The Truth About Having a Mental Illness
The truth about having a mental illness is this: It is hard and it is draining. There are so many things that are going on in your head and so…
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The Truth About Having a Mental Illness
How To Choose Podcasts Worth Listening To
How often have you felt overwhelmed by all the mediums vying for your attention? I can remember a time before podcasts and social media. Books, radio and TV have always…
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How To Choose Podcasts Worth Listening To
How to Break Up With Your Toxic Self in 5 Brave Steps
Do you often believe that you are not good enough? Do you constantly disappoint and judge yourself? Is blaming yourself for making mistakes and expecting perfection a daily ritual? This…
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How to Break Up With Your Toxic Self in 5 Brave Steps
In a Sleep Coach’s House: We Still Have Tired Nights
I do have to brag that my kiddos have been great sleepers from a very young age! But that doesn’t mean that we don’t have setbacks and tired nights here and…
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In a Sleep Coach’s House: We Still Have Tired Nights
Growing Through ALL That We’re Going Through
"Don't "GO" through life, "GROW" through life. Realize the journey of life is not about being right or pretending to know it all. It's about learning and growing every step…
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Growing Through ALL That We’re Going Through
Time Of Self Discovery During The Stay At Home Order
Over the last 11 weeks I have had some time of self discovery during the stay at home order. During the recent stay at home order many of us have…
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Time Of Self Discovery During The Stay At Home Order
Intuitive Eating: The Fear and Freedom of Giving up Dieting for Good
If my memory is correct, I was put on my first diet around the age of seven. Looking at pictures of myself back then, I see I may have been…
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Intuitive Eating: The Fear and Freedom of Giving up Dieting for Good
Yelling: How to Get Your Message Across
Early in the lock-down, I realized that I had no area in my house to "take" my yoga class. Work was from home, college was from home, high school was…
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Yelling: How to Get Your Message Across
Five Mental Health Benefits to Growing Your Garden
Long ago, in a time far far away... My grandfather was an avid gardener. In the acre behind their home he had created a small oasis of vegetables and fruits in…
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Five Mental Health Benefits to Growing Your Garden
A Parent’s Unending Love and Support
Having recently spent a week in the hospital with my daughter, I started thinking about a parent's unending love and support. Even now, as a grown woman and parent myself. …
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A Parent’s Unending Love and Support
Three Unexpected Ways to Expand Your Life Through Stretching
I started out on my wellness journey in May 2018. As you can imagine, when I first started, there was an overwhelming amount of information given to me on how…
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Three Unexpected Ways to Expand Your Life Through Stretching
When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned: We Adjust and Move Forward
The doctor glanced up at me after examining my daughter and gently explained, “We’re going to go ahead and make an appointment for her at the children’s hospital downtown.” Well,…
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When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned: We Adjust and Move Forward
That Glamping Life: Trading in My Tent for a Different Kind of Adventure
I am a “glamper.” I have officially traded in my tent for the glamping life. There. I said it. My backwoods, backpacking, teenaged self-of-old would shudder to hear those words…
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That Glamping Life: Trading in My Tent for a Different Kind of Adventure
Don’t Give Up On Your Purpose in Life: Endure To The End
Have you ever felt like you just want to completely give up and back away from your purpose in life? You have? Me too. Lately, I have felt like it…
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Don’t Give Up On Your Purpose in Life: Endure To The End
What Perspective Am I to Hold on to?
These last few months have been disorienting. To gather enough focus to put pen to paper and write down my thoughts has been daunting. The struggle to identify up from…
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What Perspective Am I to Hold on to?
The Power of Remembering: Reflections from Childhood
Remembering back to my childhood, I reflected on arriving at the base of my favorite tree. I was ten years old looking up and squinting into the Texas sunshine. I…
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The Power of Remembering: Reflections from Childhood
The Best Thing We Can Do for Our Children: Allow Them to be Themselves
“When you parent, it’s critical you realize you aren’t raising a “mini me,” but a spirit throbbing with its own signature. For this reason, it’s important to separate who you…
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The Best Thing We Can Do for Our Children: Allow Them to be Themselves
The Challenge for Moms and the Childless Woman to be in Community
Moms and the childless in community? All of us crave the fulfillment of whatever we assume is missing in our lives. Otherwise, life would be practically perfect. But the challenge for…
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The Challenge for Moms and the Childless Woman to be in Community
I am Racist
It seems like a patterned narrative that plays on a loop: a white celebrity says or does something overtly racially offensive on a TV show/social media platform/news outlet; someone notices…
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I am Racist
What my Failed Tampon Experience Taught me About Period Poverty
I stood there waiting for the airport terminal train, breathing slowly in and out, squeezing my legs together so tightly my muscles were shaking. I was trying to hold back…
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What my Failed Tampon Experience Taught me About Period Poverty
Creating your Support System by Educating Family on Autism
Now that you have an Autism diagnosis it is important to begin creating your support system by educating your family so that they can better understand and help support you…
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Creating your Support System by Educating Family on Autism
Best Friends: Celebrating the Relationships Between Women
My best friend of almost 34 years is a wonderful human being. I don't really know where I'd be without her. Her husband sometimes jokes that we share a brain,…
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Best Friends: Celebrating the Relationships Between Women
Leaving Everything Behind and Living With A Void In Our Hearts
“We leave something of ourselves behind when we leave a place, we stay there, even though we go away. And there are things in us that we can find again…
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Leaving Everything Behind and Living With A Void In Our Hearts
The Power of a Me-too Friend
We were sitting around her kitchen table. I got back from my psychiatrist and received my diagnosis. I got an answer, but it was an answer I never wanted to…
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The Power of a Me-too Friend
Separation Anxiety in Children: How You Can Help
Raising kids is a high-stakes responsibility and in this age of social media and easy access to information about anything and everything, parents are easily overwhelmed with feelings of guilt…
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Separation Anxiety in Children: How You Can Help
Fun Facts and Tips: 15 Things you Didn’t Know About Money and Finance
Money is always such a serious and sometimes taboo topic. We all want more of it and spend a lot of time researching ways to get it. I thought it…
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Fun Facts and Tips: 15 Things you Didn’t Know About Money and Finance
Baking is How I Unwind, Even When It’s Stressful
My favorite unwinding activity is baking, even though that's something that be stressful or can go wrong at any given time.
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Baking is How I Unwind, Even When It’s Stressful
Envy, the Little Green Monster
I'll be honest with you, until a little while ago I did not grasp the difference between jealousy and envy. I thought they were synonyms for one another. So when…
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Envy, the Little Green Monster
Too busy to notice the here and now
Learning to Live in the Moment: It Changed my Life for the Better
I slowed my stroll down the sidewalk and paused to lean against the side of the building. Casually I observed the bypassers and wondered at the look on their faces.…
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Learning to Live in the Moment: It Changed my Life for the Better
Bonus Benefits of a Low-Carb Diet NOT Related to Weight Loss
The low-carb lifestyle may not be for everyone, but I encourage you to do some research and see if perhaps reducing your sugar and carbohydrate intake would improve your overall…
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Bonus Benefits of a Low-Carb Diet NOT Related to Weight Loss
Using a Planner for Journaling: 3 Ways to Save Time
Using a planner for journaling is a great way to reduce your journaling time. One of the biggest reasons people do not journal is the lack of time. We are…
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Using a Planner for Journaling: 3 Ways to Save Time
Help and Be Helped: What Makes Accepting Help So Hard?
I love helping people. It makes me feel purposeful and fulfilled. Every time I’ve taken an Enneagram test, I’m a 2. “The Helper.” I want to bring meals to you…
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Help and Be Helped: What Makes Accepting Help So Hard?
Surviving the Adult Teen Years: One Mom’s Two Cents
One mom’s two cents to get you through those last few tumultuous adult teen years. Parenting is hard. Parenting adult teens is hella hardest. And those last few years will…
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Surviving the Adult Teen Years: One Mom’s Two Cents
Leaving the Fitness Industry: What I Learned About my Body and Soul
After more than 15 years of working in the fitness industry, I recently walked away from teaching indoor cycling classes. Leaving the fitness industry was one of the most difficult,…
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Leaving the Fitness Industry: What I Learned About my Body and Soul
Don’t Like Your Family? Five Reasons Why You Can Stop Feeling Guilty
There is nothing wrong with you because you cringe at the thought of being around your family (or someone in your family). And, if you are feeling guilty about it,…
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Don’t Like Your Family? Five Reasons Why You Can Stop Feeling Guilty
Six Ways That Spring Cleaning Will Declutter Your Life
Spring is here! It’s hard to feel it right now amid the Coronavirus shutdowns but it’s here. With the change in seasons comes the warmer weather, flowers blooming and, for…
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Six Ways That Spring Cleaning Will Declutter Your Life
How Many Times Are You Willing to Get Back Up When You Fall?
