Worry can get into all the crevices of our lives. We worry about our jobs, our kids, our relationships, money, and a million other things every single day. Once worry sets in and takes over, we can find ourselves paralyzed, ensuring things don’t get done. It doesn’t have to be this way. We can take […]
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I am sitting here, clinging tight to my cup of tea and staring at the pile of work stacked on my desk. It includes some items I have completed, I just need to file away. There is a section of papers to shred – note to self to be sure I don’t mix up the
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The biggest obstacle to moving forward, making desired changes, to meet goals is often found within us. It has a name; it’s name is FEAR. Psychology Today describes fear as a response to a perceived threat. The key word in their definition is “perceived.” We are creative creatures with big imaginations. Our imagination can be
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As I sit here with my London Fog tea today, I was reflecting further on last week’s post about how I deal with stress and distractions. I want to take it a step further today. There is one particular area of our lives that can be deeply changed by reducing distractions – our relationships. Whether
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I am sitting here today, with my cup of tea, and chilling out for a bit. I don’t know about you, but for me, I face stress and distractions every day. Too often it seems like life is so fast-paced that it’s impossible to slow down. Can you relate? Oh please tell me it’s not
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We all have moments where we fall into perfectionism. For some of us, this might happen kind of often. For others, it’s reserved for those special occasions where we have a project where we can’t rest until we get it right. While occasional super-attention-to-detail is okay, it’s when we make perfectionism a way of life
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It often seems that confidence is elusive, like a smoky mirage. Sometimes, it feels magical and wonderful; other times it can be frustrating. Something I have learned and continue to work on: you can build up your self-confidence without having to resort to any crystal ball. ‘How?’ I am so glad you asked. It’s really
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I was in a social gathering not long ago and I overheard several conversations that included bragging about how hard they were working, how they missed other events because of work, and now they had to take a call because the business needed them. It saddened me to see these people in a social gathering,
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July 5 is Workaholics Day. It is said “workaholic” is a phrase coined by Rodney Dangerfield in 1968 to describe his father’s unhealthy relationship with work. It was a combination of the words “work” and “alcoholic”. The joke went “my father was a workaholic, whenever you mentioned work he got drunk” Today the word is
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We want to help others. It is part of human nature. While this is a good quality, Ost often, this leads to a lifetime of putting self-care on the back burner. Then, one day you stop and ask yourself “am I okay?”. You begin to reflect on such things as when was the last time
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When you look around your home what do you see? If you see surfaces covered with things you forgot you had or never needed you may be living a cluttered life. My husband tells me there is no horizontal surface free of my clutter. OUCH! There are television shows that literally deal with hoarding and
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Wintertime is a stunningly beautiful time of year. I see beauty in pictures of snow-capped mountains and icicles forming on tree branches, there is just so much natural beauty to behold! I love the view in my backyard of the trees, now bare of their leaves holding blankets of snow – as long as I
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I had the honor and privilege last month of being one of 60 presenters at a 3-day virtual women’s summit titled BEST YOU 2022. It was a very uplifting and encouraging event. You can see replays of the entire summit FREE. Click here to receive the program. Within the downloadable PDF you can click on
I have heard a number sermons focused on the Inn Keeper and how he did not have room for Jesus. The pastor would then close with a comment along the lines of “will you be like the inn-keeper and not have room for Jesus in your heart” If you have spent any time reading my
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I look at people who always appear to be satisfied, thankful for what they have. Their focus appears to be on what they have, not fretting over what they don’t. How do they do that? How do they stay in that frame of mind? I realize now, it is a choice. An ‘Attitude of Gratitude’
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