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Getting in Touch with My Perfectionism
I recently read Brene Brown’s book The Gifts of Imperfection. The book and the experience of reading it has profoundly changed me. She connected dots of lots of misplaced information in my muddy mind....
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Thankfulness
For many of us, this is the one time during the year that gratitude and the giving of thanks comes into focus. What is Thankfulness – Gratitude? As defined in Psychology Today – Positive psychology and...
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Five-Year Plan
“Five years… 260 weeks…1,825 days…2,333,000 minutes…” I have always been a dreamer. I have always had great joy dreaming about what my life will look like in the future. As a young woman, I always...
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Holiday Questions to Get Families Talking
As we turn the corner into the last week before Christmas, I have been thinking about the numerous family gatherings that we will all soon be attending. Will they be stressful? Are you looking forward...
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Goal Setting: Specific Questions for Moms to ask Daughters
The new year brings so much promise. It’s a starting and stopping point that has always given my winter sluggishness a much needed kick in the pants. As a mom, I like to take this opportunity to ask my...
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Doing What ‘They’ Say Can’t Be Done
I love being underestimated. I have been underestimated my whole life and by a myriad of different people – friends, teachers, and adults. Seems that this is a crazy and common occurrence that goes on...
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Resolution 2014
Have you set a resolution for 2014? I try to set at least one each year. I am very calculated and thoughtful in selecting a resolution. I want to pick one that will benefit me, that will be obtainable...
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Motivation Breakdown
What immobilizes you? What puts you in a place where even the happiest of tasks become impossible? These immobilizers, I like to call my kryptonite or triggers. These are things that send me into the...
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Desire and Your Teen
Have you talked with your daughters about desire? It is such a difficult subject and a very different conversation from talking about sex. When I was my daughter’s age, I had no understanding of...
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Tragedy in Our Community: How Well Do You Know Your Daughter’s Friends?
This week 16 year old Anastasia Greer was gunned down in a murder suicide. Her rumored astringed boyfriend, 15-year-old Matthew Bolton, murdered her then turned the gun on himself. According to Phoenix...
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Thankfulness
For many of us, this is the one time during the year that gratitude and the giving of thanks comes into focus. What is Thankfulness – Gratitude? As defined in Psychology Today – Positive psychology and...
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Five-Year Plan
“Five years… 260 weeks…1,825 days…2,333,000 minutes…” I have always been a dreamer. I have always had great joy dreaming about what my life will look like in the future. As a young woman, I always...
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Holiday Questions to Get Families Talking
As we turn the corner into the last week before Christmas, I have been thinking about the numerous family gatherings that we will all soon be attending. Will they be stressful? Are you looking forward...
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Goal Setting: Specific Questions for Moms to ask Daughters
The new year brings so much promise. It’s a starting and stopping point that has always given my winter sluggishness a much needed kick in the pants. As a mom, I like to take this opportunity to ask my...
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Doing What ‘They’ Say Can’t Be Done
I love being underestimated. I have been underestimated my whole life and by a myriad of different people – friends, teachers, and adults. Seems that this is a crazy and common occurrence that goes on...
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Resolution 2014
Have you set a resolution for 2014? I try to set at least one each year. I am very calculated and thoughtful in selecting a resolution. I want to pick one that will benefit me, that will be obtainable...
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Motivation Breakdown
What immobilizes you? What puts you in a place where even the happiest of tasks become impossible? These immobilizers, I like to call my kryptonite or triggers. These are things that send me into the...
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Desire and Your Teen
Have you talked with your daughters about desire? It is such a difficult subject and a very different conversation from talking about sex. When I was my daughter’s age, I had no understanding of...
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Tragedy in Our Community: How Well Do You Know Your Daughter’s Friends?
This week 16 year old Anastasia Greer was gunned down in a murder suicide. Her rumored astringed boyfriend, 15-year-old Matthew Bolton, murdered her then turned the gun on himself. According to Phoenix...
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We Still Need Basic Home Management Skills
When I was a child we had Home Ec Classes. What is Home Ec? Home economics is sometimes referred to as family and consumer sciences or Home Ec., human ecology or home science. Home Ec, a class...
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