10 Ways to Quickly Add Time to Your Day
I think William Penn summed it up the best when he said: “Time is what we want most, but what we use worse.” How do you make the most of your time?
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3 Ways to Make More Meaningful Choices this Year
It’s a new year, and if you’re like me, it’s time to reflect on how our choices have changed us during the last twelve months. Time to evaluate our motivations to realign our purpose with our actions. What meaningful choices will you make in the new year? It is part
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The Uncomfortable Truth about Growing Pains
As a child, I remember waking up in the middle of the night with growing pains — my legs would be aching with the most uncomfortable pain. Mom would give me a drink of milk, and tell me to go back to bed. Sometimes, when it was awful, she would
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Joy & Happiness
How Cancer has Changed Us
My husband and I were sitting around a table at a wedding. We were among friends, and the conversation was jumping from one couple to another as we caught up with each other. Someone asked my husband “how is your son?” He gave a brief rundown, and I interjected with
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How do You Respond to Your Circumstances?
It’s human to feel as if our circumstances are a part of our emotions — something we often have no control over. Thinking along those lines can lead to all kinds of negative feelings like helplessness, anger, and guilt. The reality is you DO have control. You choose how you
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4 Powerful Ways to Turn a Setback Into a Comeback
We’ve all been there. A time when we’ve slipped up or taken a fall – a time when we’ve experienced a setback. How did you respond to your last setback? Here are a few tips in turning a setback into one of your greatest comebacks.
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Faith & Family
7 Things All Kids are Entitled to
Have you ever considered what all kids might be entitled to? Years ago I visited the historic island of Alcatraz with my sister. From 1934-1963 it was used as a maximum-security federal prison. It was fascinating to see the actual cells where some of the most ruthless and notorious criminals
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Remembering: 20 Years Goes So Quickly
Even when I was up to my elbows in diapers, laundry, and crying babies, I knew time was precious and I needed to treasure each moment.
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How Do You feel God’s Love?
“Faith means that we trust not only in God’s wisdom but that we trust also in His love.”
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Mindset & Emotions
It’s Not Good to Feel Alone: How to Beat Loneliness
The day we officialy became empty nesters I was caught off guard in the way loneliness enveloped me. I was drowning in sadness as I found myself wandering around the empty bedrooms remembering the funniest of details about raising our family. For years I had been looking forward to having
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How to Crush Your Self-Doubt and Limiting Beliefs
I was listening to a podcast the other day where they talked about how self-doubt and limiting beliefs affect the way we show up in life. Limiting beliefs are created by the voice in our head — our thoughts. Because our brain is so quick to look for what might
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How to Redefine Success Your Way
When our family was young, I felt like success was defined as picture-perfect. Nice, well-behaved children, a clean house, a husband who not only helps out but can read my mind. Has anyone else fallen for the same trap? Success isn’t about working to make everyone around you act a
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