We all, at some point in our lives, have fallen down physically or mentally, ranging from childhood to adulthood. We've collected a treasure chest full of scars from a few…
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How Many Times Are You Willing to Get Back Up When You Fall?
Being Ok With Being Ok: The Unspectacular Article
Writing is a love. A passion. A joy. But it is not always easy. While I immensely enjoy the opportunity to share my heart, to be vulnerable and authentically me,…
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Being Ok With Being Ok: The Unspectacular Article
How to Spark Transparent Connections through “How are you?”
I have long known that God created me with the gift of transparency. But have since learned to shroud it in discernment. To pause for a beat. Then, cautiously determine…
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How to Spark Transparent Connections through “How are you?”
I Don’t Have to Save the World Today and Neither Do You
So, I have this problem. It’s not, like, a bad problem, necessarily. And it’s not one of those problems where I have brief moments of anxiety, like when I misplace…
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I Don’t Have to Save the World Today and Neither Do You
Embrace the Season You’re In – Something Valuable is Coming
I curled up under a blanket on the carpeted floor of our master bedroom closet. Pulling the pillow over my head, I squeezed my eyes shut and turned on the…
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Embrace the Season You’re In – Something Valuable is Coming
My love of all things natural: Embracing essential oils and their benefits
My love of all things natural. I was very young when my love of all things natural began. My parents were instrumental in this, although neither them or I knew…
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My love of all things natural: Embracing essential oils and their benefits
It’s Not Only Okay To Talk About The Hard, It’s Necessary!
"Vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage."-Brene Brown Life is filled with so many amazing moments. There is so much to celebrate, so much to be grateful for, so…
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It’s Not Only Okay To Talk About The Hard, It’s Necessary!
Outta’ Your Head: Saying No to the Tyranny of Compulsive Thinking
Stress. Tension. Anxiety. Busyness. We have too much to do! Too many hats to wear! Too many places to be! We believe life would calm down and the problem would…
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Outta’ Your Head: Saying No to the Tyranny of Compulsive Thinking
Cultivating My (un)Grateful Heart
My heart has grown quite disengaged and resentful of late. The world seems so harsh and unkind. Messages of hate and judgment, acts of cruelty and divisive language everywhere make…
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Cultivating My (un)Grateful Heart
We’ve All Said the Wrong Thing Before So Let’s Give a Little Grace
I’m the type of person who thinks about the times I’ve said the wrong thing over and over again. These comments will pop into my head sometimes at completely random…
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We’ve All Said the Wrong Thing Before So Let’s Give a Little Grace
Growing Through Rejection, Indifference, and Self Preservation
I was fourteen years old as I stepped off the school bus. Tears were streaming down my cheeks. I had just experienced deep rejection. Behind me, the voices of former…
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Growing Through Rejection, Indifference, and Self Preservation
Saying That You are Fine When You are Falling Apart
If I had a dollar for every time I said that I was fine when I was falling apart I would be rich. I am like the queen at saying…
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Saying That You are Fine When You are Falling Apart
How to Identify Credibility When Information is Constant
There is a constant stream of information in our lives today. We have devices that fit in the palm of our hands that have access to all the information in the world. And if we don’t have said device, there is certainly someone in our circle that does and openly shares this information, whether requested or not. How do we weed out the noxious misinformation? Is it possible to define credibility within constant change?
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How to Identify Credibility When Information is Constant
An Intuitive Eating Introduction — And How It Can Change Your Life
There has been a lot of buzz in the media lately about intuitive eating. More people are waking up to the fact that the "wellness culture" so many Instagram influencers…
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An Intuitive Eating Introduction — And How It Can Change Your Life
I’ll Never Sleep Again: Finding the Humor in a Sleepless Phase of Life
Ahh, sleep deprivation. A sleepless state of existence that is near and not-so-dear to my heart. As a matter of fact, I don’t know that I’ve met many individuals who…
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I’ll Never Sleep Again: Finding the Humor in a Sleepless Phase of Life
The Secret to Writing Words that have Power, Meaning, and Purpose
One year ago I said I would never write a blog. Two months later, here I am, still writing blogs. Oh no...Not another blog! You may want to grab a glass of…
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The Secret to Writing Words that have Power, Meaning, and Purpose
Asking for Help: The Hard. The Beauty. The Freedom.
I. Need. Help. Three words that bring rise to a myriad of feelings, emotions and physical reactions. To ask for help is to be vulnerable. It’s scary. It’s risky. And…
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Asking for Help: The Hard. The Beauty. The Freedom.
Healthy Ways to Boost Your Mind and Body Out of the Mid-Season Funk!
Ever feel like you need a little mid-season boost after the holidays? During the final quarter of the year, we are celebrating with lights and laughter, spending time with loved…
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Healthy Ways to Boost Your Mind and Body Out of the Mid-Season Funk!
The Magnificent Mundane: Finding Belonging From Your Line of Survivors
All the little moments that get lost when you are busy running the race to achievement. It's within these moments where belonging waits to be found.
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The Magnificent Mundane: Finding Belonging From Your Line of Survivors
From 30 to 40, a Decade of Transformation
For me, the time between 30 and 40 was truly a decade of transformation. Sometimes it can feel like we haven't accomplished much. Usually, though, when we take time to…
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From 30 to 40, a Decade of Transformation
A Lesson I Learned From My Mom: Be Yourself
My mom says lots of things. Let me clarify. My mom has a big mouth. Okay, wait, that’s not what I’m going for either. My mom tells me when she’s…
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A Lesson I Learned From My Mom: Be Yourself
The Wave of Suffocation: Longing for More
The wave of suffocation had finally reached shore and was pulling me under. You see, I used to be the girl who longed for more. More books, more serving dishes,…
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The Wave of Suffocation: Longing for More
The Value Of Our History Begins In Our Thoughts
The Beauty of History The value of our History is such a beautiful thing! Because there’s so much you can learn from it. And by reading the writings left behind we…
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The Value Of Our History Begins In Our Thoughts
Crapper Canvases: Lessons Learned From Bathroom Art
This reflection of the impact my mother’s bathroom decor had on my life lessons got me reminiscing on other lessons I’ve taken from crapper canvases.
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Crapper Canvases: Lessons Learned From Bathroom Art
Making Friends (Again) as an Adult.
No matter the stage or age we’re in, having great friends is a coveted circumstance. Finding a squad of authentic friends who appreciate you in spite of your quirks (hopefully…
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Making Friends (Again) as an Adult.
Fighting your Inner Mean Girl with Positive Self-Love
Up until fifth grade I felt I had led a positive, normal Midwest life. Although not together, my parents loved me. I had lots of books to keep me happy…
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Fighting your Inner Mean Girl with Positive Self-Love
Keep your Marriage Thriving: Tips for Special Needs Parents
Let’s talk about how to keep your marriage thriving, and some tips for special needs parents. Let's face it, having a good marriage does not come easily. Add to that…
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Keep your Marriage Thriving: Tips for Special Needs Parents
Your Legacy is Still Yours to Create- How Will You Build It?
My maternal grandmother lived in a small town in Iowa. She wore curlers in her hair at night and didn’t leave the house without lipstick. Just thinking about her lasagna…
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Your Legacy is Still Yours to Create- How Will You Build It?
