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How? or Why? – What People are REALLY Asking

November 16, 2018

When someone asks me how I’m doing, I feel loved and cared for. When someone asks me why I’m doing something, it can quickly feel like an evaluation or [...]

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3 Reasons to Change the Scale I Get on Everyday

November 9, 2018

With the season of eating quickly approaching, I got to thinking about the scale. My scale lives up on a shelf in my closet. I stopped regularly using it [...]

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Explanations vs. Excuses – Am I Using Stress as an Excuse

November 2, 2018

From a young age, it bothered me when people would make excuses and speak for their children, “Oh he’s shy, but thank you for having him.” Being shy is [...]

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Busy – Do You Feel Adult Peer Pressure to Be Frantic?

October 26, 2018

Being too busy makes me so agitated and pissy that I’ve had several serious come to Jesus realizations about how much I can physically do as one human being. [...]

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Mama, Where Does Anger Come From?

October 19, 2018

Well, honey, this is what happens with me… Mama gets tired. Now, we’re good there, nothing too scary about being tired. People get tired. But, instead of getting the [...]

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5 Ways to Keep My Cool with Constant Schedule Changes

October 12, 2018

One of the realities of conducting business and raising children in 2018 is that—thanks to smartphones, tablets, and computers, people have the ability to change the schedule at a [...]

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Right Waiting – 3 Tricks to Deal with People who Always Run Late

October 5, 2018

Last week I wrote about the change in perspective I had with the people who run late in my life in Left Waiting. I thought it was important to [...]

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Left Waiting – Coming to Peace With a Husband Who Always Runs Late

September 28, 2018

There used to be nothing that drove me crazier than waiting for my husband. He used to run late constantly and I was left staring at the clock almost [...]

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Switch to Dimmers – Getting Rid of Black and White Thinking

September 21, 2018

This week was a particularly full week. There were a lot of balls in the air: deadlines, another day off from school, schedule changes, etc. What struck me though [...]

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I’m Not Sorry – Honoring My Downtime

September 14, 2018

While I wouldn’t label myself an ‘over apologizer,’ I seem to constantly apologize for not getting back to people fast enough. I almost always reply within 24-48 hours of [...]

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How? or Why? – What People are REALLY Asking

3 Reasons to Change the Scale I Get on Everyday

Explanations vs. Excuses – Am I Using Stress as an Excuse

Busy – Do You Feel Adult Peer Pressure to Be Frantic?

Mama, Where Does Anger Come From?

5 Ways to Keep My Cool with Constant Schedule Changes

Right Waiting – 3 Tricks to Deal with People who Always Run Late

Left Waiting – Coming to Peace With a Husband Who Always Runs Late

Switch to Dimmers – Getting Rid of Black and White Thinking

I’m Not Sorry – Honoring My Downtime

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