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What’s In Your Pail?
My father grew up on a farm on a winding back country road in Ohio. His was a large, Catholic, hardworking family. Some of the nine kids got out the first chance they could, the others continuing to...
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Turn Heated Exchanges into Healing Turning Points
Regardless of our certainty as to whether we or our partner starts or rekindles a quarrel, the real cause of the continuing conflict between us lies elsewhere. Which is why, as strange as the following...
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Five Relationship Attitudes of Happy Couples
It literally took me two decades to decode the mystery of happy relationships. I am in a relationship that is working for the first time in my life at age 43. I now believe in resilient love – one that...
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I Got the Boot!
Yup. I got the boot – both literally and metaphorically. I’ll explain . . . Back when I was traveling in Australia I woke up and could barely walk on my right foot. Being the active (and sometimes...
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A Happiness Paradox for the Holidays: Happiness Doesn’t Always Make Us Feel...
In my study of happiness and human nature, I’m always striving to identify fundamental principles. For instance, I identified the Eight Splendid Truths of Happiness. The First Splendid Truth is: To be...
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Why Perception Is Everything
In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s American novel, The Great Gatsby, the narrator Nick reminisces about his father’s advice: “‘Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone,’ he told me, ‘just remember that all the...
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2019: Time to Rethink Thinking Positively About Work-Life Resolutions
We’re almost at that time of year to make resolutions for 2019. The majority of my audience is focused on this: Doing what it takes to achieve the work-life synergy they want in 2019. Because despite...
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If Nothing Else, Remember That Today, You Are Alive
A few things I’m figuring out about life (may they bring you peace): If I am meant to blossom, then I must nurture the garden that sleeps in me. I must learn to dabble in my interests, carefree,...
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Ten Questions to Find out how Authentic You Are at Work
Someone once suggested I could start blogging about parenting and ways to raise confident children. “What an exciting topic!” – I was telling myself. I could certainly read lots of parenting books and...
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Return of the Annual Review! Let’s Do This! (I Mean, If You Want.)
Over the past eight nine ten! years, nothing has helped me to accomplish big goals and stay on track more than a single exercise I complete each December: the Annual Review. Last year I got a little...
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Replace Excuses with Process
This is the dream of every company: growth. Grow your profits. Grow your customer base. Grow your success. Grow your bank account. But there’s going to be a price to pay. Imagine this: You’re wearing...
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Think You’re Rational? Think Again.
You are in control of your decisions, right? Barring coercive constraints, you are a thoughtful free agent who, when presented with options, leverages your discretionary free agency to weigh the pros...
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When You Get Through the Big Pain, This Is What Happens: Near-Blinding Radiance.
You will have more to give—and you will LOVE giving it. You will seek to give. It will be the most incredible feeling. Someone is going to come to you with a broken wing, or low on reserves and you are...
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Creativity and the Pursuit of Meaning
The more I get lost in life, the more I realise that the act of creating helps me to discover my truth and gives me the courage to live my life. Many people relate creativity to subjects such as art...
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What Are Your Emotional Thresholds?
I was annoyed… The whole time I was cooking dinner, my partner was on her phone. Yeah, she was creating a beautiful image for a spiritual invocation that came to her, but still… As we sat down to eat,...
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Trusting Your Pace When It Feels Too Slow
Most of us are familiar with those folks who really seem to have it all figured out when it comes to creating. They write a book, then launch a program, then ink an incredible partnership, then create...
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A Simple Step to Creating Joy in the Moment
Have you noticed that when you make a commitment to live a joyful life it sometimes seems like the universe tries to get in the way and sabotage the very thing you are wanting? Life can get the best of...
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Is There Someone You’re Trying to Change or Save?
Is there someone in your life you really hope will change? Do you find yourself taking on the responsibility for other people’s transformation? Do you even get annoyed when you see someone you care...
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The Perfect Gift is Probably Not What You Think
I’ve been shopping for holiday gifts, which raises questions. What makes a good gift? Is it better to surprise people, or to shop from a list they provide? Should I spend hours searching for just the...
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Are You Using This Essential Parenting Tool?
“I saw major changes when I started using ‘Stop, Drop, and Breathe.’ The pause button keeps me from saying things I’ll be sorry for, and lets me phrase things so my kids will be more likely to listen....
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