Curb the distractions: Journey Together with 2 Techniques
Do 24 hours a day seem not enough to handle it all? You aren't alone. Balancing family and business while maintaining a sense of self is challenging. Add in social…
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Curb the distractions: Journey Together with 2 Techniques
My Husband Annoys Me Beyond Belief: Five Reasons Why I Stay Married
I’ve been in a relationship with my husband for almost twenty-five years. We bonded over deep belly laughter and amazing sex. That grew into sharing our perspective and finding out…
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My Husband Annoys Me Beyond Belief: Five Reasons Why I Stay Married
Let Yourself Go: Breaking Free From Harmful Self Control
How many of you cringed just reading the words "Let yourself go"? From a very early age we are exposed to external forms of control. Parents tell us when to…
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Let Yourself Go: Breaking Free From Harmful Self Control
Just One Child? Why People’s Family Sizes Are None of Your Business
In a New Year’s quest to declutter, my husband and I decided to sell our piano that had been sitting in our house collecting dust for more than a decade.…
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Just One Child? Why People’s Family Sizes Are None of Your Business
My 2020 Personal Reading Challenge: Six Great Books in Six Months
In a world of audiobooks, podcasts, online videos and information overload – it’s easy to get out of the habit of good old-fashioned reading. Reading real books not only exercises…
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My 2020 Personal Reading Challenge: Six Great Books in Six Months
The Power in a Personal Development Conference
I recently attended a personal development conference called Rise, created by Rachel Hollis (more info here). This excited me so much that I bought the tickets the day they released.…
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The Power in a Personal Development Conference
Parenting a Tween Daughter: What She Needs Most
Parent of a Tween Girl! I’ve recently entered a new phase in mum-life. Becoming the parent of my very own tween daughter! Of course I’ve been there once upon a…
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Parenting a Tween Daughter: What She Needs Most
The Power of Yet: Making Space for a Growth Mindset
I don't know how many times my yoga teacher told me that I just "had" to read The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle. Many. Because I procrastinated for months…
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The Power of Yet: Making Space for a Growth Mindset
Telling Your Story Can Be a Survival Guide for Special Needs Parents
“One day you’ll tell your story of how you’ve overcome what you’re going through now and it will become part of someone else’s survival guide.” -Unknown This quote resonated with…
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Telling Your Story Can Be a Survival Guide for Special Needs Parents
Mommy Guilt: If You Are Giving it to Yourself, Stop it
Before I was a mom, I knew that mommy guilt was a thing. I knew to be careful if I experienced this. One thing I didn’t expect was to give…
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Mommy Guilt: If You Are Giving it to Yourself, Stop it
You Reap What You Sow: How This Phrase Affected My Mindset.
There is an old proverb that mentions the idea of you reap what you sow. If you've ever heard this growing up, how did you decern it? When I heard,…
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You Reap What You Sow: How This Phrase Affected My Mindset.
Empowered Women Should Not Equal Disempowered Men
I would say that I got onto my own path of empowerment in my early 20's. I was a single mom with my daughter for 8 years, went to college…
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Empowered Women Should Not Equal Disempowered Men
Behold: A Powerful Practice to Embrace
I stepped out of the car and happened to glance down at the ground before landing on my feet. An odd-shaped rock caught my eye. I immediately beheld how the stone…
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Behold: A Powerful Practice to Embrace
The Importance of Having People Like Us and Un-like Us!
I'm a big believer in finding our circle, squad, or tribe. Individuals who have similar ideas, beliefs, and values is important because they will encourage, support and cheer us on.…
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The Importance of Having People Like Us and Un-like Us!
My Husband is Not the Romantic Valentine’s Type, He’s His Own Novel.
Happy Valentine's season my fellow comrades. I know this can be a sensitive time for many of us and it can also be a time for envy and anger. Well…
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My Husband is Not the Romantic Valentine’s Type, He’s His Own Novel.
Celebrating the Lives and Legacy of Childless Women
The Lives of Childless Women I often struggle in celebrating the lives of growing families around me. Counting myself among childless women I feel like an anomaly. Although maybe more…
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Celebrating the Lives and Legacy of Childless Women
Creating Positive Affirmations — Change Your Mindset and Your Reality
How affirmations can be a calming force for people with anxiety or stress.
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Creating Positive Affirmations — Change Your Mindset and Your Reality
Losing My Voice, Gaining Perspective: Two Lessons I Learned from Staying Quiet
The quieter you become, the more you can hear.Ram Dass Losing My Voice; Literally Last week, I lost my voice. And I mean that in the literal sense. I went…
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Losing My Voice, Gaining Perspective: Two Lessons I Learned from Staying Quiet
Love and Kindness Go Together: A Relationship Reminder
Love and kindness go together. They really do. In my 20 years as a counselor, I've been astounded at how many people say and do the most unkind things in…
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Love and Kindness Go Together: A Relationship Reminder
Opinions: Everyone Has One But You Never Know Who is Sitting Next to You
Opinions are like... and everyone has one. We’ve all heard the saying, but I find myself baffled that while we wouldn’t dare to share our nether regions, why do we…
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Opinions: Everyone Has One But You Never Know Who is Sitting Next to You
When Grief Moves In and Unpacks Her Bags: How Grief Changed Me
When grief officially moves in and unpacks her bags, she becomes a part of every breath and every moment whether we like it our not. When she came to visit…
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When Grief Moves In and Unpacks Her Bags: How Grief Changed Me
Phobias for Fuel: Recognizing the Other Side of Fear
It's hard to know what not to fear because the other side of fear isn’t commonly acknowledged. However, it can be advantageous to do so. When I left the country…
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Phobias for Fuel: Recognizing the Other Side of Fear
Just Begin Again: The Power of Your Personal Reset Button
We've been sold the lie of perfection. Perfection lies out there, somewhere, with someone else. However, life has never been about being perfect. It's always been about being and becoming. And one of the greatest tools we have on our journey of being and becoming is our personal reset button.
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Just Begin Again: The Power of Your Personal Reset Button
Your Kids Are Going To Leave: Stop Expecting Them To Fill Your Needs
Our children are miracles. They make us proud, frustrate and challenge us and they teach us a lot about ourselves. However, they are not ours to keep. We don't own…
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Your Kids Are Going To Leave: Stop Expecting Them To Fill Your Needs
Planning a New Year’s Resolution That Will Be a Success
Our New Year's Resolution The New Year begins and we smile and hug ourselves as thoughts of thousands of new opportunities dance in our heads! Scraping the old, yucky and…
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Planning a New Year’s Resolution That Will Be a Success
Finding Yourself in the New Year: Awakening Your Creativity in 2020
It seems that everyone sets some type of goal or selects a word for the new year. Today I wanted to share some ways to find yourself in the new…
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Finding Yourself in the New Year: Awakening Your Creativity in 2020
Sleep Deprivation: Affecting Your Daily Function, Relationship and Sex Life
What is it about you having a lousy night’s sleep that makes everyone else seem so awful? Sleep deprivation is no joke when it comes to having children and the…
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Sleep Deprivation: Affecting Your Daily Function, Relationship and Sex Life
Learn.Change.Grow; Evolving to Become The Next Version of YOU!
We all make goals this time of year, and we should – learning and growing should be something we aspire to always do. Realizing where we are right now, and…
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Learn.Change.Grow; Evolving to Become The Next Version of YOU!
Finding Comfort in JOMO – The Joy of Missing Out
I have lived half my life with the fear of missing out or “FOMO” – even when this now-popular acronym didn’t exist to describe my state of being. I have…
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Finding Comfort in JOMO – The Joy of Missing Out
New Year? New You? What About a New Clean Space?
Happy New Year to you all. Tis' the season for resolutions and promises for the upcoming year. I hear a lot about working on ourselves, inspirational mindsets and much more.…
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New Year? New You? What About a New Clean Space?
Ditching Diets and Embracing Self-Acceptance Instead: The Healthiest I’ve Ever Been!
This year I’m turning 40 and I have one intention for the year: to be the healthiest I have ever been. I would venture to guess that when most people…
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Ditching Diets and Embracing Self-Acceptance Instead: The Healthiest I’ve Ever Been!
