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Side-Stepping a Midlife Crisis: Hold the Hot Rod in the Empty Nest
Want to hear something ironic? The term “midlife crisis” was coined by a 48-year-old MAN. A midlife crisis refers to the tendency of people in early middle age to undergo an emotional exploration…
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Sending Your Child Off To College
Family Matters A Question and Answer series about sending your fledgling out of the nest for college Q: My husband, Ronald, and I are about to send our only son, Randy, off to…
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Moving From Inspiration to Action
How many of your great ideas have gone unrealized? It might have been a great idea for an invention, book, or unique business proposal. If there’s one self-criticism that most moms have, it’s…
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Overcoming Procrastination – 5 Tips for Getting Things Done
Why do today what you can put off until tomorrow? Wait a minute, that’s not how the saying goes! I thought I would try to trick you. Here’s the big question though. …
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I choose joy
I choose joy. I choose joy, even during times of hardship. In every moment, I have all that I need to feel peaceful. I distinguish between joy and pleasure. Joy is readily available,…
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How to use Gratitude to create a bounty of change in your life
Consistent gratitude is one of the most powerful tools that you can use to propel yourself into a brighter tomorrow. Gratitude isn’t a magical shortcut, though. It’s not a lot of kumbaya. It…
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The Empty Nest Can Release New Aspects of Your Personality
Enjoying the Empty Nest years usually means changes, and some of them can be fun! That’s a picture of me stepping out of my “shy” personality. I can speak in front of a…
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8 Ways to Find Calm in This Chaotic World
Hello sweet readers! I hope this post finds you feeling rested and calm. However, I’m sure you may be just as overwhelmed as I have been lately. We live in a stressful world. …
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Improve Your Life by Changing Your Thinking
I’ve been reading a book called “Brain Rules”. Inside it are some absolutely fascinating facts about your brain, how it develops, how it works, and how you can change it. One of the…
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The Animal School
I first read about The Animal School fable in a turned down page of a book, “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen Covey Habit 6 is the shortest chapter in…
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Rock Your Life Live Your Life By Design
Last year a business mentor of mine posted a blog post about creating 5 year goals. For me, that was a little overwhelming to do because my mindset so often tends to concentrate…
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Living Life Full Formula
How do you live a full life? By choosing to live a life by design and not by default. Choose to live each day with meaning. Do something spectacular, meaningful, special, fulfilling. It…
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The Journey Gray – Naturally
Another empty nest mom embracing her freedoms and this freedom is all about the hair. Going Gray Baby! I’m letting my hair go to it’s natural gray color, naturally! There, I’ve written it…
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Be Still and Know God’s Purpose
In this modern world we live in we often hear the clarion call of “Don’t just stand there – DO SOMETHING”. However, my recent studies have revealed to me that is often not…
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Are you in or out of the empty nest rut?
The question is, “Are you in or out of the empty nest rut?” The answer is that there is no right or wrong question to the question! Here’s why. How the empty nest…
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How to prevent trips and falls
This is a picture of my parents on their 50th wedding anniversary in 2011. Even though on that celebration they were celebrating 50 years of wedded bliss, I never really thought of them…
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Permission to be still
Life gets busy and sometimes the “clutter” of everything going on around you can keep you from hearing what you really need to hear. It’s important to have quiet moments so you can…
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Mother May I? I Give You Permission
Do you remember the old game of “Mother May I”? It was a race to the finish, but with one twist. “Mother” had to give you permission to go forward and the racer…
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The #1 Book that helped me navigate the empty nest
The 7 Minute Solution – It’s more than time management I’ve made it a practice since about 2007 to read 10 pages from a “good” book every day. It may be a self…
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Freedom by removing the mask
Sometimes, as an empty nest Mom, you just have to take off the mask of “super mom” , connect with who YOU are and be YOU. Here it is, a few little secrets…
