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The Ten-Pound Spiral – Settling In vs. Settling for Less

May 23, 2025

The other day I overheard a fit woman at the gym say to her friend, “Yeah, I just need to lose ten more pounds, and then I’ll be good.” [...]

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Analysis – My Secret Weapon for Finding Peace

May 16, 2025

The other day I was analyzing my night sweats and I shared my discovery with G Man. “Homey, I have a theory about my perplexing temperature troubles at night.” [...]

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What to Look For in a Mother – Lessons From My Mom and Her Friends

May 9, 2025

This Sunday is Mother’s Day, a perfect Friday to acknowledge all the mothers in my life. Anyone out there listening who knows my Mom, knows how blessed I am [...]

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Forreste Jolicoeur – People Pleasing

May 2, 2025

Team, I am so happy to be sharing one of the final Summer Submissions of Season 9. This entry was sent in by my former Confessions editor, Forreste, who [...]

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When Helping Hurts – Knowing Who’s Ready for Healing

April 25, 2025

My daughter is pursuing a career in veterinary medicine. While the two of us were chatting recently about some social stuff at school, something occurred to me. People who [...]

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Make Me – Being Forced To Do Things I Don’t Want To Do

April 18, 2025

Today is Confessions’ 350th post and that got me thinking about doing tough things in life one step at a time. The story I’m going to share with you [...]

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Overcorrecting – Caring Too Much About Kids’ Feelings

April 11, 2025

Child-rearing was a whole different game decades ago, am I right, friends? Many of us listening right now are familiar with phrases like: “You call that ‘art’?” “Because I [...]

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Give Your Kid the Biggest Leg Up In Life – Teaching Manners

April 4, 2025

Parenting: Giving Kids Dignity

We all grew up hearing, ‘It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it,’ right? Well, I’d like to chat today about the impact that prioritizing manners has [...]

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Does Parenting Get Easier? That Depends on Me

March 28, 2025

Have you ever heard yourself saying something like this? “Ugh—I forgot about my kid’s orthodontist appointment today!” I’ve said things exactly like that more times than I can count. [...]

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Letting Go of One-Way Relationships – Finding Balance in Connection

March 21, 2025

TeamConfessioners! Today I’d like to confess—I happen to be one of those people who constantly thinks about every single person I’ve ever met. Seriously, all day long I’m thinking [...]

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