Exchanging Our Agendas for a Posture of Curiosity this New Year
It’s the New Year and we all know what that means….New Years Resolutions. While I think the idea behind the practice of making goals for the New Year is good,…
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Exchanging Our Agendas for a Posture of Curiosity this New Year
Seven Lessons I’ve Learned from Unplugging for Seven Days
I recently took a trip to Jamaica for a week. It was heaven. The weather was warm and the water was turquoise. It was everything my husband and I needed. Before…
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Seven Lessons I’ve Learned from Unplugging for Seven Days
Holiday Money Blues: 4 Tips to Get your Finances Back on Track
Now that the holidays are over, and the first credit card statement shows up, gulp! Did you spend more than you planned? It happens to us all! I think especially…
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Holiday Money Blues: 4 Tips to Get your Finances Back on Track
Navigating Friendships Through All Stages of Life: 4 Things I’ve Learned
Friendships are hard. Period. Navigating friendships through all stage of life is hard, especially as life changes. When friendships are good you feel great, but when they come to an…
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Navigating Friendships Through All Stages of Life: 4 Things I’ve Learned
Honor the Cycles of the Moon to Reconnect to Your Natural Rhythms
I often look up at the night sky and feel my home is up there somewhere. I can feel my soul pulling toward the stars and moon, aching to return…
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Honor the Cycles of the Moon to Reconnect to Your Natural Rhythms
Practice Doesn’t Make Perfect: Embracing the Imperfect
There’s nothing quite like one’s first-ever blog post to serve up a big helping of vulnerability, is there? But really, the craving to be more vulnerable is largely what nudged…
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Practice Doesn’t Make Perfect: Embracing the Imperfect
There is Nothing Wrong With Having Postpartum Depression: It is Okay
The reality is, Postpartum Depression is a very real thing. According to the CDC, 1 in 9 women experience symptoms of Postpartum Depression. And there is nothing wrong with having…
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There is Nothing Wrong With Having Postpartum Depression: It is Okay
Word of the Year: Find Empowerment Through Words in 2020
Someone very close to me once told me that she had a 'Word of the Year' that she reminded herself of frequently throughout 2019. She wanted this word to be…
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Word of the Year: Find Empowerment Through Words in 2020
Hope Deferred Makes The Heart Sick: How to Handle Disappointment
Shattered Dreams Six months ago, our lives became shattered and fractured in one fatal swoop. All of our dreams and our sense of security vanished, leaving nothing but a nasty…
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Hope Deferred Makes The Heart Sick: How to Handle Disappointment
Put Me In, Coach: Why I Quit Therapy to Hire a Coach
I walked into my very first appointment with a therapist around the age of 12. I don’t remember if there was a particular instance that led my parents to make…
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Put Me In, Coach: Why I Quit Therapy to Hire a Coach
My first Zumba class!
I Hate Going to the Gym: 5 Tips For Making Working Out Fun
Finding Joy in Going to the Gym I have loathed going to the gym my entire adult life. I do not get that “high” that many people feel during and…
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I Hate Going to the Gym: 5 Tips For Making Working Out Fun
Cultivating Patience to Gain Self-Control: 5 Lessons From Avocado Seeds
When we try to cultivate patience to gain self-control it can be a difficult task. To cultivate means to prepare or nurture something, more so in a way of practicing.…
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Cultivating Patience to Gain Self-Control: 5 Lessons From Avocado Seeds
Vision Boards – Express Your Desires and Visualize Your Future
There is a lot of buzz around the idea of vision boards. You've been probably seeing vision board workshops popping up all over your social media accounts. Is this something…
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Vision Boards – Express Your Desires and Visualize Your Future
Stepping Away From a Broken Marriage and Saving More Than Yourself
That one small act of stepping away, that you performed in the moment of tremendous courage, has the power to change destinies of the next generations! Broken Promises She was…
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Stepping Away From a Broken Marriage and Saving More Than Yourself
This New Year: Resolve to Finally be Your Authentic Self in 6 Steps
“To be authentic, we must cultivate the courage to be imperfect — and vulnerable. We have to believe that we are fundamentally worthy of love and acceptance, just as we…
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This New Year: Resolve to Finally be Your Authentic Self in 6 Steps
Looking Back: A Heart-Centered New Year’s Eve Ritual
Rituals are an integral part of the holiday season. They are shaped by ancestry, faith, and culture, varying from person to person, family to family. A tree with ornaments collected…
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Looking Back: A Heart-Centered New Year’s Eve Ritual
Let’s Gift the Gift of Being Present: 4 Tips to Enjoy the Holiday Season
Creating a list, checking it twice, sticking to a budget, making sure the kids are happy and loved. It's easy to get so wrapped up in the shopping and the…
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Let’s Gift the Gift of Being Present: 4 Tips to Enjoy the Holiday Season
The Holidays are Hard For Me: Navigating a Tough Season
The holidays are hard. Driving into work the other day I could barely keep the tears back. I hurt. Life hurts right now. The holidays are a hard season for…
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The Holidays are Hard For Me: Navigating a Tough Season
The Universe Gives Us Signs: Listen and Take Action!
"The universe is always speaking to us...sending us little messages, causing coincidences and serendipities, reminding us to stop, to look around, to believe in something else."-Unknown Have you ever received…
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The Universe Gives Us Signs: Listen and Take Action!
Holiday Blues: Coming Face to Face with Loneliness and Discovering Joy
It was a crisp autumn day, down under in the southern hemisphere of New Zealand. Wandering around the city of Auckland, I found myself people-watching while simultaneously soaking up my…
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Holiday Blues: Coming Face to Face with Loneliness and Discovering Joy
Holiday Memories: 3 Ways to Capture Them in Your Journal
This time of year I enjoy reflecting on my holiday memories, of a time when we all gathered around the tree to open presents or sat around the table for…
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Holiday Memories: 3 Ways to Capture Them in Your Journal
Celebrating the Spirit of Christmas; with the Giving of Tzedakah!
This Christmas season, I encourage you to celebrate the spirit of giving by embracing the Jewish tradition of Tzedakah! More Faith, More Fun! Our family gets the honor of having…
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Celebrating the Spirit of Christmas; with the Giving of Tzedakah!
Looking Back to Get Ahead: Gratitude and Presence, not Perfection
Does the quest for perfection in the world and in your own heart constantly nag at you? Looking back to get ahead can become a key factor in living well…
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Looking Back to Get Ahead: Gratitude and Presence, not Perfection
How to Be Alone for the Holidays — A Survival Guide
Being alone for the holidays is hard, so here are 7 tips to make it a little easier.
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How to Be Alone for the Holidays — A Survival Guide
Finding Those Raw, Real, Authentic Connections
Raw, real, and authentic can be hard to find Moving. We’ve all done it. Maybe it was for that dream job or maybe it was to be closer to family.…
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Finding Those Raw, Real, Authentic Connections
Pushing Pause: The Power and Gift of Our Presence
I’m unsure where this year went. It feels like just yesterday, my kids and I were filled with much anticipation and excitement for the return of our husband and daddy…
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Pushing Pause: The Power and Gift of Our Presence
Preparing For the Holidays: Tips For Families With Children on the Spectrum
It is the most magical time of the year and notably the most stressful for many. If you are raising an autistic child then you have some added stress that…
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Preparing For the Holidays: Tips For Families With Children on the Spectrum
Christmas, Don’t Break My Bank Account! Ways to Save This Season.
Tis’ the season for Christmas: Christmas time can be a magical time. It can also be one of the most stressful months of the entire year. It has this true…
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Christmas, Don’t Break My Bank Account! Ways to Save This Season.
Sleep Training: A Gift To Our Family
When our daughter was little we started doing all the things to get her to sleep and it wasn't working. That is when we decided to teach our daughter independent sleep skills.
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Sleep Training: A Gift To Our Family
Step Up Your Winter Self Care with Ayurveda: What You Need to Know
Learn how to be well this winter with these five self-care tips from yoga's sister science, Ayurveda. Also includes basic Ayurceda and dosha types.
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Step Up Your Winter Self Care with Ayurveda: What You Need to Know
This Isn’t A Hallmark Movie! 6 Ways to be Present, Not Perfect, During the Holidays
If you know me, you know I really love a good, sappy Hallmark movie, especially a Christmas one. During the holiday season there's little I enjoy more than snuggling up…
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This Isn’t A Hallmark Movie! 6 Ways to be Present, Not Perfect, During the Holidays
The Heaviness of Our Own Expectations Can Weigh Us Down
The heaviness of our own expectations can weigh us down and cause a rigidity that if our life turns out different than we planned, it can feel like failure.
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The Heaviness of Our Own Expectations Can Weigh Us Down
Going for the Win-Win: Decision Making in Relationships
We value strong, healthy relationships, but nothing can damage them more than poor decision making skills. Whether it is a spouse, sibling, long-time friend, or business partner, we want to stay close and feel connected. Going for the win-win is the solution to this problem.
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Going for the Win-Win: Decision Making in Relationships
A Christmas Love Story: How A Dog Became My Greatest Gift Ever
All good love stories start the same way...a brain injury and cold noses. Get some hot cocoa and a snugly blanket and let me tell you all about the Christmas…
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A Christmas Love Story: How A Dog Became My Greatest Gift Ever
Epic Pacific Northwest Road Trip: Route and Tips Along the Colorado to Washington Loop
Route and tips from our Pacific Northwest road trip. From Greeley, Colorado to Friday Harbor Washington. See all the sights and highlights along the way!
