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Growing Up Backwards

It seems like I set out in this life to do things my own way and in my own time - no matter what was wise or prudent or tried, tested and true. And, regardless of the advice I give my own daughters, I continue to 'grow up backwards.'To my d...

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How's Your Self Talk

You know, what are you saying to yourself? There's always something going on in there. Do you make positive statements about yourself to yourself or are you beating yourself up with your own words?"Know thyself" is a statement that comes to mind...

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Patience A Better Way

I believe it! We receive the lessons we need to learn... and we keep receiving /em until we get it at least half-way right. At least, it seemed this way to me recently, when a trip from North Carolina to Oregon took a total of 50+ hours travel time, ...

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Self-Judgment is sabotaging your professional efforts learn how to

The Single Most Important Reason You Are Not as Effective as You Can Be! Self-Judgment is sabotaging your professional efforts learn how to STOP it!I work with clients daily to clarify their efforts toward success and to see what is hobbling them in ...

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Dysfunctional Family Christmas

The articles are starting to appear in print and on the Internet about how to cope with the holiday family get-togethers and the word “dysfunctional” will be bandied about. This article is about another way of looking at things I hope will be hel...

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Life Is Too Short

As I write this, I am preparing to conduct the funeral service of a youngman much too young to have a funeral.As a minister, you do these things, but you never quite get used to them.However, life being what it is, these things do happen.Although thi...

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Why Corporate Wellness Programs Don’t Work – And What Does

We have been experiencing an intense focus on "wellness" for close to a decade now, but it seems little has been done to really improve health and well being in this country. Many corporations have gotten on the bandwagon as a way of adding value to ...

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It's a Great Day to Die!

Wow, what a crazy thing to say during the most sacred and holytime of the year! Yes, it is-especially since this famous cry offreedom was uttered by Crazy Horse, the Sioux chief who defeatedCuster at the Battle of Little Bighorn.Why talk about death ...

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10 Tips for Staying Within Your Dietary Restrictions

1. If you are going to a social event take your own appropriate food with you. It is very tempting to throw your restrictions aside to bepart of the crowd and fit in. Pack up your own little meal and take it with you. Yes, you may feel embarrassed at...

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Hunting the Fear Bear

ack when I was 12, my best friend Shane and I spent most of our summerweekends camping in the thick woods behind my family's farm house. We'dpitch our tent next to the fishing pond and would spend the weekend in thegreat outdoors.While we i...

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