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Sep 17, 2020
“There are Years that Ask Questions and Years that Answer”
We’ve all had years that have asked us questions: we’ve gotten married or divorced, a parent has died, we’ve lost a job, illness has manifested, children have arrived… But I’m…
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Aug 13, 2020
It’s Called Fishing, Not Catching
These days it can be difficult to cope with the uncertainty, lack of clarity, and sudden changes of information/direction each day brings. It’s easy to feel out of control. In…
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Jul 16, 2020
“When the Flower Blossoms it Sends No Invitation”
This past Saturday I was deadheading roses and inadvertently cut a bud, so I placed it in a vase to watch it bloom. Life intervened, and I ended up being…
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Jun 25, 2020
Gratitude = Grease
Hello Wow-types, I received lots of feedback on last week’s post. Many of you loved the idea of not having to educate others about how they could be less hideous.…
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May 28, 2020
“Wicked” Rehabilitated the Reputation of Witches—I Will Now (Attempt to) Do the Same for Stepmothers
When your father announces at the age of 72 that he is remarrying it is natural to think, (among other things) “Well, this could go either way…” Outside my brain,…
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May 21, 2020
Assisting Others is Great—but Leave Them Wiggle Room
Over the past few weeks I have slowly but surely been teaching my super-patient husband, Keith, how to assist me in various yoga poses. The other day as he was…
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Apr 9, 2020
“What We Speak Becomes the House We Live In”
Years ago, I was lucky enough to be introduced to the Persian poet, Hafiz, whose book, The Gift, contains the following poem: What We speak Becomes the house we live…
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Mar 19, 2020
Resources to Help You Set, Meet—and Exceed—Your #QuarantineGoals
Greetings from my home office Wow-of-the-Week-ers, Like many of you I’m writing this post from home. And, like you, I’ve been giving a lot of thought to how to best…
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Mar 5, 2020
“You’re Going to Do What You’re Going to Do Until You’re Done Doing It”
Have you ever been in a situation where – despite what you think, know, or feel, you “should” be doing—you keep doing the thing that makes you nutty? I have,…
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Jan 9, 2020
Patience, Young Grasshopper, 2020 is Only One Week Old
I don’t know about the rest of you but I’ve spent the first days of 2020 feeling discombobulated/stressed/blue. I’m thinking this is partly due to the additional hoopla surrounding this…
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