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Confessions Conversation: Tayte DePetris

October 3, 2025

Hey Team, as promised, this week we’re kicking off a new recurring segment called Confessions Conversations. And, we have a very special guest today, my youngest daughter, Tayte. At…

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Receiving Feedback – What Example Am I Setting?

September 26, 2025

Today, we’re doing something a little different. Most weeks, I share thoughts and reflections from my own life. But today, I’m sharing a voice message I sent my oldest…

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Done Is Done – Rethinking How I Finish Things

September 19, 2025

Perfectionism: Maintaining Personal Serenity

Team, I really have to talk with you about something that’s been in the back of my mind all spring and summer: finishing strong. Some of you already know…

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Tightening the Screws – My 6 Essential Self-Care Routines

September 12, 2025

Hello Team, I’ve missed you! I hope everyone had a lovely summer and is settling back into the fall with ease. Personally, the transition from summer to fall is…

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Summer Rewind #6: An Honest Look At My Chronic Overwhelm

July 25, 2025

Summer feels like the perfect time to be reminded of a little nugget I picked up from an old soul I fell for while G Man and I were…

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Summer Rewind #5: Every Good Idea is Not a Good Idea – Pausing Before I Take Action

July 18, 2025

Today’s Summer Rewind touches on a topic that made a huge difference in my life. I’m so happy my buddy Christine from C2 Care Redefined picked this one from…

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Summer Rewind #4: Slow is the New Fast – Shifting My Perspective on Speed

July 11, 2025

Hi Team! Maybe some of you savvy recovering perfectionists noticed that I have two posts with almost the same exact title? I love that in 2019 I had never…

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Summer Rewind #3: Slow is the New Fast – Learning How to Heed My Speed

July 4, 2025

Recovery: Positive Lifestyle Changes

Hi Team, Happy, happy 4th of July! Between last week and the next two weeks, you’ll notice a little theme here—Slow Down! As I was prepping all of this…

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Summer Rewind #2: “Slow Me Down Lord”

June 27, 2025

Hi Team! In our second week of our Summer Rewind series, I’ll remind you of the opportunity to go deeper on this week’s post topic, “Slow Me Down Lord,”…

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Summer Rewind #1: Putting Too Much Weight on Weight – Breaking Free from Decades of Shame

June 20, 2025

Hello Team—Welcome to the Summer Rewind series of Summer 2025. As I mentioned last week, Confessions is teaming up with C2 Care Redefined this summer. That means that if…

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