Month: March 2019
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Tiny Tip
Tuesday’s Tiny Tip: Find Your Feet
Try this tip anytime you’re standing somewhere: Feel your feet on the ground. Whenever you are standing, wearing shoes or not, notice your feet Where are they, exactly? Under your hips? Wider? Side by side? Staggered? How is your weight distributed between your two feet? And each foot? Is the weight balanced between toes and […]
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Forgiving Myself
I’ve been beating myself up for about 36 hours now over a typo. A very good friend gave me a professional opportunity with one of her clients, and I made a typo in my proposal OF THE BUSINESS OWNER’S NAME. I sent another email immediately to correct it, but the damage was done. Maybe a […]
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Tiny Tip
Tuesday’s Tiny Tip: Try a Mindful Walk
What is a mindful walk, you say? It’s just like a regular walk, but instead of ruminating on whatever’s going on inside your head, you tune into the sights, sounds and feelings around you. Leaves blowing in the wind, birds chirping in the trees, the crisp almost-spring air on your skin. The Greater Good Science […]
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Week One of the Midlife Makeover Did Not Go Well
I was so fired up, yet I failed to follow my own plans. In hindsight, it was probably unwise to launch my aspirational makeover during an exceptionally busy week of assignments. Also, success may have been more likely had I devoted some time and energy to preparation. I scheduled in my workouts haphazardly, then proceeded […]
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Self-care
The Midlife Makeover
I’m doing it. I’ve had some grand ideas about what to do with my life since leaving my full-time job last year. In a way, the past 12 months of sporadic freelancing and big-dreaming has all been part of my midlife makeover, but I am ready to approach things more thoughtfully. I am setting some […]
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