How much of your life have you spent being less you because you are worried about sticking out? Being afraid to speak your mind in case someone disagrees with you or thinks you are too much?What if I told you that what other people think of you is none of your business? It feels impossibly …
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We life in America. Home of the free. Free speech, free opinions, free hotdogs at the used car lot. We also live in the land of the disagree. Things are polarized to a degree now, that we practically dismiss the humanity of the person who isn't sporting your politcal mascot. Just read the commments section …
I have 3 kids underfoot at all times. One of their FAVORITE things to do is 'research.' This is basically a fancy term for coming up with a question as an oppotunity to watch a YouTube video about it. Recently we have researched soap bubbles, quartz crystals, whether lava can explode a house, why fingernails …
Listen to the words on this page. You. Are. Enough. Even without the things you do for others. Without cleaning the bathroom, cooking dinner, or applying make up. You. Are. Enough. You are enough, even when people don't like you. You are enough even when your family is driving you crazy. You are enough even …
TGIF! But does it feel like Friday? When we are stuck at home, the days blend into each other. Work time blurs into off time, lunch time blends into dinner time, into one long snack. Bedtimes and wake up times are sliding around, and we are all stuck in this weird twilight of time. When …
In his iconic book, Great by Choice, Jim Collins tells the following story. It is 1916. Two teams (Admunsen and Scott) have set out on foot, racing each other to be the first to reach the South Pole. The weather is brutal, the terrain punishing, and both groups are working with limited time and supplies …
Think about the "I need to" thought that is taking up too much real estate in your brain right now. Is it actually something you need to do? Or something you would LIKE to do and your mind made it into a need in the tricky way it has? I have spent most of my …
What are you avoiding? What areas of your house or your life or your mental to do list give you anxiety everytime you think about them? We all have things. It may be the mountain of unfolded laundry heaped in the hamper, the piles of unsorted mail on the counter, or the looming work deadline …
How much of your life do you think you actually spend in the present moment? Not drifting back to moments from the past, or worrying about what the future is going to bring? It's amazing how much time we spend rehashing the past or thinking ahead to the future, when the only moment we actually …
We’ve all been in our houses for 100 years now. Just like Sleeping Beauty, we are waiting for the magical kiss (vaccine?) that unlocks the spell and sets us free again. Being stuck in our house can also lead us to being stuck in our heads. Not always the best thing. We’ve been together (or …
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