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Epic Pacific Northwest Road Trip: Route and Tips Along the Colorado to Washington Loop
Embracing The Woman I’m Becoming: An Ongoing Journey
"Life is a lively process of becoming"-Douglas MacArthur Do you remember what you wanted to be when you were a kid? Perhaps a teacher, a doctor, a ballerina or all…
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Embracing The Woman I’m Becoming: An Ongoing Journey
To Give or Not to Give: Showing My Kids the Real Meaning of Christmas
I wrestle with the best way to make Christmas magical while not going overboard. Every year I struggle: To give or not to give.
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To Give or Not to Give: Showing My Kids the Real Meaning of Christmas
Having the Courage to be Disliked: Why it’s so Important
"It's better to risk being disliked for living your truth than to be loved for what you are pretending to be." -Dawn Gluskin Let’s face it, no matter how hard…
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Having the Courage to be Disliked: Why it’s so Important
A Diamond In The Rough: Embracing a Beautiful Learning and Growing Process
Dear Friend, I have something to tell you that maybe you didn’t know!I I see you with your head down and tears flowing. I see the discouragement in your eyes.…
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A Diamond In The Rough: Embracing a Beautiful Learning and Growing Process
I Got You, Babe: Creating Authentic Female Friendships
Every December for the last five years or so, when my husband and I sat down to list our goals and intentions for the next year, I’ve included “make new…
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I Got You, Babe: Creating Authentic Female Friendships
Pumpkin Pie Modified; An Ode to my Uncle John and His Delicious Recipe
Pumpkin Pie recipes are right on time this month. However, let me be honest, this wasn’t the article I had planned to write for this month of Thanks. I had…
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Pumpkin Pie Modified; An Ode to my Uncle John and His Delicious Recipe
Why You Should Be Throwing a Friendsgiving and How to Do It
It’s November so Start Planning: In the last few years we have had a Friendsgiving at our house with 6 of our closest friends and it’s something that I look…
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Why You Should Be Throwing a Friendsgiving and How to Do It
It’s Not Too Late! 3 Steps to Take Charge and Make Change Before the End of the Year
There are only a few more weeks left in this year—in this decade, in fact! Have you had a chance to stop and think about that yet? At this point…
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It’s Not Too Late! 3 Steps to Take Charge and Make Change Before the End of the Year
How to Talk to Veterans: Beyond the Thank You
This Veteran’s Day season I challenge the status quo and invite you to STOP thanking us for our service. Instead ask us ABOUT our service, especially our Vietnam, Korean, and pre-9/11 service members.
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How to Talk to Veterans: Beyond the Thank You
Soup’s On: Delicious and Easy Butternut Squash Recipe
As the wind whips around, red, orange, and yellow leaves swirl around into a frenzy. Large snow clouds roll in across the horizon, threatening to release white, fluffy flakes by…
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Soup’s On: Delicious and Easy Butternut Squash Recipe
Wake Up Girl: Your Body Size Doesn’t Define your Worth
"Dear Body, You were never a problem. There is nothing wrong with your size, your curves, your scars, your flaws, your stretch marks or you. It's not your job to…
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Wake Up Girl: Your Body Size Doesn’t Define your Worth
Caution Work Ahead: It’s OK to be a work in progress!
My life is in a current state of unrest. I'm a wife, mom of three kids (two are 5 and under), an employee, and an entrepreneur. In my quiet time,…
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Caution Work Ahead: It’s OK to be a work in progress!
Finding the Light in the Midst of Darkness: A Walk In Central Park
Last month, my 40th birthday wish came true. I got to tour New York City and see a Broadway show. It was a spectacular and eye opening adventure. Walking through…
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Finding the Light in the Midst of Darkness: A Walk In Central Park
Hate: 5 Reasons We Let Negativity Take Over Our Emotions
Hate has always been a hard topic to discuss. It is usually seen as negative and can be deemed as an unacceptable emotion, making us feel like a bad person…
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Hate: 5 Reasons We Let Negativity Take Over Our Emotions
5 Natural Ways to Manage PTSD- Simple Habits for Daily Life
How to manage PTSD in a healthy and constructive way can feel impossible. There are so many unknown things happening inside our brains that it seems daunting to try and DO anything about it. I hear you. I understand.
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5 Natural Ways to Manage PTSD- Simple Habits for Daily Life
When Seasons Change- Deciding to Take a Break From Social Media
I was fairly young when I had my son, and none of my girlfriends were in this season of their lives. So they always seemed well put together, on time,…
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When Seasons Change- Deciding to Take a Break From Social Media
What Dancing with My Husband Taught Me
I used to be the girl who was afraid of dancing. I was afraid to be in front of other people and worried about what they might think. Picture this:…
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What Dancing with My Husband Taught Me
I’ve Been That Girl! Forgiving Myself For Not Knowing Better
"Forgive yourself for not knowing better at the time. Forgive yourself for giving away your power. Forgive yourself for past behaviors. Forgive yourself for the survival patterns and traits you…
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I’ve Been That Girl! Forgiving Myself For Not Knowing Better
The Power of Our Words in Life and How They Shape the Future
The power of words in our life is something that is so underrated that we trip and fall over it! We don’t recognize this power and neither do we teach it…
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The Power of Our Words in Life and How They Shape the Future
Embracing Gen Z: Learning to Relate Across the Generations
Allow me to be brutally honest. I struggle understanding adolescents and the young culture of today. It is more than not understanding their eye rolls or deep sighs upon, yet again,…
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Embracing Gen Z: Learning to Relate Across the Generations
Learning to Be Kind to Myself: What Does that Look Like?
I’m unsure where to start. What to write. What to say. I guess that is common when you hear news that causes your breath to be caught. While sitting in…
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Learning to Be Kind to Myself: What Does that Look Like?
Middle Aging: What the Hell is Happening to Me?
The more wisdom and knowledge I gain by growing older, the more my physical body starts to get quirky. Just when I feel like I'm starting to really know and…
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Middle Aging: What the Hell is Happening to Me?
Mind Your Gurus: How to Manage All Those Voices We Follow
Jim Rohn, a renowned businessman, once said, "You're the average of the five people you spend most of your time with." In short he's saying we emulate who we surround…
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Mind Your Gurus: How to Manage All Those Voices We Follow
5 Tips to Succeed While Serving on a Nonprofit Board
It can be hard getting started and making a significant contribution as part of a non-profit board. Once you are selected, finding where to apply your unique gifts and hitting…
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5 Tips to Succeed While Serving on a Nonprofit Board
I’m Still No Expert At This! 23 Thoughts About Relationships and Marriage
This month my husband and I are celebrating 23 years of being together. You’d think that after 23 years of doing something we’d be experts by now, but—we are not.…
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I’m Still No Expert At This! 23 Thoughts About Relationships and Marriage
Time is a Blessing; Don’t Waste it, Allow it to Elevate You!
Time is precious. We've all heard that old proverb thousands of times, but we still take it for granted. We aren't usually mindful everyday of how blessed we are to…
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Time is a Blessing; Don’t Waste it, Allow it to Elevate You!
Three Core Life Values: Inspiration for the Game of Life and Football Fans
Fall is in the air, which means it is football season! Whether or not you love the game of football like I do, there are some really great life lessons…
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Three Core Life Values: Inspiration for the Game of Life and Football Fans
Fall is in the Air: DIY Pumpkin Cake Balls
The nights are getting shorter and the air is getting crisper. School has started and activities are in full swing. Fall is right around the corner! My favorite season. Nothing…
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Fall is in the Air: DIY Pumpkin Cake Balls
Never Is Determined By Our Attitude: Discovering The Word Never
Understanding The Attitude of Never "Never, never, never give up." Was a speech that Winston Churchill gave at his boyhood school one October and was passed on to me as…
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Never Is Determined By Our Attitude: Discovering The Word Never
Three Ways to Deal with Rejection and Live a Healthy Life
No matter what form it comes in, rejection carries side effects that can throw us off track. Rejection can take away precious moments with loved ones, distract us from doing…
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Three Ways to Deal with Rejection and Live a Healthy Life
A Smoothie Love Affair: How Green Smoothies Changed my Life!
