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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 angel’s [...]

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Feeling Invisible – The Corona Burnout is Real

February 5, 2021

The burnout is real friends. Having more QT with the fam-damily after the snowstorm has truly put my extra-long deep breaths to work this week. Even our appliances look beat [...]

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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 season. [...]

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Using Safe Words With Your Clothes On – The Healing Power of Humor and Boundaries

December 11, 2020

Family & Friends: Making Healthy Connections

For those of you who don’t know, the need for a “safe word” derives from intimate encounters. People choose a “safe word” so their boundaries can be clear and honored. [...]

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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 same [...]

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Under Prepped and Overdone – Learning to Change by Changing

November 13, 2020

“You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working… Begin as a mere apprentice and the very power of love will [...]

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Anything But THAT – Finding Solutions in the Last Place I Look

November 6, 2020

Perfectionism: Maintaining Personal Serenity

As TeamC knows, I am willing to look far and wide for solutions to my problems…or at least, that’s what I thought. This month, I’ve had to face the fact [...]

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Distance Learning Extended – Surviving Another Corona Blow

October 16, 2020

While Guildford Public School children were scheduled to switch from the hybrid learning model to a full-time model on the 19th of this month, the decision was made to continue using the hybrid [...]

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What Can I Do Differently? A Simple Way to Get Back on Track

October 2, 2020

Nothing would make me happier than to report that I pulled my act together this week. However, that couldn’t be farther from the truth. The truth is that it feels [...]

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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 get [...]

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Change War – Maintaining Serenity When the Plans Keep Changing

Feeling Invisible – The Corona Burnout is Real

Absolute Best Christmas Gift for Everyone on Your List!

Using Safe Words With Your Clothes On – The Healing Power of Humor and Boundaries

Christmassing in a Pandemic – It’s Time to Re-evaluate the To-Do List

Under Prepped and Overdone – Learning to Change by Changing

Anything But THAT – Finding Solutions in the Last Place I Look

Distance Learning Extended – Surviving Another Corona Blow

What Can I Do Differently? A Simple Way to Get Back on Track

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