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The Gift of Knowing It Won’t Last
What if knowing a moment won’t last is exactly what helps us appreciate it more? Inspired by a lesson from About Time, this reflection explores how paying attention to the ordinary can deepen our relationships, help us notice more of our lives, and remind us that the mundane and the meaningful are often the same thing.
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The Fine Line Between Inspiration and Deflation
Comparison can inspire us, but it can also quietly turn into self-doubt. The key is recognizing when we’ve crossed the fine line from learning from someone else’s success to feeling diminished by it—and using comparison as information instead of ammunition against ourselves.
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Blinded By Certainty
Have you ever looked back on a situation and thought, how did I believe that so completely? Where did that story even come from? Most of us have had moments where we were convinced we were seeing things clearly, only to realize later that our view missed the mark. When we’re immersed in an experience, we tend to assume our thoughts, feelings and conclusions are accurate and reliable. We believe we’re seeing clearly, thinking logically and responding to reality. But often, w
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How To Get What You Need
What could happen if...You asked for what you needed? Do you secretly believe that if he/she loves me or knows me, they'll know what I...
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Positively Negative?
Last week we explored the nugget of truth in the idea of the Law of Attraction. This week, I want to explore the next self-help idea that...
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When is Enough, Enough?
Sometimes, as we journey towards personal growth we become confused between becoming and boundaries.
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WHO AM I?
Well, this is the question for the ages! I might as well be trying to answer where I think we came from or why we're all here. Who am I?
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DAYDREAMING = UNHAPPINESS?
Focus, a schedule, and a routine, or at least a familiar, consistent routine, may be hard to come by due to COVID-19.
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What Are You Avoiding?
What thing are you avoiding? What's the pain you're trying to avoid by pretending?
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5 Secrets To Self-Confidence
Confidence comes from taking risks and seeing that you can survive, and better yet, thrive. Self-confidence is an active state, and is the a
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A Healthy Mind and COVID-19
A Healthy Mind and COVID-19: Where to even begin? We know how to do this; adapting, and building community and handling adversity.
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When Being Positive, Is Negative
Look on the bright side. Make lemonade from lemons. Everything happens for a reason. Every cloud has a silver lining. I could go on, but I w
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Are You Boring?
People want to be at peace; with themselves and their past, with their present and their future. They want to be at peace with their...
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Why Aren't We Happy?
Life doesn't owe us happiness and there are no guarantees, however our contributions to it, and the actions we take can help us to create...
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How Resolutions Fail
How are your New Year's resolutions going? Almost two months have passed since the start of 2019, and maybe, like many others, you have a...
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LIVING WITH REGRETS?
Let's continue our exploration of regret and hindsight. The first step in using hindsight was to not use it. The second step is to use it...
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How Swimming To Shore Heals Regret
I'm back with a few ideas on how you can befriend your regrets, and how, when and why you use hindsight. The first step... is to not use...
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Can You Make Friends With Regret?
Hindsight – friend or foe, helpful or unhelpful? Hindsight is looking back on a situation with all the knowledge, experiences and...
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The Reasons I Dislike This Saying.
We've all heard it, maybe even uttered this well-meaning comment, everything happens for a reason. After a loss, a divorce, an illness,...
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What Rocky, A Cancer Survivor and a Kindergarten Teacher All Have in Common
“One is doing well if age improves, even slightly, one's capacity to hold on to that vital truism: "This too shall pass.” ~ Alain de...
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