My Smoothie Love Affair I've been a lover of a good, wholesome smoothie for as long as I can remember. Well almost! It was 1998 when this love affair began,…
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A Smoothie Love Affair: How Green Smoothies Changed my Life!
It’s Never Too Late; You Are On Your Own Timeline
"The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something."Antoine de Saint-Exupery I just recently celebrated my birthday, my 31st birthday to be exact. Birthdays are a…
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It’s Never Too Late; You Are On Your Own Timeline
Leery of Network Marketing? Get With The Times: MLM is Now a Way of Life.
Unless you've been living under a rock the last few years, you are probably well aware that network marketing distributors are taking over the internet. Social media feeds are flooded…
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Leery of Network Marketing? Get With The Times: MLM is Now a Way of Life.
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Validation in the 21st Century: The Impact of Social Media and Communication
Validation? Validation is a hot topic in the 21st century. I don’t know about you, but I see it almost every single day. That is the entire reason for social…
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Validation in the 21st Century: The Impact of Social Media and Communication
Doubt: The Painful Reality About The Path To Healing.
“When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.” -Honore de Balzac Ever since I was little I have trusted myself. If I dreamed it, I could do…
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Doubt: The Painful Reality About The Path To Healing.
Starting a Podcast is Easier than You May Think: 5 Tips for Getting Started
If you’re an entrepreneur that wants to get the word out about your message, product, or service, you may be thinking about starting a podcast. What’s holding you back? I…
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Starting a Podcast is Easier than You May Think: 5 Tips for Getting Started
The Siren Song Of A Broken Heart: The Aftershock of Trauma
July is hard, August brings healing. Trauma is a strange thing. Every year I think I’m over it, I think I’ve processed enough. Then September comes, and my mind is…
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The Siren Song Of A Broken Heart: The Aftershock of Trauma
A Letter to the Mama Who Didn’t Cry at School Drop Off
Dear Mama, I see you. Talking with your mama friends about your kiddos starting school this year. Them telling you how much they cried and didn’t know what to do…
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A Letter to the Mama Who Didn’t Cry at School Drop Off
How to Create Your Own DIY Handmade Art Journal
Disclaimer: I would not call myself an artist. But I do love my handmade art journal. Like many, I possess a creative bent. This means I love finding outlets for…
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How to Create Your Own DIY Handmade Art Journal
Exposing the Myths About Life Insurance and Why Women Are Under-Insured
September is LIFE INSURANCE awareness month. You may have seen some of the #LIAM2019 posts on social media or on a poster at the store. It's a whole month dedicated…
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Exposing the Myths About Life Insurance and Why Women Are Under-Insured
Redefining Rest: Practicing Pause, Presence, and Peace
A few years ago, I was introduced to a new idea to begin the New Year. Rather than making a resolution, I would take a moment to sit with God…
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Redefining Rest: Practicing Pause, Presence, and Peace
Oh Lordy I’m Turning 40! Embracing the Other Side of the Hill
Today I turned 40 years old. I am now what is considered "mid-life," "middle aged," and "over the hill." All joking aside, It stops me in my tracks to think…
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Oh Lordy I’m Turning 40! Embracing the Other Side of the Hill
Music is Healing: Hope, Love, and Community Can Be Found Here
As the end of summer nears and fall begins, it is my favorite time of year for concerts. I love music all year long, but there is something special about…
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Music is Healing: Hope, Love, and Community Can Be Found Here
Be the Dog: Lessons I Learned from my Greyhound
Cat people vs. dog people I am not...strike that. I WAS not a dog person. It's been said that there are two kinds of people in this world...dog people and…
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Be the Dog: Lessons I Learned from my Greyhound
Confessions of a Yoga Teacher: The Honest Truth
Yoga teachers have it all together, right? Not me. Just because I teach yoga does not mean I have it all figured out. Far from it! I have been teaching…
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Confessions of a Yoga Teacher: The Honest Truth
Stop the Meal Plan Mayhem! 3 Ways to Make Meal Planning Do-able Even With a Busy Schedule
Raise your hand if you have a busy schedule and you find it challenging to get healthy meals on the table every night—especially ones your kids will actually eat! My…
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Stop the Meal Plan Mayhem! 3 Ways to Make Meal Planning Do-able Even With a Busy Schedule
The First Time Kindergarten Mama: A New Season in Motherhood
My daughter started Kindergarten this year and it really caught this Kindergarten Mama off guard. Not the typical feeling of how much I will miss her or how hard it…
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The First Time Kindergarten Mama: A New Season in Motherhood
What Happened to the Fairy Tale? Embracing the Reality of Marriage
This year my husband and I celebrated our 9 year wedding anniversary. That's 9 years of some hard work, let me tell ya. I'm not here to tell you about…
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What Happened to the Fairy Tale? Embracing the Reality of Marriage
Happy Gut, Happy Life: My Journey to Good Gut-Health
Gut Health? Gut-health. Is it just another ‘buzz-word’ or ‘fad’ that's recently hit the world stage? I put my ‘curious hat’ on when I first heard about it. I’ve always…
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Happy Gut, Happy Life: My Journey to Good Gut-Health
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Life Insurance: A Necessary Conversation
Shh, Let's Not Talk About "That. . ." Life Insurance. Nobody likes to talk about life insurance. It reminds us of our mortality and that we won’t always be around…
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Life Insurance: A Necessary Conversation
Motivation Schmotivation: Why It’s Not Sustainable and What to do About It
We've all been there before. You've decided to change a habit or start working towards a goal. For the first two weeks or so, you're on fire! You keep with…
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Motivation Schmotivation: Why It’s Not Sustainable and What to do About It
Self Care: It Isn’t Just About Bubble Baths
Take a minute to imagine your typical work week. At what point in the week do you generally begin to yearn for Friday at 5 pm? (And if you said…
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Self Care: It Isn’t Just About Bubble Baths
Hitting Rock Bottom: Finding the Blessings in the Hard
"Something very beautiful happens to people when their world has fallen apart; a humility, a nobility, a higher intelligence emerges at just the point when our knees hit the floor."-Marianne…
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Hitting Rock Bottom: Finding the Blessings in the Hard
The Art of Commitment- Lessons in Digging Deep
Glasses clinked together as cheers resounded throughout the room. Cake was cut, ice cream served as the committed couple were celebrated. Giggles bubbled forth around the table. Children and adults…
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The Art of Commitment- Lessons in Digging Deep
The Benefits of Scheduling Your Daily Life Uncovered
Why I Began to Schedule I was never taught the benefits of scheduling my days. No one ever mentioned that there was even such a need. And so I grew…
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The Benefits of Scheduling Your Daily Life Uncovered
Show Up – Lessons in Showing Up For Yourself and Others
As the end of summer approaches, I have started hearing stories about heading back to college. It has reminded me of a lesson that I learned in college, but I…
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Show Up – Lessons in Showing Up For Yourself and Others
Releasing: Surrendering Control and Understanding
John and Stasi Eldredge have had a significant impact on my life. Through their books and through their teachings, I’ve experienced a deeper understanding of who I am and Whose…
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Releasing: Surrendering Control and Understanding
The Ugly Truth About Depression
Let Us Begin: I have debated for many months whether or not to write about depression. I have spent many nights sweating and in tears because I also knew I…
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The Ugly Truth About Depression
It’s a Hill of a Life- Lessons From my 450 Mile Bike Ride
I have a problem...I love an epic adventure. I love a new challenge...a physically-draining, heart-wrenching challenge where you have to dig down to the deepest bit of your soul to…
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It’s a Hill of a Life- Lessons From my 450 Mile Bike Ride
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Dave Ramsey is WRONG: Learn a New Way of Doing Things
...well...not entirely. But, if he was the only one I continued to learn from in balancing my budget, then I would have lost an opportunity to grow in my ability…
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Dave Ramsey is WRONG: Learn a New Way of Doing Things
Tips for the Sandwich Generation: Caregiving for Ailing Parents While Raising Kids
Many of us are caring for our parents as they get to an age where their health begins to fail or they are diagnosed with a chronic illness. In addition…
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Tips for the Sandwich Generation: Caregiving for Ailing Parents While Raising Kids
The Secret to Doing It All: Don’t! And Five tips to help you look like you Do!
People often ask me how I “do it all” or how I “keep it all together," and I’m just going to be honest from the start and tell you my…
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The Secret to Doing It All: Don’t! And Five tips to help you look like you Do!
