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Slow is the New Fast – Shifting My Perspective on Speed

November 5, 2021

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about Greg McKeown’s book Essentialism. Because I liked it so much, I went ahead and listened to the book he wrote right [...]

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To What Length Are You Willing to Go For Your Serenity?

July 23, 2021

That question was posed to me last week. Last week when, due to the rainstorm in the northeast, I was managing a lot of extra bologna on my plate. [...]

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Natural Born Dream Crusher – How to Stop Myself From Destroying their Dreams

July 9, 2021

If it weren’t for my husband and some other wise folks, I’d be a bonafide, full-fledged dream crusher. When my kids come to me with their latest and greatest [...]

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Feeling Trapped by Urgency – And What I Can Do About It

May 28, 2021

As the world opens up more, and all of the end-of-the-year activities are a’ glow, I’ve been getting nostalgic. Remember when all we did was sit around in our [...]

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I Can’t Read – My Solution to Email Overload

March 12, 2021

Oh my goodness, Team—while writing last week’s post I unearthed one more reason managing the family overwhelms me. One word. Email. I receive more than 40 emails in my [...]

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Enough Dysmorphia – Unconsciously Doing Everything 110%

March 5, 2021

Years ago one of my friends needed to use our washer and dryer. While the two of us were standing and talking in the laundry room, she grabbed a [...]

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Rushing – 3 Ways I’m Going Nowhere Fast

February 12, 2021

As we were running behind schedule, headed to my daughter’s appointment this week, I was stuffed with emotion. Why is rushing still such a trigger for me? This is what [...]

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Tantrums – Let’s Not Make This About You, Let’s Make This About Me

January 29, 2021

When one of the rug-rats is having a tantrum I can get triggered. Why? Because deep down inside me, I still sometimes feel responsible for their happiness. Intellectually, I [...]

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How I Stopped Blaming Myself for Quitting – It’s Not Me, It’s You

January 8, 2021

Perfectionism: Maintaining Personal Serenity

There have been so many times when I’ve been hard on myself for “not sticking with something.” Whether it was a new church, method of organizing, eating plan, health [...]

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Christmassing in a Pandemic – It’s Time to Re-evaluate the To-Do List

December 4, 2020

It occurred to me on about Tuesday of this week, as Christmas stress began to creep in, that I was in the process of trying to deliver the exact [...]

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