Sometimes Healing Hurts, Pt. 2
“May the road rise to meet you.
May the wind always be at your back.
May the sun shine warmly on your face.
May the rain fall softly on your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in th…
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How are you stepping into your 2018 goals? Start with last year’s
How are you stepping into your 2018 goals? Start with last year’s. Most experts say that we quit our New Years’ resolutions (NYRs) within the month of January. I think we place a lot of weight – no pun intended – on January 1 being the start of our “whole new me.” Our bodies don’t…
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A Lesson For Us All
The following story illustrates one of two huge reasons why it’s hard to change our eating habits: We talk ourselves into believing we are addicted to them. We actually are physically addicted to them. In this blog post, I am going to address #1. I’ll address #2 in a future blog post. Food is an…
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How to Spot if You Are Talking Yourself Out of a Good Thing
How do you spot if you’re talking yourself out of a good thing? I’m not talking about an impulse buy. I’m talking about that noun — that person/place/thing/idea — that you’ve been thinking about for weeks. Months. Years. Are you taking too long to think about it? Whether it’s an idea, a pair of jeans,…
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Something Will Beg You to Fear
Fear is Holding Us Back If you haven’t seen the movie, Defending Your Life, you should. It is an incredibly intelligent Albert Brooks comedy from 1991, starring Albert Brooks and Meryl Streep. I don’t know many people who remember the movie, and that’s unfortunate. For me, this was a bellwether story. It voiced something that I…
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Is Failure Your Path to Freedom?
Is failure your path to freedom? “I can’t…” Can’t is a four-letter word. “I shouldn’t.” Who says? “But what about…” Eliminate the word “but” from your vocabulary. Replace it with “and.” “What about” has its place during the active planning and execution of an idea – not the avoidance of your dream. “What will they…
