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Nov 16, 2023
Ready Or Not
“Ready ENOUGH—Here I Come!”
Depending on your age, hearing someone shout, “Ready or not, here I come!” will have you crouching behind the nearest piece of furniture, determined not to be the first one…
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Sep 27, 2023
Adopt this Sailing Technique & Keep Your Employees (Not to Mention Kids, Partners—& Dogs!) Happy
Part of my recent vacation was spent on a sailboat (Yep, that’s the boat, pictured above, left.) One thing I learned from our captain (Yep, that is she—with me—pictured above,…
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Aug 17, 2023
Say a Proper Goodbye to Summer: Abandon Presenteeism, Embrace Forgettery
Years ago, I subscribed to Wordsmith.org and it’s hard to articulate the joy it has brought me. Despite having a strong grasp on vocabulary, I am continuously intrigued and informed…
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Jul 20, 2023
Is it Too Hard For You, or Too Hard On You?
Recently, I took a movement class with a very cool fellow named David Wilson (You can find him on Instagram as Oldscoolmoves. He’s fantastic.) One thing he said that struck…
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May 25, 2023
Sacred Mistakes Ahead (and They’re All Mine)
A few weeks ago Salvador Dali contributed the day’s “Wow, That’s a Thought.” He said, “Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature.” This idea on its own was thought…
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Feb 16, 2023
Thinking of “No” as “Next Opportunity”
The past two weeks, I have been lucky enough to travel through Vietnam and Cambodia. One of my favorite things has been meeting brilliant, kind, and funny people—among them a…
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Dec 22, 2022
There’s “Compare and Despair” AND there’s “Compare and Repair”
Some of you may be familiar with the phrase “compare and despair” – used to remind us that comparing our insides to other people’s outsides usually ends up with us…
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Jul 28, 2022
What Do You Get When the Body is Broken but the Heart is Whole? This.
As some of you know, I had to say goodbye to my big dog last week. It was unexpected and it was heartbreaking. Among the many reasons Tiger held my…
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Mar 24, 2022
The Forgiveness Rainbow (Because Forgiveness is Rarely Black and White)
It’s funny how topics arrive in batches. A few weeks ago, everyone was having difficult conversations. This past week everyone seems to be talking about forgiveness: at work, at…
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Feb 10, 2022
Boundaries: A Balancing Act. When Are They Helpful to You But Harmful to Others?
While in the Galapagos in January I did some super-deluxe snorkeling. That said, I always got cold freakishly easily. So easily that part of me often felt like a dope…
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Dec 21, 2021
‘Tis the Season – of Re-Gifting?
Greetings all! The holiday season is upon us, with its attendant frenzy of gifting and—if we are honest—re-gifting. (Never fear, this is not a post on the etiquette of re-gifting.)…
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