The 2009 movie “Young Victoria” has just made my Best Movies of all Time list.

Emily Blunt was amazing as Victoria and Prince Albert stole my heart as well. I absolutely fell in love with both of them.

My husband’s not much for royalty movies but I caught him watching from around the corner and when I reminded him how much he hated “these kinds of movies” he responded with, “But she hit the King!” “I know, isn’t it good?!” I remarked.

The story line moved a bit fast if you don’t have much background on that era but I know for myself I can’t wait to check out some of the books as the movie left me wanting for more.

I give this movie a 2 thumbs up and 4 stars!! ★★★★

I am almost finished reading Happiness: Essential Mindfulness Practices by Thich Nhat Hahn and I highly recommend it!!

This is an amazing book that gives you practical tips to bring mindfulness into your daily life.

January is my busiest month of the year and I usually deal with a bit of anxiety from time to time.  I’m usually fine during the day but when I sit down at night to relax anxiety will hit me over the head like a lead brick.

I’ve been putting into practice his technique to calm your anxiety by moving into your breath and imagining the lump of anxiety as if it were a tiny baby (I usually think of colic because I had 2 screaming babies with colic and I can relate to that).  A tiny baby that needs to be held.  It doesn’t need to be scolded or told to go away or ignored.  Sometimes the only thing a crying baby needs is our love, our attention the energy of our presence.

It’s quite miraculous what begins to happen (not every time, but more times than not when I practice this regularly) the anxiety begins to dissolve and disappear.  Yep, no Prozac or anxiety drugs.  Just breathing and paying attention and being present with my pain.  Give it a shot.  Nothing to lose but everything to gain.  ♥

UBC: Day 14