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Apologies, Viruses & Overbooking – Anyone Relate?
I am just writing this post off the cuff after a very long beginning of the week/school year/season. Decided to simply type what I was feeling tonight before finishing up tomorrow’s presentation,...
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20 Things Your Child Needs From You When Things Change
We all know the old adage, “The only thing permanent is CHANGE,” and that goes doubly true for families. Inside that constantly rolling ball of transitions tumbles around changes in the ages, needs...
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10 Ways to Help Yourself Through the Loss of Your Pet
If you are reading this you have likely been through a recent loss of a cherished pet, and I am truly sorry for all that you are going through. Your animal was a much loved, significant part of your...
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Sometimes It Is Time To Let Go
“And there came a time when the soul realized that it must accept that things had changed. Things were not the same as they were before and would never go back to how they had once been. The soul had...
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7 Tips for Weeding Out Wedding Stress
One of the biggest surprises of a bride and groom’s journey toward the altar is the amount of stress that can grow like weeds in the garden of joy that one expects to walk in preparing for the big day....
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Let Autumn’s Inspiration Fall On You
As the cozy days of fall whisper their arrival across your fading green landscape, Welcome them with sweatered, open arms of loving acceptance Take moments as the winds change, rushing over your skin...
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Still Chomping On Something Someone Said?
Do you find yourself going back … and back … and back over the same ill-tasting FRUSTRATION in your head … of something that happened days or weeks or months ago …when that person made you feel pretty...
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What You Do This Week Matters
“And at the end of life, we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done. We will be judged by ‘I was hungry and you gave me...
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12 Steps to Finding Direction With a Gut Check
We all get stuck looking at the road ahead, wondering if taking that leap, turning that direction, or taking on that new thing is the right thing for our lives. We often have other people pushing their...
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5 Sensible Ways to a More Mindful Thanksgiving Week
Did you know that part of being MINDFUL is being purposeful about using all of your senses? That means instead of mindless eating, walking or listening, you instead transform your ‘mind-less-ness’ to...
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Confidence is Quiet & Insecurity is Loud
The need to get revenge. The need to have someone ‘outed.’ The need to make another person pay for what they did to us. It’s all part of the normal reaction to relational pain. It’s the ‘fight’ in...
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Make a Promise Today for Sandy Hook … For Good
It’s December 14th-the one-year anniversary of the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary. Today’s Ceremonies – photo by Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images I know you are busy. I know you have a million...
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Life’s Bridges – Are You Staring at One?
Life Bridges – Are you on one? Can you see the bridge to something new up ahead – a conduit to something new and wonderful (albeit scary) that you have hesitated crossing? Do you know why? The answer...
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Is This Your Moment?
A new year, a new day or a new moment can all be a starting place for that OLD thing that has been sitting in your soul to have a NEW beginning. Why not put meaning to an hour – a specific moment – on...
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The “B” Word: 8 Steps to Setting Boundaries
Overly-needies. Whiners. Emotional vampires. We all have had one of them in our lives – the ‘friend’ that sucks the sunshine out of your afternoon, pulling any positive feelings that you might have...
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How to Grow Toward Self-Acceptance … And Peace
I was recently researching the idea of Self-Acceptance and came across so much that I would like to work on in my own life. My guess is that you would too. Is it surprising that studies show that our...
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How to Let Go of Pain By Flipping It
I love this quote: “Give back what has hurt you but never forget what it taught you.” It’s an empowering reminder for those who are hurting from some old pain to flip that hurt on its side, slide it...
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Why You Should Have Moments This Weekend
Look past those things that stressed you out about this week … about Monday’s meeting … about Wednesday’s bad news … about Thursday’s change of plans … and try to rest in some moments today, tomorrow,...
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I Want to Know You … And I Want to Be Known
I am here because I want to be with you and get to know you. And I want to be known. Known for who I am on the inside instead of what you see on the outside. Known in a sense that you ask about more...
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Do Not Let the Behavior of Others Do This To You
“Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.” Dalai Lama When I read this quote by the Dalai Lama, I immediately saw two independent pieces: 1) ‘the behavior of others’ 2) ‘your inner...
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