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Trouble Getting Your Ducks in a Row? 6 Steps to Gentle Motivation

January 10, 2025

Holy good God—does this feel like a good week to talk about slow starts? Some of us had all our ducks in a row on Monday and came out [...]

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Vacation Gone Wild – What Are We Doing to Ourselves?

December 27, 2024

This summer, a friend and I were talking about our habits during vacation. She and I were specifically bringing up the phenomenon of how, whenever we’re traveling or on [...]

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To DO or DON’T – What’s the Most Loving Choice Today?

December 20, 2024

Now, most TeamConfessioners know that much of what I do each week supports my well-being. I have the life stuff I have to do, but I also make sure [...]

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Dan Shay – Why Am I Surprised?

November 15, 2024

Today’s Confession is another Summer Submission coming to you from Dan Shay. Dan is an incredibly popular math teacher at Guilford High School here in Connecticut. It’s not often [...]

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Early Prep for the Holiday Rush – Things I Can Do to Lighten the Load

November 1, 2024

In last week’s episode, we talked about the 6 things I do to create stress in my life and how to avoid doing those things. Number one was that [...]

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6 Ways To Avoid Stress – Dodging Stress That I Personally Manufacture

October 25, 2024

Back at the beginning of the season, I shared with TeamConfessioners that I didn’t want to create stress during this season of Confessions, or the school year, that doesn’t [...]

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NiCole Schlagheck – A New Phase of Parenting

September 20, 2024

Hello TeamConfessioners. This week we actually have another Summer Submission coming at you. This one is from my friend NiCole Schlagheck, whom I met when she managed our youngest [...]

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September Stress – A Little Reminder From Mags To Mags

September 6, 2024

Team! I am so happy to be back, but I have to tell you about the procrastination-spiral I had to come out of to get this post out to [...]

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Summer Rewind #5 – Control the Stuff Rather Than the People

July 19, 2024

Team, this is one of my most downloaded podcasts. And like Ralphy and Randy’s Christmas Story after Thanksgiving, this episode feels just like a summer tradition at this point. [...]

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Summer Rewind #4 – Happier Thanksgiving

July 12, 2024

Yes, Team, you heard that right. We’re playing a Thanksgiving rewind from November of 2021, but stay with me! Summer for TeamDePetris means a lot of family gathering. And, [...]

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