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A Secret to Boundary-setting

Last Saturday, I led a Boundaries Workshop online for 50 people in the UK. Feedback about “what worked, what could improve the workshop” was asked for and answered by many. What surprised me was the number of times that, what I considered a “throw-away” line, was mentioned as having made an impact on them. So...
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mBraining

I just finished reading “mBraining”, suggested to me by Robert Bailey in the UK … H U G E Thank You, Robert. This book has made a big impact on me. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to know the latest neuroscience for living a life of congruence and satisfaction. According to the...
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Star Wars Analogy

Our family has a Christmas tradition – to see a morning movie during the holidays. This last Christmas, we chose The Rise of Skywalker. Full confession, I cried during so many parts of this movie I didn’t question the tears, I just let them fall (very relieved to have had enough tissues). Afterwards, I wondered...
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The Eyes of the Beholder

In my “minds-eye” my secret expectation of life is that it be like a shiny new Penny. Clean, pristine, well-defined. But leaning down in a store parking lot one afternoon… I picked up this roughed-up penny with its surfaces all but indistinguishable. The value lies beneath the surface retained.In that moment, I realized that even...
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Letting Go of 2019

During the last week of 2019, I made a list of things to let go of – unworn clothes, habits that don’t serve me (watching TV while playing games on my cell phone – not really interested in either activity), excuses for not exercising, etc.  A friend of mine told me she was actively seeking...
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