Have you ever felt completely overwhelmed? There have been times in my life when I doubted my ability to survive whatever challenge I was facing. To date, my doubts have all proven to be unfounded. My survival rate as of this writing is 100%. I credit my survival with a few tricks that I’ve learned […]
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We’ve all heard stories about people who appeared healthy by all outward indicators suddenly dropping dead from a heart attack or stroke. Cancer is diagnosed at stage 5 and when asked “didn’t you notice any symptoms?” the patient responds with either “no,” or some variation of “yes, but I ignored them.” Have you heard
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… I’ve come to the conclusion that I will never be completely free of my codependent tendencies… In the context that I made that statement last week, it fit and made sense, but it still bothered me. As true as it may be, it sounds hopeless. Communicating hopelessness completely contradicts my purpose. I’d like to
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When I first heard about my “Inner Child,” I immediately dismissed the idea as a load of crap, mumbo-jumbo, psycho-babble, b.s., call it what you want… I wasn’t buying it. Mind you, I was raised by a woman who was raised in a generation where emotions were generally dismissed. They surely weren’t something to
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Every personal development or success coach I’ve ever heard speak about change has all said some variation of the same theme. “If you want to make a big change or achieve an important goal, you have to have a very clearly defined reason for doing it.” The idea is that unless we’ve got a clearly
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It is a gross understatement to say that Self-Care is important, but if you ask people what they’re doing for Self-Care, far too many will answer you with their best blank stare. There is an incorrect assumption that self-care is selfish. If you believe this… please hear me when I say, “Self-care is not selfish;
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I was standing near the time clock in the break room of a retail store where I worked when another employee came into the break room. I couldn’t see what he was looking at from where I was standing, but he started ranting and raving about how lazy
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Photo by Sneaky Elbow on Unsplash I didn’t just wake up one morning and think “you know, I’ve had enough of this baggage, I think I’m going to set it down.” Part of me wishes it had been that easy, but then what would I have to write about? Instead, I took
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