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Brianna Scott – It’s Going to Get Easier

September 13, 2024

Family & Friends: Making Healthy Connections

Hello TeamConfessioners. As promised, this week I’m going to be sharing the wisdom of one of our fellow teammates, Brianna Scott. Brianna owns and operates a website design, creation,…

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Am I Adjusting Accordingly? Getting Older Made Easy

May 24, 2024

Today is my birthday, and here, TeamConfessioners, are just a few of the ways I can tell I’m getting older: I no longer use my teeth to open things…

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Do You Want Peace and Acceptance in Your Life? Repeat After Me!

March 8, 2024

Last month, I found myself caught in a whirlwind of mishaps and misfortunes that seemed more like a relentless storm than the usual ebb and flow of life. Here…

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Caring for You Cares for Me – Empathy Over Fear, a Compassionate Approach to Loved Ones in Pain

February 23, 2024

Family & Friends: Making Healthy Connections

Since this is the last week in February, let’s revisit the topic of love one more time. You’ll remember that we talked about Navigating Love and Forgiveness in the…

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On the Road to Food Acceptance – Wait, There’s No Such Thing as Perfect Eating?

November 3, 2023

Perfectionism: Maintaining Personal Serenity

Honestly, it’s a little embarrassing to admit now, but for a long time I was under the illusion that a day would come when I’d finally crack the code…

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The Cycles of Life – Ride ‘Em, Don’t Fight ‘Em

April 14, 2023

In our family, we all go through cycles: seasonally, annually, monthly, weekly, and daily. Hell, with four teenagers in the house, moods can shift in seconds around here. But,…

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Putting Too Much Weight on Weight – Breaking Free from Decades of Shame

March 31, 2023

As I was experimenting with my diet throughout the fall and winter, I put on weight. Being raised in an era where weight gain was criticized, judged, and even…

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Hitting the Reset Button on Love

February 3, 2023

Family & Friends: Making Healthy Connections

The other day, I was thinking about how hard it is to continue to be loving to someone who is dangling by the last thread of my patience. It…

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Editing the Family Manual – Cut and Pasted from Generation to Generation

April 22, 2022

The year was 1995. I was walking behind a father and his daughter in the garment district in New York City. I watched as the father handed his child…

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Emotional Greed – When Someone is Never Enough

March 11, 2022

The notion of ‘emotional greediness’ was recently introduced to me. I had never heard the term but I love the idea of attaching the word greed to needing more…

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Am I Adjusting Accordingly? Getting Older Made Easy

Do You Want Peace and Acceptance in Your Life? Repeat After Me!

Caring for You Cares for Me – Empathy Over Fear, a Compassionate Approach to Loved Ones in Pain

On the Road to Food Acceptance – Wait, There’s No Such Thing as Perfect Eating?

The Cycles of Life – Ride ‘Em, Don’t Fight ‘Em

Putting Too Much Weight on Weight – Breaking Free from Decades of Shame

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Emotional Greed – When Someone is Never Enough

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