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Hi, I’m Ivanna Baron. Welcome! I’m a writer, encourager, and mental health and wellness advocate. I share my story and experiences to help and encourage others. Here, you’ll find content that encourages you to persevere through life’s challenges, find joy in the everyday, experience growth, and trust God through it all. Learn more about me here and read the latest below. Thank you for visiting.

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How To Advocate For Mental Health

Some people may never struggle with their mental health, and that’s great. But In 2019, 970 million people globally were living with a mental disorder, with anxiety and depression the most common (World Health Organization). So that means even if you’ve never struggled with your mental health, you have a relative, friend, colleague, or neighbor  

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Five Ways to Experience Personal Growth

We’re on a personal growth journey for as long as we live. Sometimes, we make more significant progress in our growth than at other times. Today, I wanted to share Five Ways to Experience Personal Growth. I have been implementing these things into my personal growth journey and hope they can help you.

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Things I Do That Help Me Reach My Goals 

Usually, when we set goals, we do it to see them to completion. But sometimes that doesn’t happen. This can be for several reasons, such as losing motivation, life circumstances, or just deciding that the goal wasn’t that important.

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How To Read The Bible More Consistently

It’s a goal of mine to read the Bible every day. Most of the time, I do, but that only came after I created a reading habit and understood why I was reading it. Today, I want to share some tips that may help you create a Bible-reading habit and read the Bible more consistently.

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Practical Ways To Build Confidence

We all want to be confident in ourselves, to show up to places self-assured and with our heads held high. Healthy confidence, not pride, is essential for navigating life successfully. Today, I’m sharing Three Practical Ways To Build Confidence.

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Four Ways To Make Your Job Less Stressful

Many of us have, or will have, a 9-to-5 job at some point in our lives. I have been working a 9-5 job for all of my adult life. Over the years, I’ve discovered ways to make my 9-to-5 job less stressful and more enjoyable, and I’d like to share them with you today.

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How To Start Journaling

Journaling has been a part of my daily routine for many years, and I have benefited mentally and emotionally from keeping a journal. Journaling helps me process my thoughts and feelings by putting them on paper. 

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Four Things I Do To Maintain Peace of Mind (In A Chaotic World)

At times, the world can feel out of control and chaotic. So, I’ve learned that I must protect my inner peace as much as possible, especially as someone who experiences anxiety. This is not to say I ignore what’s happening in the world and forget about everyone struggling.

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Six Ways to Cultivate Joy

Some of us must choose joy each day. Given the state of the world, it may feel challenging to find something to be joyful about, but that isn’t true. There are still so many things in life to find joy in. Today, I want to share Six Ways to Cultivate Joy.

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Three Tips For Staying Motivated To Exercise

Exercise has been a big part of my life for as long as I can remember. It has helped me through some very dark times. I exercise daily and use it for mental and physical health. I understand that only some people are naturally drawn to or motivated to exercise. Today I’m sharing three tips for getting started and staying motivated to exercise.

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Enjoy Your Life Now

If we were asked to look at our lives and measure our satisfaction with them, I believe most of us could agree that there is something we want more of. More money, time, status, space, and so on. While there’s nothing wrong with wanting more

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KEEP GOING: 30 Devotionals That Encourage You To Keep Going Every Day

Life can be challenging at times, but there are still so many things to be joyful about. I’ve experienced some challenging and anxiety-ridden times in my life, but through it all, God has sustained me and given me the strength to keep going! In this devotional, I share encouraging scriptures, relatable stories and experiences, and reflections that I pray will encourage you to persevere through life’s challenges, find joy in the everyday, and trust God through it all.

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  • In this issue of Simplify Magazine, we explore aspects of personal development through eight insightful articles written by some of today’s leading minds in the field. We cover topics such as building healthy habits, choosing mindset over metrics, strengthening relationships, developing charisma, and the qualities necessary for personal development.

    Each author has been personally selected by me as they bring a wealth of knowledge and experience on this topic. Our writers include a Wall Street Journal bestselling writer, a behavioral investigator, a productivity expert, and more.

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  • Design a simple life.

    Every day, more stuff comes into our lives: stuff in our home, stuff on our calendar, and stuff cluttering our minds. All that stuff gets in the way of where we really want to go and who we really want to be … it’s time to make a change.

    It’s time to get rid of the excess and focus on the essentials.

    It’s time for the clarity and peace of mind that come from paring down. It’s time for the freedom and confidence that come from making your own best choices. It’s time to design a simple life.

    We want to help you figure out what’s getting in your way, at home and at work. We want to help you let go of distractions, online and off. We want to help you turn down the noise that disrupts the quiet of your heart and soul.

    We don’t have all the answers, but we’re on the path toward lives of purpose and simplicity, and we’re figuring it out together.

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  • A compilation of wisdom from women who know anxiety firsthand.

    C.S Lewis once said, “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.”

    That’s our hope with this devotional anthology. That, even if you feel that you are all alone in the struggle of anxiety, you will see that you have friends here that get it, too. 

    Each contributing writer has grappled with anxiety and has given us an example of a verse that is a pocket of peace that they have found within God’s word.

    As you read through their words, my prayer is that you will feel a little less alone and a bit more understood.

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