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Overweight? Out of Shape? My Neck and Shoulders Are Killing Me!

May 5, 2013

Vacations are the best! Except those pictures of yourself? I am the family photographer so I am most often behind the camera rather than in front. But there are those moments when someone takes the camera from me just so I can look back on a trip and see that I was actually there. And [...]

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“A goal without an action plan is a daydream” –Nathaniel Branden–

May 10, 2011

I recently read this quote in a book by M.J. Ryan called “This Year I Will…” and I was drawn to it–perhaps because I am venturing into the coaching world and coaching focuses on quicker movement, less of the past and a lot planning for the future.  It’s essentially less talk and more action. This [...]

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The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times

February 2, 2010

Pema Chodron encourages us to see problems as opportunities and instead of trying to run from discomfort, she advocates trying to stay with our discomfort long enough to learn about ourselves. Fortunately, she doesn’t say that this is an easy feat but offers encouragement when trying to break the habit of reaching for the temporary [...]

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Book of The Week

June 1, 2009

What does a couple do when they think that they have “fallen out of love?”  Our culture has a lot to say about falling in love but it teaches us very little about staying in love. Terry Real, a marriage and family counselor for over thirty years writes about the culture and the differences between [...]

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