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Stealing Your Peace
Unsettling experiences—we all have them. Sometimes things just don’t go our way or, worse yet, surprise us in ways that might leave us saying “didn’t see that one coming.” You know those times, the ones we replay over and over in our heads, the ones that wake us up in the middle of the night,…
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Filling Holes
Here’s what I don’t think—I don’t think that our childhood is the absolute determinant of who we become. I believe that we all have different skills and abilities and opportunities and that we truly can achieve that which we desire. But what I do think is that there are beliefs and behaviors that we hold…
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Overcoming
I had the great gift of spending the weekend with a group of incredible women. Other than the facilitator and one friend, everyone was new to me and everyone’s story was new. The focus of our retreat was preparing for and envisioning the year ahead, 2023 while it is still bright and shiny and ripe…
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Be the Light
It is close to three years since all of our lives were upended by the “it couldn’t happen here” pandemic. None of us could ever have imagined what this has been like or the permanent changes it has made in our lives and in our world. While the virus has not left us, it is…
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New Year, Renewed Light
The changing of the year on the calendar is always one of those lines of demarcation—a chance to decide what we want to be different going forward. It is easy to cite the obvious targets. I will exercise more or eat better or get more sleep . . . That’s all great, especially if you…
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Giving and Receiving
Somewhere around mid-November this year I announced that I was just not in the holiday spirit this year. I was looking forward to Thanksgiving with family and our traditional New Year celebration with our dearest friends, but I just couldn’t summon up the energy to even think about gift giving. And, let me tell you,…
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Christmas Movies
Okay, I admit it. I am a sucker for Christmas movies. While “It’s A Wonderful Life” is on my list of all time favorite films, I can happily sit and watch all the silly formulaic holiday films you can throw at me. I’m delighted to watch this year’s token Chanukah film as well, doesn’t really…
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The Worst Enemy
I did an exercise in a class once, perhaps you have done it as well. If not, give it a try. Number 1 through 5 and write “If I didn’t have to do it perfectly, I would . . .” Then give yourself the time, and the honesty, to fill in those lines. How many…
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Don’t Leave
I was reading a brief blurb the other day about a celebrity couple who have been married for multiple decades, which, in today’s world, is often seen as some sort of feat. When asked the secret of their enduring relationship, the answer was the simple two words “Don’t leave.” Sounds pretty basic, doesn’t it? But…
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Punctuation
There are landmarks in all of our lives, events that changed everything, events that we will always see as defining a clear “before” and a clear “after.” It occurred to me this week that one of the reasons Thanksgiving is so meaningful to me is that it is one of those dividing lines between a…
With a Full Heart
Reflections on Leadership and Life
With a Full Heart 