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  We often confuse the soul with the mind, or the body. But they are not the same. The mind can falter. The body can writhe in pain. And yet the soul may still be present—intact, luminous, enduring. This is one of the great tragedies of being human: when the mind decays or the body suffers long before the soul has left it. When the person we love is still here, but unreachable. When their body remains, but their joy, their clarity, their ease have vanished. Weep. Weep for the cruelty of it. Weep for the long goodbye. Weep for the moments that should have been gentle but were not. But do not despair. Because the soul is not so easily broken. It does not vanish with memory loss or tremble at physical pain. It may be quiet, but it is not gone. It may be hidden, but it is not erased. Sometimes, the soul waits. Sometimes, it endures. Sometimes, it teaches us how to love without answers, without reciprocity, without ease. To love someone whose mind has unraveled or whose bod...

                      Excerpt from  Girl, You Got This!  Mind “I wanted a child so much that I couldn’t get pregnant” -Kelly, mom of two dogs Sometimes, getting fit isn’t just about working out. As a personal trainer I am part coach and part therapist. More often than you would expect, my clients and I just sit and talk during their appointment. We talk about their home lives, how they are feeling about the workouts, how they are feeling about their diet and their body. It is all important, and in order to maintain regular workouts, these topics need to be given time and attention. If I don’t create a safe space for my clients to come and chat honestly about health and fitness, they will stop showing up. People need breaks!   Let’s get serious for a second. Trying to have a baby can be heart wrenching. There is no way to guarantee you will conceive or have an easy pregnancy. So, while all the tips ...

  Well, golly, here is one we missed, but some things never go out of date. Like your heart. Like living from it. Like improved relationships. Like greater wisdom. Nanette Hucknall covers it all in her award-winning book, How to Live from Your Heart, including the difference between mind and heart .  She also talks about the influence that breast cancer some decades ago had on her life: "It changed her whole life," she says.  You can listen to her interview with the Urban Update program HERE . For more posts about Nanette and her books, click HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  a...