I don’t have enough time. I don’t have the ____ to do that. Money. Guts. Space. House. Clothing. Face. Butt. It’s too hot. Too cold. I can’t do that to my kids. I have to do it for my kids. For my parents, my spouse, my boss too, maybe. I don’t know why I did [...]
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You are seeking instant gratification. The “Magic Pill” theory. Quick weight loss, instant love, one month to riches…blah blah blah. Everyone is promising it. They have “the secret” or “the way.” Even better, they can teach you their secrets and their way! Just call this 1-800 number or give your credit card number or take [...]
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There is The Day Of, and then there is, inevitably, The Day After. Sometimes, yesterday was something hard — too long, too much, to stressful, too all over the place. But there is always The Day After. A chance to fix what didn’t work. To move on from what you can’t change. To let go [...]
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We know all the comparisons between life and a roller coaster: Up and down. Wobbly. Creaky. Free-falling. Anticipation. Fear. Ecstacy. Let’s do it again. Make it stop. One more time. OMG never again. I think some people are so much better-equipped than others to handle the roller coaster of life. Maybe it is their nature, [...]
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I am so psyched to be a new contributor to The Change Life Network (TCLN), Read my interview about managing and muddling through life’s inevitable transitions here. And be sure to check out some amazing articles on the site, as well as mine monthly. Ch, ch, ch, ch, ch, changes…
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Today I have a long list of work deadlines. I am feeling doubt and stress about being able to tackle it all in one day. I am unable to really focus, in my usual way, on this blog post. I thought about getting out of it, but the writing plan I am committed to is [...]
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“I was gratified to be able to answer promptly. I said I don’t know” ~ Mark Twain At some point, I was told I was smart. So I became a Smart Girl. Which was cool, and certainly better than a Stupid Girl, but being a Smart Girl means that you have to be, well, smart. [...]
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Not everyone is going to want to hear what you have to say. Not everyone will care about your story, Not everyone will read your words. Not everyone will hear you, really hear you, or see you, really see you. Not everyone will give a damn about any of it. Not everyone is going to [...]
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It is #2 of the beautiful, brilliant Four Agreements: Don’t Take Anything Personally. Yet, we do. We so do. We make entire movies in our heads about what someone did, or didn’t do, or said, or didn’t say, or meant, or may have meant, or didn’t mean….and so on. We obsess over what they must [...]
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When I was a kid, I was not allowed to eat bacon. No ifs, ands or buts. Why? Because it was against my religion. Literally. And, yet, I saw other friends, whom I knew were of the same religion, eating bacon freely. It didn’t make sense, but I followed the rules. Who knows why they [...]
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