Mindset
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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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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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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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Are You Up For A Challenge
Challenges Feed Growth I know, you are probably thinking to yourself that you are already facing enough challenges right now. Let’s face it mom, you are surviving some new challenges in your life…
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Where will you be this time next year
There’s a lot of talk about the new year at this time of the year. We find ourselves only a few days away from the turning of the calendar. In fact, my husband…
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Blogging Creativity Is All About Taking Risks
Two years ago I tapped into my creativity after rediscovering myself during the Empty Nest years. I had sort of let that part of myself diminish due to the busyness of life and…
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Is anything really too little?
Today is Wordless Wednesday where I try to just let a picture do the talking. This picture was taken on a recent bucket-list trip to Jackson, WY where my husband and I viewed…
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1 Huge Step To Live In Purpose
When I was young teen we moved to edge of the suburbs. So far out to the edge that we were in the undeveloped area and really could call it “country”. There were…
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Be a Doer of Your Words
Are walking and doing your daily life in harmony with your personal values? Do you know what your core personal values are? Being a Doer of Your Personal Values In a previous post…
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How to figure out what makes you tick in 4 easy steps
Time Management and the Empty Nest Our son had flown the coop. Out the door. Gone to college. I had worked myself into a corner at work by applying myself TOO much. All…
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Are you making a living or making a life
John Wooden was a basketball player and a famous and respected coach. Not only could he bring out the best in players, as illustrated by all the championships his teams won but he…
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I think I can mindset
Do you remember the beloved children’s story of the little train engine trying to get up the hill? He has some famous words that he spoke to himself while puffing and pulling himself…
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Oregon Trail and Life Legacy
On our recent vacation to Idaho we found a highway rest area that happened to be an important area for the Oregon Trail. No major battle happened here except the battle of personal…