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What Getting Assaulted by a Drunk Woman Taught me About Love

What Getting Assaulted by a Drunk Woman Taught me About Love

  I agonized for weeks over whether I should write this post or not. I almost posted it last week, but then I couldn’t. I didn’t want to re-read it. I didn’t want to relive it. And I wasn’t sure I wanted to even talk about it. Not anymore. But then the deadline for my […]

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And Then There Were Three: The Plus Sign That Changed My Life

And Then There Were Three: The Plus Sign That Changed My Life

*Note: This blog post was written in June, but I waited until now to share it with you. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed telling the tale. It started out like any other Thursday morning. I got up. I wrote in my gratitude journal (ok, fine, I don’t do that every […]

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The shocking truth about your mind (and how it’s trying to ruin your life)

The shocking truth about your mind (and how it’s trying to ruin your life)

“Peace is not something you wish for, it is something you make, something you are, something you do, and something you give away. ” ― Robert Fulghum Last weekend I went to a self development workshop. We worked on a bunch of stuff (a very technical terms for “concepts”), and though this normally isn’t my […]

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5 Ways to Have the Best Day of Your Life (seriously).

5 Ways to Have the Best Day of Your Life (seriously).

A lot has happened since the last time I wrote. For example, you’re two weeks older than you were last time – how about that? Maybe you’ve even celebrated a birthday, laid down in a field with fireflies (Amanda!), or had one of the best meals of your life (in which case, you must direct […]

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What Tony Horton, Seth Godin, and a 109 year old Auschwitz survivor can teach you about happiness (and incidentally, road rage).

What Tony Horton, Seth Godin, and a 109 year old Auschwitz survivor can teach you about happiness (and incidentally, road rage).

When I set out to write this blog post today, I had no idea what it was going to be about. In fact, I still don’t, so bare with me (bare with me? Bear with me? Whatever.). This morning, I woke up late (if you consider 7am late) because of a sleepless, nightmare filled night […]

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Is Your Glass Half Full or Half Empty? How to see the World Through Rose Colored Glasses.

Is Your Glass Half Full or Half Empty? How to see the World Through Rose Colored Glasses.

I noticed something interesting when I was in yoga the other morning. The teacher was delightful, and was leading us through a pretty difficult flow. During this one sequence, she could tell that we were struggling (or maybe it was just me – my muscles were shaking so much surely she saw them from across […]

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Mastering the Art of Doing Nothing (and some colorful ramblings of a fearful flyer)

Mastering the Art of Doing Nothing (and some colorful ramblings of a fearful flyer)

*Note: This entry was written on the first of three plane rides to Peru a few weeks ago. I tend to be a fearful flyer (now there’s an understatement), so I write through take off to help get my mind off the noise of the engines and the swoosh of the wind blowing past me […]

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Got Yourself Stuck in a Funk? These 5 Things Will Help get you out of it

Got Yourself Stuck in a Funk? These 5 Things Will Help get you out of it

“I’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.” – Mark Twain There is no denying it: I am a worrier. And like Mark Twain, I mostly worry about things that never happen. Oftentimes I make scenarios up in my head, and let them play out like the makings of […]

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Confessions of a Christmas-Easter Catholic: How I found my tribe (and how it ultimately led to me finding my new faith)

Confessions of a Christmas-Easter Catholic: How I found my tribe (and how it ultimately led to me finding my new faith)

I have been lucky enough to find my tribe in this life. You know. My tribe. My people. The people who love and accept me for who I am, who celebrate me, who make me want to be the best version of myself for always and always. They are friends. They are family. Some of […]

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On longevity & aging: 9 Things Blue Zones can Teach you About Living to 100

On longevity & aging: 9 Things Blue Zones can Teach you About Living to 100

How long do you want to live for? To 100? To 85? To 64? Based on your life and health right now, how long do you think you will live for? Did you know that according to the National Institute on Aging, the number one question with the highest predictability of life expectancy is the […]

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