your tears Ensure moments with your family are quality. Be fully present  Refuse to bring work home (if you work from home, create a specif

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Relax. Calm down. Don't always be in a hurry to fill up your silence with noise. Many women haven't thought their best thought yet because others keep yapping around them. Get alone and be silent. Meditate. Pray. Sigh. Sing. Hum. Or just be. Ground yourself. I mean it. Take off your shoes and just feel the grass between your toes. Doesn't that feel niiiiice? Let Mother Nature soothe your spirit and calm your soul. Life is so busy. Too busy. And if we are not careful, all of those days will just pass us by and we won't even remember. Slow down. Intentionally. Get alone. Intentionally. Take deep breaths. Intentionally. Listen to soothing sounds like 528 hertz intentionally. And you will find that carving out "me time" a few minutes a day or a few hours a week is just what the doctor ordered.

“To Travel is to Live” ~Hans Christian Andersen If you don't already have one, you must get a passport. There is an entire world out there to discover and your U.S. passport gives you access to this WORLD 🌎. It doesn't matter if you're a lil broke right now, a single mother, in between jobs,  scared of flying or unsure about where'd you go and how you'd get there if you did have a passport. Take mini steps to get the passport then figure out the logistics later 😚 Baby-step 1: Pick up an application. If you don't have the funds to apply for a passport today then swing by your nearest post office or county clerk's office and grab an application. Easy, yes? Baby-step 2: In a week or so , stop by your local Walgreens or CVS and take your passport photo. They are usually just $7.99 Baby-step 3: The next time you receive your pay, go straight to the post office or county clerk's office and sub

Emotional eating is real y'all! And it does not discriminate based on race, socioeconomic status, marital status or location. But it does target unloved or emotionally fragile women. Emotional eating has nothing to do with hunger and everything to do with being starved of love, affection, attention, and adoration. If you are not currently coupled, kissing your man to stave off feelings of emotional hunger may not be an option. So here are a few more options: 1. Cuddle with your pet 2. Hop on FaceTime with your best friend and talk out your emotions and feelings 3. Take a walk or go swimming 4. Go to the gym (attending a group class would be best) 5. Drink water and eat a whole cucumber (You. Will. Be. Full!) 6. Watch comedy clips on YouTube Now these tricks and options will work for a while but while they're working you will need to decide on a more permanent solution: (if coupled) why am I feeling this way? Is this relationship stressing me or

June 5, 2019--On your travels, be open to meeting yourself. I think, sometimes, in the rush of life we fail to notice who we are or even who we are becoming. Today, I was reminded of some things... I am on a cruise this week: Nassau was amazing😍  The sun and breeze were just right, the blue-green water was therapeutic and totally healed my soul, and the people (my people!) are friendly and welcoming and work very hard to make the island feel like home.  This cruise has been...an experience. Last night while relaxing on a bench in the Promenade, gazing at the sea of people I met a 26-year old woman from India who is experiencing issues in her arranged engagement...the guy's family seems to be backing out of the deal and the guy is too, despite them being in love. This afternoon, while frolicking in the beautiful ocean, I met an older woman who is going through a divorce. She just wants out and hopes 2019 is her year to settle things and move on wi

Re: Can you hold a man's interest without sex? I recently came across a post where a woman asked how she could keep a  man’s full attention in dating without sex? The group members' responses to the asker were okay but I know I can do better. You see, God precisely trained me for this role. And it may be why he has allowed me to stay single for so long! I have things to teach and things to share so I am going to get it out before my last name changes. Look, I am not on here to teach you how to get a husband. How can I mentor you on something I don’t yet have? But I am here to mentor you on or maybe even model for you how to be….single and Godly. Single and holy. Single and feminine despite life’s troubles and woes. If you don’t want to be, then I don’t think you will be single all your life. ‘But whether single or married we must continually bring honor and glory  to the Lord in all that we say, believe and do. I know it’s hard dating without sex but it’s a must f