My Reactive Behavior Almost Ruined My Marriage: What I’ve Learned
It's really hard to bring awareness to the parts of yourself that you don't like, especially when you hurt those you love the most.
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My Reactive Behavior Almost Ruined My Marriage: What I’ve Learned
When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned: Healing after Having a Baby at Twenty-Three Weeks
We are coming up on five years since having a baby at twenty-three weeks gestation. Every year, my processing takes off another layer from the pain of that situation. My…
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When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned: Healing after Having a Baby at Twenty-Three Weeks
What’s Eating You? The Secret Affect Stress Can Have on Your Health
Stress. We all have it, in one form or another. Whether it's running around making sure our kiddos get where they need to be or cramming to meet that deadline,…
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What’s Eating You? The Secret Affect Stress Can Have on Your Health
The Elephant and The Rope: What You Believe is Powerful!
Your attempt may fail, but never fail to make an attempt.
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The Elephant and The Rope: What You Believe is Powerful!
Lessons from the Diary of a Novice Backpacker
I sauntered up to my sixteen-year-old daughter and inquired, “Interested in having a backpack adventure with your mom?” “Just us? Not dad too?” she asked. “Just us. What do you think?” I…
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Lessons from the Diary of a Novice Backpacker
There is good, and Not-so-good that comes from Personality Tests
The Good and Not-So-Good Truth About Personality Tests
How many personality tests have you taken lately? There are dozens that all put people into categories of colors, animals, numbers, letters, or languages. There are some good, and not-so-good…
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The Good and Not-So-Good Truth About Personality Tests
Enough! Determine What Being Enough Means to You in Two Steps
We are enough. They are enough. You are enough. You've likely heard these phrases quite a lot, but have you taken the time to figure out what "enough" really means…
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Enough! Determine What Being Enough Means to You in Two Steps
Cabbage Leeks and Fennel – Oh My! A Recipe to Nourish and Heal Your Body
One of the ongoing ways to love yourself is to nourish your body with the foods that it needs to fuel and heal. Our bodies are designed to heal themselves,…
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Cabbage Leeks and Fennel – Oh My! A Recipe to Nourish and Heal Your Body
The Problem with Broken: Stop Describing Yourself That Way
I hear people say ALL the time that they are "broken." As a therapist, I would be a rich person if I had a dollar for every time I've heard…
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The Problem with Broken: Stop Describing Yourself That Way
Don’t Let Procrastination Win! Tips from an Chronic Procrastinator.
I lingered at the kitchen table one Saturday morning in early June. As I sipped my coffee, I opened the calendar on my iPhone, preparing myself for the day ahead.…
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Don’t Let Procrastination Win! Tips from an Chronic Procrastinator.
Adding Value To The People In Your Surroundings
Have you ever been at a meeting, interacting and talking to people, when suddenly you felt the entire atmosphere of the room change? You glance around and discover that someone…
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Adding Value To The People In Your Surroundings
My Sister; Lessons She Has Taught Me Growing Up
"Sisters are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly" -Unknown My Inspiration My younger sister Osmara was born with Bilateral Microtia,…
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My Sister; Lessons She Has Taught Me Growing Up
The Best 35 Minute Enchilada Recipe
You Know you Wanna Enchilada... Let’s talk about an enchilada dinner. I think there are probably a thousand variations of this recipe, and better yet, every family has their own…
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The Best 35 Minute Enchilada Recipe
Summer Fun: 3 Family Friendly Fun Summer Activities
Summer is here in full swing! Our family is at first very excited for pool days, beach trips, warm sun, lots of grilling, and deck time. The sun stays out…
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Summer Fun: 3 Family Friendly Fun Summer Activities
Shame: The Ugly Truth about Secrecy, Silence and Judgment
"Unlike guilt, which is the feeling of doing something wrong, shame is the feeling of being something wrong." –Marilyn Sorensen Some days I look at the woman in the mirror staring…
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Shame: The Ugly Truth about Secrecy, Silence and Judgment
Throwing the Flag on the Phrase, “This is Just a Season”
The calendar said it was the first day of summer. But when I looked out the window, it was cloudy, raining, and the thermometer read 43 degrees. I guess mother…
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Throwing the Flag on the Phrase, “This is Just a Season”
5 Ways to Utilize Social Media
During the summer months, there is an urge to change things up. Spend more time outside. Go on vacation. Experience longer conversations with loved ones. Catch up on reading. But…
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5 Ways to Utilize Social Media
Coming Clean: The Most Refreshing Benefits of Being Totally Honest
The truth is not always simple, as the saying goes. Ain’t that the truth! Over the last several years, as I grow older and a little wiser, I’ve had to…
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Coming Clean: The Most Refreshing Benefits of Being Totally Honest
Summer Fun or Summer Bummer? 5 Steps to Help Summer Overwhelm
It’s summer! Does that mean it’s time for lots of fun in the sun or time to find a million ways to entertain your kids who are bouncing off the…
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Summer Fun or Summer Bummer? 5 Steps to Help Summer Overwhelm
Important Things To Consider Before Full-Time RV’ing
Have you ever considered downsizing what you own and full-time RV’ing with your family? There are some pretty amazing benefits of downsizing what you own. You will be able to…
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Important Things To Consider Before Full-Time RV’ing
I’m Sorry for Judging You: What Judging Others Really Reveals!
Judgement Reveals I'm sorry for judging you! Recently I stumbled upon a similar title while scrolling through my social media feed. Immediately, without even reading the article, my mind summoned…
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I’m Sorry for Judging You: What Judging Others Really Reveals!
Senses and Our Emotions
Senses Have you ever just sat and taken in the sounds and smells around you? Isn't it funny how quickly your mood can change because you go back to either…
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Senses and Our Emotions
Pinwheel Sugar Cookies to Celebrate the 4th of July!
Sugar cookies are the best festive dessert. People often say the best recipes are those that have been handed down generation to generation. Or in this case, stranger to stranger.…
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Pinwheel Sugar Cookies to Celebrate the 4th of July!
I’m Not Where I Thought I’d be at This Point in Life and That’s Just Fine.
Some of you will laugh at me. Mostly those who are older and have already been where I'm heading. Others of you will completely relate in this moment right now.…
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I’m Not Where I Thought I’d be at This Point in Life and That’s Just Fine.
The Restoration Strategy: Furniture and Self
It was December of 2016 and my final beloved grandparent had passed into the heavenly realm. I personally have found it difficult to endure the transition of grieving loss while…
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The Restoration Strategy: Furniture and Self
An Inconsistent Journaling Journey Still Makes You a Journaler
My journaling journey started in high school, the Dear Diary style of journaling where you share your thoughts about friends, school, boyfriends, etc. I was on an inconsistent journaling journey…
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An Inconsistent Journaling Journey Still Makes You a Journaler
6 Tips for Traveling with Young Children- Be Prepared, Bring the Fun!
No doubt, traveling with young children can be stressful and even overwhelming. However, over the last few times we have traveled, I have found a few tips that truly helped…
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6 Tips for Traveling with Young Children- Be Prepared, Bring the Fun!
