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If What You’re Doing Isn’t Working
Perhaps it’s time to do something else. Not a new job, or a new city, but perhaps a different story. A story about possibility and sufficiency. A story about connection and trust. A story about for and...
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If You Can’t Learn Math, Maybe It’s Not Your Fault
My experience in higher education was unusual and erratic. I eventually earned a master’s degree in International Studies, but long before that I was a high-school dropout. One thing I haven’t talked...
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Ten Superpowers of ‘Extreme Gratitude’
I’m angry. I often wake up and think of who her, him, what. What they did. I’m angry. At the friend who stopped returning calls for no reason. At the ex who never admitted she was wrong. At the family...
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You Are Not Late to the Party
I moved from Greece to England when I was 18 years old. My english was ok but certainly not fluent in writing or speaking. And I was attempting to get into college. It took me three years to pass the...
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What Needs to Change? Look at What Sucks Without Criticizing Yourself.
Heyyyy. Freedom Fighters. Actually, I don’t love the term “Fighter”. Maybe “Crusaders” is better. Or “Lovers”. Let’s go With Freedom Lovers. Dear Freedom Lovers, This week’s Free & Clear exercise...
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The Magic in the Minutiae
When my mom was in her early twenties her dad said the following to her regarding choosing who to marry: “A lot of days are just three meals a day, so you better find someone you really like.” The...
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Parenting is a Marathon: Lessons from Making Cinnamon Toast
Parenting is the ultimate test of endurance, yes? I am learning, teaching, growing everyday and just when I think I have it all figured out, I realize I don’t know anything. But that’s the greatest...
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Does Overachieving Cause You Misery?
Nobody carries medals into the after life. Adding an extra zero to your salary means nothing after you pass on. Pushing yourself to succeed is like shadow boxing an imagined enemy. You create the...
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How to Heal Codependent Relationships
When you love someone, do you feel responsible for their choices? When you’re in a relationship, do you feel overly responsible for the other person’s decisions and actions? Do you ever feel like...
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Oh No, This Again?
Do you ever feel as if you have really healed an issue or gotten to the other side of a difficult situation and then WHAM something happens and all of a sudden you feel like you are back at the...
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Fighting Holiday Food Temptation? Try These 13 Tips.
The holidays are supposed to be a festive time, but many people feel anxiety and regret around food and drink—the holiday season is so full of temptation. I have to say, I enjoy the holidays much more,...
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How Does the Outside World See You? Here’s Why It Matters…
We all dress to impress…whether we’re going on a date, heading out to a client meeting or going for an Americano with our bestie. Each of us rocks our own unique style, and it goes deeper than the...
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When Should You Quit?
Quitting has a negative association. We describe it as giving up, being non-committal, or lacking perseverance. When someone quits, it’s easy to assume that the person simply didn’t give it their all....
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How Your Dreams Reveal The Secrets In Your Mind
What Do Dreams Reveal? Throughout history, dreams have played a major role in cultural, spiritual, philosophical, and creative thought. In modern times, the scientific and psychological view of dreams,...
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This Is How You Know When You Should Walk Away
Walking away is often as much a choice as it is an obligation. It comes with sacrifice as much as joy. It comes with times of unbelievable laughter and that of exquisite loneliness. It comes with...
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How to Cope with the Difficult Days
Difficult days and times in our lives, we all have them, in our past, present and future. Some days we cope well, others feel like never ending pain and emptiness. Then we have to take care. How? 1....
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How We Treat Each Other Reflects Who We Are
What’s wrong in the world? What’s wrong is that I’m seeing far too many issues with people who, Seem to have a god-complex; Think they’re right, and you’re wrong (discussion not optional), and; Seem to...
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Are You the Hero?
Sometimes I wake up depressed. I want more. I want to be the hero of my story. I think of the stupid things I said the night before. I worry what people think of me. I worry if my kids like me. I reset...
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Hey, Fire Starter! Is Your Time Management System Starving Your Soul?
Some people diet obsessively. Others manage their time obsessively. Both obsessions can be driven by a lack of self worth—a constant striving to be more acceptable, more productive… better. Time...
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4 Tips to Help You Accept & Embrace Change
Whether you perceive it or not, everything is constantly changing – the environment, the weather, the economy, technology, society, culture, your friends and family, your body, everything. And the...
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