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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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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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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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Tuesday’s Tiny Tip: Don’t Believe Everything You Think
So this tip really isn’t tiny at all, because even being aware of what we’re thinking is hard. Thoughts come so constantly, so incessantly, that it can feel as though we are passive in the process, like the thoughts are just coming and we have nothing to do with how they got there. But (one […]
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The Broken-Tooth Diet
No one would recommend the Broken-Tooth diet, because it sucks. But I’m writing about it because, after having dental surgery to extract two broken teeth (WTF?), I’m reminded of how wonderful it is to have a pain-free mouth and to eat whatever you want without (much of) a care. So this is a post about […]
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Poetic Inspiration (that I didn’t write)
“Kindness” by Naomi Shihab Nye Kindness Before you know what kindness really isyou must lose things,feel the future dissolve in a momentlike salt in a weakened broth.What you held in your hand,what you counted and carefully saved,all this must go so you knowhow desolate the landscape can bebetween the regions of kindness.How you ride and […]
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Tuesday’s Tiny Tip: Plan a Personal Playdate
When was the last time you treated yourself to a playful outing just for the fun of it? It’s time to plan a personal playdate. My inspiration for this tip (and so many other things) comes from “The Artist’s Way, ” Julia Cameron’s classic book. She suggests readers keep a weekly “artist date” with themselves, […]
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YOU are Amazing: Here’s Proof
“Statistically, the probability of any one of us being here is so small that the mere fact of existing would keep us all in a contented dazzlement of surprise.” _ Lewis Thomas Sounds like a great idea, Lewis, but facing the slog of shit most of us have to deal with every day makes it […]
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Deepak’s (ultra-ambitious) Spiritual Checklist
The fourth and final week of Deepak Chopra’s “Healing the Whole Self” workshop is about spirit, aka the soul, the true self or consciousness. Deepak says spirit is where we connect to the “infinite field of potentiality that gives rise to your mind, your body and the universe.” I can dig that. I’m less confident, […]
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