The Evolution of my (S)Heroes
Every kid wants a hero. Someone who is bigger, stronger, and more powerful, who will defeat the bad guy, and inspire them to be more. Often it is quoted that…
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The Evolution of my (S)Heroes
Cleaning the Things that Help Us Clean
Cleaning Cleaning can be tedious, arduous, tiring, and sometimes the last thing that you want to do. However, I am the opposite. I take pride in my cleaning and can…
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Cleaning the Things that Help Us Clean
Permission to Pause; Permission to be Unproductive
I’ve lived almost my entire life in Colorado, and everyone here knows the weather can be unpredictable. We can get snow as early as September and as late as May.…
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Permission to Pause; Permission to be Unproductive
Military Wife Life: Tools to Survive the Constant Transition of His Career
The same day I chose this blog topic, I received a “heads up” that my husband’s name was at the top of a list for a deployment next year. He…
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Military Wife Life: Tools to Survive the Constant Transition of His Career
Discover Your Strength in the Midst of Life’s Challenges
In Plain View I’ve lived in Northern Colorado for almost three years. Growing up in Texas, I have been accustomed to a much different landscape for most of my life.…
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Discover Your Strength in the Midst of Life’s Challenges
Conquer the Latte Factor! DIY Coffee-shop Faves to Save You $$
I Love my Coffee! But I Love me More! Let me confess something, I am a coffee-holic! And, no, I have not decided to give it up. However, I have…
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Conquer the Latte Factor! DIY Coffee-shop Faves to Save You $$
Closing A Chapter In My Life And Preparing For A New One
I recently started a new phase in my life. A phase that, with all honesty, terrified the heck out of me. I made a decision that had been on my…
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Closing A Chapter In My Life And Preparing For A New One
When You Feel Like Your Life is Falling Apart: 4 Things You Can Do Now
“Everything is falling together perfectly, even though it looks as if some things are falling apart. Trust in the process you are now experiencing.” — Neale Donald Walsch Sometimes life can feel exhausting,…
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When You Feel Like Your Life is Falling Apart: 4 Things You Can Do Now
How I Conquered Mount Laundsuvius: Practical Laundry Tips For The Overwhelmed Mama
Mom life is laundry life, right? For the seven years I’ve been a mom, I have had a constant pile of laundry that needs to be washed, folded and put…
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How I Conquered Mount Laundsuvius: Practical Laundry Tips For The Overwhelmed Mama
Powerful Words – Long Lasting And Far Reaching Effects
Words Are Powerful He was hurting! It all began years before. He was too young to connect the dots of what was happening. It was just life. He didn’t know any…
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Powerful Words – Long Lasting And Far Reaching Effects
Surviving May: Advice from the Mother of a Graduate
May is always a busy month. Add to the mix a child in high school and May is just crazy. Make that child a senior and the month is insane.…
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Surviving May: Advice from the Mother of a Graduate
Life Experiences – Bad Things Happen, Don’t Let It Stop You From Living!
On one hand I’m the helicopter mom, full of anxiety that something horrible will happen to my children. On the other hand, I encourage my daughter’s to travel the world and…
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Life Experiences – Bad Things Happen, Don’t Let It Stop You From Living!
It is What You Say it is: The Pivotal Power of Perspective
It was a warm summer evening and our family was taking a walk together, which is something we do often when the weather is nice. We were walking and talking…
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It is What You Say it is: The Pivotal Power of Perspective
Shine Your Light: 4 Tips to be Kind Online and Spread Love
Here in the We Spot community, we are proud to have a space where we feel surrounded by support and love. Each time I hop onto our blog or pop…
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Shine Your Light: 4 Tips to be Kind Online and Spread Love
Family Fitness Outside: My Five Favorite and Easy Denver Area Hikes
Admittedly, I don’t do this enough with my own kids, but I am still a huge proponent of getting out into nature and experiencing our beautiful state of Colorado! And…
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Family Fitness Outside: My Five Favorite and Easy Denver Area Hikes
Forgive Yourself and Find Peace – Stop Drinking the Poison!
Recently a member of my Take Care of You Community asked me to share some helpful tips about forgiveness. I was so glad she asked because this is an important…
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Forgive Yourself and Find Peace – Stop Drinking the Poison!
WAKE UP! It’s 6:00 a.m.
Wow! Wake up! It's 6:00 a.m. Don't you love when someone else tells you that? I also just love waking up really early in the morning…said no one ever. If…
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WAKE UP! It’s 6:00 a.m.
Natural Cleaning Solutions For Your Home | The We Spot
As the weather warms up, windows are flung open to allow that fresh air to flow throughout the house. For me, I start to look at my house, and notice…
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Natural Cleaning Solutions For Your Home | The We Spot
Grief Happens: Enduring Hardship
Grief is shifty and can be such a thief. Especially in moments where there are squeals of laughter peeling through the air as children chase each other. Or, shrieks of joy…
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Grief Happens: Enduring Hardship
Living in the Moment and Measuring in the Decade
I have a vivd memory from my childhood of going to a birthday party with my parents for someone who was turning 40. There were black balloons and black signs…
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Living in the Moment and Measuring in the Decade
What I’ve Learned From Having a Rebellious Teenager
Teenagers! For me, it's an experience beyond anything I could have ever imagined summed up into one word. I have a rebellious teenager that likes to push boundaries. If something…
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What I’ve Learned From Having a Rebellious Teenager
My Authentic What Now? Finding Your True Voice When You’ve Stopped Listening
One scroll through social media or a quick internet search and you’ll have no trouble finding posts about authenticity. “Unlock your authentic self!” “Find your authentic self!” “Love your authentic…
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My Authentic What Now? Finding Your True Voice When You’ve Stopped Listening
Ten Confessions of a Boy Mom- Defecting at it’s finest
I've made a list of my ten confessions as a boy mom, but I think it is important to note that I grew up in a family of all boys,…
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Ten Confessions of a Boy Mom- Defecting at it’s finest
Is your Soul in need of Refreshing? Let it Rain!
As I sit here and write, the rain is falling heavily on my roof. After a particularly challenging few months personally, I sit here with a sense of heaviness and…
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Is your Soul in need of Refreshing? Let it Rain!
Dreaming and Planning Gets You Nowhere Without The Doing Part
Dreams become reality when we begin to do..
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Dreaming and Planning Gets You Nowhere Without The Doing Part
The Women are Rising; Time to Build Ourselves Up
For the last ten years I have owned a small strategic sales consultancy. Most of my decision maker clients have been women. Working in and amongst sales and marketing teams,…
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The Women are Rising; Time to Build Ourselves Up
Hey, I know you! New Phase…Same Family
Hello! It started innocently enough. We were two 19-year-old college freshman, and we only had eyes for each other. And, we had it badly. We could talk for hours about…
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Hey, I know you! New Phase…Same Family
Attention All Self-Proclaimed Control Freaks, It’s Time to Let it Go!
At the end of March, my husband and I took our kids on a two-day getaway to Legoland. The park is only about 40 minutes from our home, so this…
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Attention All Self-Proclaimed Control Freaks, It’s Time to Let it Go!
Nourish Your Soul; How Travel Connects You with Humanity!
The trifecta in reaching your ideal state consists of a sound mind, a healthy body, and a peaceful soul. The first two are fairly straightforward and academic. We all want…
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Nourish Your Soul; How Travel Connects You with Humanity!
Starting a Side Business? Start Here!
Five Great Resources to Leverage for Your Side Business Have you thought about starting a side business? According to a study done by Bankrate, 44 million Americans have a side…
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Starting a Side Business? Start Here!
Slow Down: 4 Reasons it’s OK to Slow Down and Ask for Help
We all have times of overwhelm, exhaustion, sickness, and just plain frustration. I'm here to remind you that you have a choice of how to handle those times. Many times…
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Slow Down: 4 Reasons it’s OK to Slow Down and Ask for Help
I No Longer Show Up For My Family
This one shift has helped me love those around me better. I am able to accept the humanity of those around me and allow that they are doing their best.
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I No Longer Show Up For My Family
A Letter to my Daughter for her 18th Birthday
Instead of purchasing a card off the shelf, I felt like I could best honor her by writing a love note. A list of memories or things that came to…
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A Letter to my Daughter for her 18th Birthday
Anxiety Almost Killed Me: Taking Back Control of My Life
Anxiety: Anxiety is a silent killer. For me, anxiety is something that has crept up in my life. I used to be carefree, and not have a worry in the…
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Anxiety Almost Killed Me: Taking Back Control of My Life
Surviving Summer With Your Kiddos – Four Tips To Help You Thrive!
Spring is now in full swing, and summer time is knocking at the door. Soon the doors of school will fly open - and a flood of children will pour…
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Surviving Summer With Your Kiddos – Four Tips To Help You Thrive!
Learning to Trust Yourself When You Don’t
Do you trust yourself? When you say you’re going to do something, do you know without a doubt that you’ll get it done? For me, for a very long time,…
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Learning to Trust Yourself When You Don’t
Who is Helping You? Making an Empowered Choice and Heeding the Red Flags
We are finally entering a place in time where people are more open to asking for help. The idea of reading self-help books or leaning into personal development doesn't hold…
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Who is Helping You? Making an Empowered Choice and Heeding the Red Flags
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Military Brat Parenting: Five Things I Tell My Kids in Hopes They’ll Be Better Humans
My dad was an Air Force colonel, a fighter pilot and a Vietnam veteran. In addition to being a proud (and dutiful) daughter, my upbringing in a military household shaped…
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Military Brat Parenting: Five Things I Tell My Kids in Hopes They’ll Be Better Humans
