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Confessions Conversations: Rachel Joffe

November 7, 2025

Hey there, TeamConfessioners—guess what time it is? It’s time for another Confessions Conversation. Today, my friend Rachel Joffe joins me in the studio. For over twenty-five years I’ve watched…

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Reclaiming the Day – Ditching What Doesn’t Fit

October 31, 2025

Happy Halloween Team Confessioners! Today, as kids and adults alike transform themselves with masks and costumes, this felt like the perfect week to chat about reinvention. I’d love to…

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End Zones & Gratitude – Wins Worth Remembering

October 24, 2025

My college-aged son and I have been talking a lot about what it means to stay where our feet are. He reminded me how toxic it can be to…

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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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Wrapping Season 9 – Rest, Rewinds, and a Little Summer Connection

June 13, 2025

TeamConfessioners—can you believe we’re already finishing up another season? We covered a lot of ground this year, so here’s a quick recap in case you missed an episode and…

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What If the Gift You’ve Been Waiting For Is Already Here?

June 6, 2025

Spirituality: Trusting the Universe's Plan

TITLE: What If the Gift You’ve Been Waiting For Is Already Here? A friend of mine sent me this Melody Beattie reading from The Language of Letting Go that I’d…

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Present and Positive – How a Simple Gratitude Shift Changed My Whole Day

May 30, 2025

Spirituality: Trusting the Universe's Plan

Hey TeamConfessions, I’m 50 now! I am officially older and wiser than I was last week and I’m so excited to rock that status as much as I possibly…

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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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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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Old Dogs and New Tricks – Don’t Believe What They Tell Ya!

October 11, 2024

Can an old dog learn new tricks? If you believe the cliché, old dogs can’t learn new tricks. But, as I approach my older dog years, I think, How…

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