You Are Your Word. Be Impeccable. balance goals lifestyle Apr 20, 2022

 

 

  

Here are some words I never imagined saying: I recently attended a conference for entrepreneurs.  I was surrounded by impressive individuals putting themselves in the proverbial arena with the goal of disrupting struggles and pain points for their future customers.  An entire afternoon was...

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You Don't Need A Bigger Slice. Create A Bigger Pie And Everybody Wins! balance goals Apr 13, 2022

 



When my mother turned 18, her father gave her a St. Christopher medallion to bless her in her travels and a $10 bill so that she would never be without money.  She saved both.  They remain enshrined in the original plastic box.  The box is now weathered and held together by masking tape.  Fortu...

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Dismantling The Critic balance Feb 16, 2022

 

 

What is this self inside us, this silent observer,

Severe and speechless critic , who can terrorize us

And urge us on to futile activity

And in the end, judge us still more severely

For the errors into which his own reproaches drove us?

--T. S. Eliot, The Elder Statesman

 

 

In the...

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More Than Surface Pressure balance lifestyle Feb 09, 2022

 

 

“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.”
―William James
 

 

 

If your house is anything like mine, you’ve probably seen the hit Disney film Encanto more than a few times.  And while everyone else is talking about not talking about Bruno, it is an...

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There Is Not Better Than Here balance goals lifestyle Feb 02, 2022

 

 

 “There” is no better than “here.” When your “there” has become a “here,” you will simply obtain another “there” that will again look better than “here.” 

― Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit 

 

Physicians are not strangers to the...

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Balance Doesn’t Mean That Everything Is Equal balance goals lifestyle Jan 19, 2022

 

 

One of the biggest struggles of my adult life has been the elusive idea of work-life balance.  It seems like a simple concept.  First, determine your priorities.  Then, live your life aligned with those priorities.  Easy peasy.  But somehow, every time I attempt this exercise, things go awry. ...

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Unspeakable Joy balance lifestyle Jan 05, 2022

 

Foreboding Joy.  I didn’t make it up.  In fact, I had never even heard of foreboding joy.  I had also never heard of Brené Brown, the author of Daring Greatly, where I was first introduced to the idea of foreboding joy.  If you haven’t read Daring Greatly, stop what you are doing and go get a cop...

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Negative Thoughts Are Holding You Back balance lifestyle Dec 29, 2021

 

 

I wanted to write about the power of positive thinking.  I wanted to tell you that having good thoughts can serve you.  I wanted to start by quoting Roald Dahl: "If you have good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sunbeams, and you will always look lovely." But it didn't feel auth...

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Discomfort Is The Currency To Your Dreams balance goals lifestyle Dec 22, 2021

  

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

The idea of leaning into discomfort is a tough one for me. I’d love to blame it on age, but I have always been this way.  It feels safer to take the road mor...

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Tell Me A Story balance lifestyle Dec 08, 2021

Storytime is over.  It is time to wake up!

 

What is a story? When I think of a story, I think of a fairy tale. Fiction. Made up. Entertainment.  The truth is, we tell ourselves stories every day. Narratives in our minds about who we are and what we are capable of achieving.  Sometimes our stories...

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Dream Big! balance goals lifestyle Dec 01, 2021

 

Why Did We Stop Dreaming?

  

What do you want to be when you grow up?  If you had a million dollars, what would you do with it?  If you could be a princess or a superhero, who would you choose?  What magical power do you wish you had?  We ask our children to wonder and dream, and they do!  We u...

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A New Beginning balance lifestyle Nov 24, 2021

 

Think!

 

There are so many songs about thoughts:

 

In "Think," Aretha Franklin warns her lover to think about how his actions are affecting her. 

 

In "Cat's In The Cradle," Harry Chapin looks back on his life with regret about how his past actions led him to a struggling relationship with ...

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