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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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If I Want Self-Confidence, I Just Have to Do This?

October 30, 2020

Perfectionism: Maintaining Personal Serenity

Good or bad, the way I respond to people and situations in my life makes me feel safe. But what motivates me to decide to replace those negative responses [...]

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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 [...]

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A note in children's handwriting reads as follows. Moging rotenine. 1. Get out ur bed. 2. get brest. 3. get deotrit on. 4. brus tetht. 5. at brefit. 6. get bag retey. 7. Go to shoosh.

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 [...]

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The Pause – This One Thing Has Changed My Entire Life

July 17, 2020

The single most meaningful spiritual practice that’s had an unimaginable impact on my life is—The Pause. For many years my initial reactions to life led me down a path [...]

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My Not-So Secret Garden – If It Was There Before Corona, It Just Got a Whole Lot Bigger

June 19, 2020

Corona has taken whatever was true about us and made it bigger. Whether we’re looking at our flowers or our weeds, the last three months have shed water and [...]

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The Art of Disappointment: It’s Not You, It’s Me

June 12, 2020

It kind of makes me cringe now, but as I mentioned in Easy Pleasie, I was once a person who was hard to appease. Ironically, however, my mentors were [...]

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Ambition – Schooling Me on What She’s All About

May 22, 2020

This weekend is not only my birthday, but it’s also the blog’s birthday… Happy 3rd Birthday, Confessions! Over the past few months, as the three-year anniversary was approaching, I [...]

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My Corona Diet – A Short Walk to Nowhere

May 15, 2020

“If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you don’t bring forth what is within you, what you don’t bring forth [...]

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The Most Frustrated Baby on the Block – What Quarantining and Toddlers Have in Common

May 1, 2020

When my friends with toddlers talk to me about their miserable 3-year-olds, I feel their pain. Three was right about the age when, I started calling my kids names [...]

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Welcome to my blog turned podcast! Here you can listen or read about what’s on my mind as I try my best to recover from screaming at my kids and nagging the bejesus out my husband.

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Under Prepped and Overdone – Learning to Change by Changing

If I Want Self-Confidence, I Just Have to Do This?

Distance Learning Extended – Surviving Another Corona Blow

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

The Pause – This One Thing Has Changed My Entire Life

My Not-So Secret Garden – If It Was There Before Corona, It Just Got a Whole Lot Bigger

The Art of Disappointment: It’s Not You, It’s Me

Ambition – Schooling Me on What She’s All About

My Corona Diet – A Short Walk to Nowhere

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