Girl, spill all the tea…in the West, we talk a lot.

Whether you have 1 friend or 100 friends, you don’t have tospill all your business to everyone in our lives. There’s a line to draw in what you share, how much you share, and who you share your journey with. In a society that our personal lives are highly publicized, it’s hard to tell ourselves we are not obligated to share our past or private matters, nor are we owed someone else’s business just because we are friends. Sister Hoff shares personal experiences and her struggles with venting appropriately.

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Ignorance is not bliss. Choosing to not learn limitsourselves. In a day and age where we are exposed to more information in one afternoon than people spent in their whole life-time less than 100 years ago, you cannot possibly keep your head in the sand if you have intellect. Knowledge is a power that we can use for good. There is no useless knowledge, just ask Sister Hoff.

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Are you the person who always has music or the radio playing at all times? Maybe you constantly surround yourself with other people so you never have a quiet moment. Why do we feel the need to have audio clutter and fear silence? Music and constant talking can manipulate our mood and slow down our self healing. When you are silent and listen to nature or inside where there is no noise, you are faced with yourself. You are giving your ears and mind rest. The rest you need to be still and at peace mentally and spiritually. It might even generate creativity within yourself. Hear how Hoff embraced the silence and why she stopped listening to music years ago.

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Sometimes we want to just be motivated to accomplish a goal whether that's mental health, financial success, physical well-being, or other things. Unfortunately, we don't spontaneously have motivation. In this little bite of life, a friend shares some wise words and Sister Hoff reexamines "where there's a will there's a way".

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“I’ll sleep when I’m dead” is a frequent phrase with students during final exams, people with work deadlines, and parents. We cannot go without sleep. It’s physiologically impossible. Can we lose sleep and not get what our body needs? Absolutely! In a world where you can keep the lights on 24/7 and access to emails at any time, it’s easy to get sucked into the madness and think we can be like robots without any needs to take a break. It’s understandable that everyone has a different plate to handle life and even pretending to sleep may be the only way to slow our bodies down. Listen to Hoff talk about the needs of sleep and dangers of not getting enough.

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Ramadan Kareem!

Have you ever done intermittent fasting? During the month of Ramadan, Muslims (and sometimes other friends) fast from sun up to sundown from food, beverages, smoking or anything that goes in your body, and romantic activities. 

There are healthy ways and also risks of fasting and how we fast. Of course, if you have a medical condition that it is harmful to fast or women on the menstrual cycle, you should not fast. 

LISTEN Y’ALL…it’s not just about cutting off physical desires. There is a mental, emotional, and spiritual aspect. Sister Hoff explains a tiny snippet of the benefits and dangers of fasting. 

For more information on fasting during the month of Ramadan go to: https://www.eatright.org/food/cultural-cuisines-and-traditions/holidays-and-celebrations/ramadan-the-practice-of-fasting

IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS AT RISK OR SUFFERS FROM AN EATING DISORDER, PLEASE SEEK MEDIAL ATTENTION. 

For access to online support groups or more information go to: https://eatingdisordersanonymous.org/about/

Eating Disorder Hotlines for 24/7 Crisis Help

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Tea Cakes: Little Bites of Life

We all start somewhere. There is a beginning, but for some,there is a restart. Do not pass go and do not collect $200. Yikes! It’s only funny when you’re playing games. When it’s your life, there is grief and it is unique to you. In this little bite of life, listen to Sister Hoff share examples of starting over and talk about how to be supportive of people in your life who are starting over.

America is one giant salad bowl. Everyone from everywherelives here and there is no single “American culture”. All backgrounds are represented, and different geographical regions of the country can be drastically different from another (just ask Hoff about southerners vs northerners). Superstition, rituals, mythology stories, and general knowledge. There are thousands, maybe millions, of cultures in the world. Each has something unique and even bizarre. Sometimes, people think something only exists in their culture but it’s actually global. There’s warm cultures and cold cultures. Hierarchy and anarchy. Maybe whatever grandpa says it actual fact and it’s not up for discussion. Who throws salt over their right shoulder and spits over their left shoulder three times? Why can’t we walk under ladders or cut a boy’s hair until his first birthday? There’s a lot to unpack here. Join a multicultural group of sharing and laughing about their own background and what it means to them and how we all mix into American society.

Adulting:” the practice of behaving in a way

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