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When Life Says Stop!
How do you manage when life says, “Stop?!” The dreams and aspirations I had for 2025 were all on track for the first half of the year. Suddenly, though, in the last half of the year, life screamed stop! Nothing I planned for stayed on track, and a…
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You are Here, I’m There with You
‘You are here: I’m there with you’ is a phrase I’ve coined in my personal journey around caregiving for an aging parent. It’s easy when caring for a loved one with memory loss to get frustrated with the changes we see and experience. In my personal experience, the…
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Knotted
Have you felt Knotted? Knotted is a word I’ve rarely used to describe an emotion, but I have certainly felt it. This is a feeling probably more often used to describe a physical feeling as it relates to knotted or cramping muscles. Who here has never felt a…
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Think It and Make it So
Our thoughts and the things we do to improve our lives also make the world better. There’s something to the power of one person making a difference. Think about it. If we take one moment to get our self-universe centered, our energies are different; focused and drawing what…
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Our Dancing Souls
What makes your soul dance? Have you ever watched a movie that reached into the depths of your soul to a point of tears, and you let the tears flow without reservation? When our souls move and we feel; these are wonderfully deep and authentic emotions. What is…
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Did You Notice?
Did you notice the moment the sleeping grass woke up and turned green? Maybe you noticed a daffodil emerging through the warming earth. While you were busy cleaning the dishes or writing that memo, a squirrel dropped by, looking for a morsel of goodness. Did you see that…
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It Matters What You Think
It matters what you think! No, I’m not talking about what others think about you. Instead, I’m talking about the power of our minds and what we think about. You may have heard this notion: what you think about comes about. Our minds are one of our most…
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Intentions and the New Year
Happy New Year and here’s to new intentions for making life what we want it to be in 2024! So, do you set some resolutions? I go for intentions just because I’m weird that way. There’s something about setting an intention that feels like spending my energy creating…
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Turkey and Gratitude
Celebrating Thanksgiving Together Turkey and gratitude: it must be Thanksgiving. Some of you have already celebrated your Thanksgiving this year. In the United States, we’re just getting around to these shenanigans. Yesterday was our holiday, but we historically make a long weekend of it. I practice gratitude year-round,…
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Work Brain Versus Retirement Brain
Work brain versus retirement brain is an idea I continue exploring more deeply now that I’m fully retired from my long corporate career. I explore how these two distinct mindsets complement each other beautifully and also differ in meaningful ways. Then, beyond that important point, I carefully examine…
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Living Deliberately
Living deliberately puts you in control of yourself, the day, and/or the life you want for yourself. Example: how much of your time is moving on auto-pilot? What happens when you choose one thing about your day to spin, live, or focus on deliberately? How does the automatic…
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