“All too often our so-called strength comes from fear, not love; instead of having a strong back, many of us have a defended front shielding a weak spine. In other …
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It’s easy to hate people when we depersonalize them and keep them at arm’s length. But when we get to know them, when their troubles and struggles become real, when …
When we are in crisis… when we are feeling utterly lost and tested… when life feels like it’s crashing all around us… we still have a lifeline – the knowingness …
According to Carl Jung, paradox is essential for understanding. How would we know hot without cold? How would we know up without down? How would we know truth without lies? …
Is your sense of belonging dependent upon feeling in control? When her husband offered her the trip she had longed for, instead of getting excited, Cynthia Occelli freaked out and …
True belonging. Those words conjure up a very specific picture for me as a recovering fitting-in person. Striving to fit in had only created a false sense of belonging that …
Most of my career was spent in a world dominated by men, tough men, primarily engineering types. I’m a smallish woman who danced ballet, played the piano, read everything, and …
In Braving the Wilderness, Brené Brown speaks candidly and transparently about using self-destructive behaviors to soothe the lack of belonging she so keenly felt. She quotes Anne Lamott to describe …
We recently sold our childhood home. As I stood in front of it for the last time that it was still part of our family, memories began flooding in. There …
What does “belonging” mean to you? The dictionary defines it as being a member or part of a particular group, organization, or class. As children, our first desire is to …
I’ve been reading Braving the Wilderness – The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone, the newest book from social scientist Brené Brown, PhD, LMSW, and want …
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The calendar may say April, but the weather is once again chilly, rainy, and utterly dreary. It feels more like Day 97 of January than mid-spring. And that makes it …
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It’s that time of year again. The internet is full of people making resolutions, posting their Word of the Year, and committing to saying YES more often. Me? I’ve decided …
The YES Diet – How to Stop Saying YES When You Want to Say NO Read More »
My personal word of the Year (Watchword) for 2018 is Self-Care. But not the chocolate and bubble bath variety that seems to pop up everywhere. That is only a teensy …
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Ho’oponopono came on my radar around 2008. It was time for another deep dive into self-healing and I sensed that forgiveness related to men and dating would play a significant …
Understanding Ho’oponopono – the Ancient Hawaiian Art of Forgiveness Read More »
My husband gave me a Fitbit for Christmas 2017. I suspect he was weary of listening to me whine about becoming sedentary and brag about how much walking I used …
10,000 Steps and Counting – My Fitbit Anniversary Read More »
This post can only begin with a confession. Two confessions, actually. Confession # 1 – This little gem is paraphrased from an article in Southern Living magazine. Mom became a subscriber …
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Gail first met her soulmate when she was applying for work in his office, but he was already married so that was the end of it. Then years later and …
Jill Smolowe was only 54 when her beloved husband of 24 years passed away, and it felt odd to have women tell her she was “lucky” to have met Bob …
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Starting around age 40, I began having trouble getting to sleep. That had NEVER happened before, and I might have even been called the Sleeping Queen back in the day. …
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