Hello and welcome to the new issue of your newsletter from the Living Simply site at BellaOnline.com, a Voice for Women. My name is Lori Chidori Phillips, and I am the new editor for the Living Simply site.

It is my pleasure to share insights that can help you simplify your life in order to make room for more joy, more fulfillment and more peace that you so rightfully deserve. This site is taking a different approach from previous editors in that I believe living simply begins in the mind and heart. My articles will address the complications we create that keep us stressed, anxious and even fearful. Uncomplicating our minds can free us from enslaving habits and limiting beliefs that restrict our lives.

Living Simply is more than reducing clutter or organizing your home, but simplifying all areas of life from relationships and career to finances and spirituality (religion).

My life once was chaotic both internally and externally until I learned to keep things simple. Instead of a stark existence, I found that a simple life is rich and liberating.

Please take a moment to read my first articles on this new site to get to know me and the new direction for the Living Simply site. Then, drop me a note in the Living Simply forum or email me to let me know about your personal challenges, triumphs, questions or comments about living a simple life.

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About Me
This is my bio on the site that will share with you a little about my life and how I came to embrace the simple life path.

http://www.bellaonline.com/about/livingsimply

What is a Simple Life?
Regardless of the lifestyle you choose to live, a simple life is free from stressful complications that rob you of peace and joy.

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art12063.asp

Myths about a Simple Life
Let’s dispel some common myths about simple living that seem to turn people away from its wonderful precepts.

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art34890.asp

Is Your Life Too Complicated? A Quiz
Keeping up a blinding pace can prevent us from realizing our lives are dangerously chaotic—until too late. Take this true-or-false quiz for a lifestyle check-up.

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art45676.asp

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“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.” ~ Dr. Seuss


Looking forward to our journey together,

Lori Phillips
BellaOnline Editor
Living Simply site