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9 Questions To Ask About Someone’s Big, Life-Changing Trip
When you think of people getting along harmoniously – whether in a family, or among friends, or in an office – people make an effort to enter into the interests of each other’s lives. A friend once...
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I’ve Got 99 Problems AND…
I really wish… Ugh, he’s holding me back… I have no support… Think about it… Be honest. Do your top three problems point the finger at someone else? Do you live your life striving to get to the next...
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Tips to Help You Unleash Your Creative Side
I recently made a new friend, who like me, also discovered a new passion when she moved to the Netherlands. She is passionate about photography and likes coming up with creative ideas for portraits....
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Finding a Fulfilling Relationship, Even When You’re Building an Empire
☐Single ☐Taken ✓ Building my empire Insert [cringe] every time I see this instafamous post. Don’t get me wrong, I believe in building an empire, but what does a relationship status have to do with it?...
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What’s Your SOE? That’s Standard Operating Energy.
You know there have been times throughout my life when I’ve been asked why am I always in a good mood. I usually smile and first say not to equate being hyper or energetic with being happy. However,...
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A Message to Your Heart
A Message To Your Heart I know how much it hurts when things don’t go the way you want. There’s that feeling in your chest that you can hardly breathe. There’s anger you can feel coursing through your...
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Stepping out of Your Comfort Zone Can Be Petrifying, and It Can Change Your...
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu “Good at languages” has been my professional identity since I was a child. The smiles on the faces of my English, French, Spanish...
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What’s the Best Way to Start Writing a Book?
I get asked this every day so here is my answer as to how I do it after 18+ books. *** I have a problem. I asked my 15 year old daughter what she’s learning in school. She told me that in math she’s...
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[Light Work] We Can’t Get to the Light, Until We Understand the Suffering.
I’ve struggled for a long time with wondering if pain and suffering were essential to growth. Are they essential to me being a more expanded, clear minded, loving, joyous, sexy human being? Do I have...
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You Are an Adult but Your Family Can Still Make You Feel Small. Here’s What...
Adult children can end up feeling very small and young, when family dynamics get in the way. Sometimes we are ready to grow up a little. But how? As adult children we all have our own unique...
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What to Do When Anger Is Choking You
As you recover from your divorce and move on, there is one all-too-common emotion that causes you way more headaches than you need. Anger. Being ticked off. The persistent rage that will not leave you...
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Setting Limits: How to Say Yes to Yourself and No to Others
Read any magazine article or book about parenting and the author will advise the necessity of setting limits for children. “Set limits and stick to them,” parents are counseled. Limits create the...
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The Right (And Wrong) Way to End a Relationship
Following last month’s blog on the 15 questions to ask yourself to see if it’s time to end your relationship, I received a number of requests to do a follow-up episode. So this week, I will be breaking...
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The Difference Between Compromise and Sacrifice
Last year I ended up in Urgent Care. I am fine but it taught me some valuable lessons. More on that in a moment… First please ponder these questions: What is the difference between compromise and...
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My Father’s Advice for Being Happier and Forming Habits
Here in the United States, Father’s Day is coming up on Sunday, June 17. I’m a big fan for using dates as milestones, as prompts for self-reflection or for action. People say Father’s and Mother’s Days...
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Don’t Wave Your White Flag. Wave Your Freak Flag.
Here’s the thing: there really are things about you, traits, mannerisms, a style, which are wholly “you.” Those idiosyncrasies, which are unique to you, possibly irksome to others, are what I call your...
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Honor Your Father and Mother
Straight out of the gate, I must share I never had an earthly father. I, therefore, have no clue or point of reference when it comes to a father-daughter relationship. It is something I ached for, for...
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Trusting That There’s a Light at the End of the Tunnel
Sometimes the most profound messages come in the simplest packages. My daughter brings home piles of paper every day, and I discovered this in the middle of one of those piles: And on the back was...
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It’s Not Easy Being Seen
In the world of dating, it can be frightening to be vulnerable and open. We all want to be loved and we want to be seen. But what happens when you’re also scared to be seen? Well, you often end up in a...
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No Reservations to Parts Unknown: Thank You, Anthony Bourdain
I wasn’t always an Anthony Bourdain fan. My first exposure to him came when I read a critical comment he’d made that didn’t sit right with me. But that was evidently just a passing remark, and I didn’t...
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