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Best Summer Ever? Summer With Kids Can Be Tough

July 20, 2018

Son of a Monkey’s Uncle, I have done it again. In an attempt to better understand my life, I have gone and completely complicated it. I’m often making things [...]

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Family Awards – What Will I Be Remembered For?

July 13, 2018

Spending most of June in graduation/stepping-up ceremonies, got me thinking about awards. I thought it might be a good idea for our family to give awards at the end [...]

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Honesty and Denial – How My Stress Communicates With Me

July 6, 2018

The other day I heard that stress is just another form of fear. Interesting. Because I feel like a person who faces their fears, I was taken aback by [...]

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Going ALL IN on Gratitude this Summer

June 29, 2018

After last week’s post Shake It Up, I was essentially bracing myself in anticipation of school coming to a close as if I were about to be hit by [...]

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Shake It Up – in the Summer the Routine Has to Change

June 22, 2018

Grumpy Gretchen is rearing her ugly head in anticipation of another summer like last year. The summer of ’17 was spent carting kids around and listening to them fight [...]

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Evolve – Getting Comfortable with the Uncomfortable

June 8, 2018

Recovery: Positive Lifestyle Changes

What I’ve found to be the most helpful in my relationships is doing the opposite of what comes naturally to me. If I tend to be the one to [...]

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Adult Growth Spurts – They’re a Real Thing

June 1, 2018

Can 43-year-olds have growth spurts? This week my son was exhibiting the classic signs of a growth spurt: insatiable hunger, complete exhaustion, and right around your birthday or half [...]

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Manifesto of a Powerhouse

May 25, 2018

Recovery: Positive Lifestyle Changes

The word chimed in my chest like a bell. I was listening to a podcast while editing images. Two men were talking about their wives and one of the men [...]

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Ambition Came to Talk to Me and This Is What She Said

May 18, 2018

As I see it, Ambition and I have been friends for as long as I can remember. As a young person, we were pursuing a career in performing arts. [...]

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Doubt – How a Broken Camera Motivated Me to Recommit to My Mission

May 11, 2018

As I get older, in general, I doubt myself less and less. Knowing who I am and what I stand for makes decision making and problem-solving so much easier. [...]

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