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Change War – Maintaining Serenity When the Plans Keep Changing

January 14, 2022

With all of the schedule changes caused by COVID these days, I honestly don’t know how I’d be managing if it weren’t for someone I met years ago. The [...]

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All I Want for Christmas V – Standing Up to the Bully of My Inner-Voice

December 24, 2021

Recently, I started a new workout routine. I do pretty much the same thing everyday. But, the other thing that happens everyday? This little negative voice pops in my [...]

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The Good and the Bad – Which Witch I Want to Be

October 15, 2021

For years, I was never quite sure if I learned more from the Good Witches or the Bad Witches in my life. There are those people who’ve pushed me [...]

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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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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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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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Absolute Best Christmas Gift for Everyone on Your List!

December 25, 2020

Family & Friends: Making Healthy Connections

We can all agree that this is a Christmas like no other. As is true for many of us, we won’t be with the people we’re normally with this [...]

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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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Toughest Back to School Ever – Putting One Foot in Front of the Other

September 25, 2020

The September back-to-school transition always poses challenges for us, but this year it’s heavier than ever. Distance learning has been kicking us in the kiesters. As a family, we’re trying to [...]

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Fear of Abundance – What’s Stopping Me From Enjoying My Life?

July 24, 2020

When I take time to appreciate the people in my family, it scares me. That’s right, scares me. I spend a lot of time being grateful for my washing [...]

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

Absolute Best Christmas Gift for Everyone on Your List!

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