Don’t Agonize. Organize!
These last few years have left many feeling unmoored. Months passed when no one really seemed to know what was happening, and with no clear end in sight, many are still anxious about what lies ahead. It can be agonizing …
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You Deserve to Take a Rest. You Don’t Have to Earn It.
We have all typed, texted, or said, “enjoy your well-earned rest,” to someone about to take a vacation or start their retirement. Maybe, a friend or colleague has said it to you. You nod and smile, confident in the fact …
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Why Did I Take So Long to Figure Out This Stuff?
With the typical arrogance of youth, in my teens, I assumed most of life’s lessons would be learned by the time a person finished university. From then on, you had it all sorted out. The long days of studying and …
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There Is Still Time to End the Year Strong!
Christmas is right around the corner, and your To-Do list seems to have taken on a life of its own. Worse yet, 2022 is lurking just over the horizon. In previous decades, we welcomed in the new year with fanfare …
Stop Taking Everything So Personally!
Please tell me I am not the only one. Who else has noticed a trend in people taking every single tiny thing as a personal attack on them? Recently, I saw this played out in a letter published in my …
You Win Some. You Learn Some.
Most people have heard the expression, you win some, you lose some. Of course, it is only trotted out after a loss or failure, usually to make the loser feel better about their lack of success. Growing up in South …
The Cult of Youth: Where Have All the Older Women Gone?
Each week when I prep my blog, I spend time hunting down images that reflect the topic. However, I dread the times when my blog calls for photos of (gasp) older women. I can spend hours trawling through photo sites …
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The Lessons Traveling Teaches Us. Why You Should Travel with Your Children.
It was the first time I ever felt small, insignificant. I was sixteen and traveling through Europe with my parents. We were touring Pompeii, and the guide was showing us a drinking fountain with a granite trough. She made sure …
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The Beauty of Sawubona and the Power of Acknowledging Others.
The stores were beckoning, and they drew me in with their tantalizing array of bright shiny objects. Giddy with excitement, I spent this past week going back into the shops. Since the end of winter, I have visited a few …
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Give Others the Benefit of the Doubt, It’ll Make You Happier!
Do you find it easy to give other people the benefit of the doubt? What does it even mean to give others the benefit of the doubt? The generally accepted—and rather loose definition—is to believe someone (take them at their …
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