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Teasey Pleasies – A Solution to Taming the Unpleasable

February 15, 2019

After last week’s blog Easy Pleasey, I got to thinking about the Teasey Pleasies in life. Those people who make me believe I truly can please them if I [...]

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Easy Pleasey – Keeping Check of My Pleasability Meter

February 8, 2019

One thing I have to keep in check is my pleasability meter. For a long time, without even realizing it, I was hard to please. I just had these [...]

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Spin Doctor – Flipping Everything Towards the Positive

February 1, 2019

We have a saying in our family, “God’s Plan, not mine.” It was born years ago from an attempt to develop a practice of radical faith. I was in [...]

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Where My Feet Are – Time Tells the Truth

January 11, 2019

When I’m interested in changing anything in my life, I get into this hyper-driven state of research. And now that there are so many resources, I can article-blog-book-movie-social media [...]

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The Magic Ingredient to Getting and Staying Healthy

December 28, 2018

I’ve heard it explained that food cravings derive from an attempt to either quell an emotion or fill an emptiness. For years I knew I was using food as [...]

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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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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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Changing Direction – This Schedule Could Hospitalize Me

August 31, 2018

“If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.” Lao Tzu In the last few weeks, I’ve had a little look-see into where I’m [...]

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The Long Game – Is Anything Getting Through to these Kids?

August 24, 2018

We’ve all heard that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. But, I’ve found that, surprisingly, there’s a good [...]

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No Means No…?

August 17, 2018

My first response to almost every request that passes my children’s lips is, “No.” Big requests, little requests, it doesn’t matter, just, “No.” You’re going to make a mess, [...]

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