Soul Search
Learning to improve Self requires honest soul searching
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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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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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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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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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Using Positive Self Talk to Accomplish Any Goal
The last 100 days of the year are upon us and I’m thinking a lot about end of the year goals. Using Positive Self-Talk to Conquer Any Goal Do you feel like…
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Ducks Quack, Eagles Soar
What ever happened to doing the best job possible? And.. Making a conscious decision to have a great day! (A friend sent this to me via email. It’s way too good not to…
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Get Out of the Empty Nest Rut
Is your empty nest in a rut? I read a story a long time ago about Sledding up in Alaska. It told about the sled dog routes that have ruts in them that…
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Empty Nest Survival Mindset
What is your mindset? I have been thinking a lot about mindset lately. Mindset is our mental attitude which when needed to interpret a situation pretty much determines what we are going to…
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Empty Nest Survival Fears
I hear a lot of moms talk about all the fears they have now that the kids have left home and the nest is empty. Do Empty Nest Fears have you frozen in…
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Empty Nest Survival – Plug the energy drains
I had a very, very sad day in the kitchen a while back. I cracked my crock! Yes, I turned my crock pot over to wash it and low and behold I had…
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Review of Barbara and Susan’s Guide to the Empty Nest: Discovering New Purpose, Passion, & Your Next Great Adventure
I actually discovered this book well after I had entered and maneuvered through the empty nest waters. But, that didn’t stop me from enjoying or finding value in it’s content. I found it…
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I was so afraid to do this
I REALLY was afraid to do this. One of the members of the mastermind group I am in decided to overcome her fear of being on video by doing videos. This is something…
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The Secret To Happiness
Love TED talks and how much you can learn in a short amount of time…if you just listen! Please listen to “The happy secret to better work – Shawn Achor (2011) ” and…
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Lou Brissie – Baseball and American Hero
Following a devastating German artillery attack in December 1944, most of Leland Victor (Lou) Brissie s squad was destroyed and the shrapnel-riddled corporal from Ware Shoals, South Carolina, was left for dead. The…