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You are brave, strong, and smart!
I’m having a great time coloring with my Pitt pens and this book: Creative Coloring Inspirations: Art Activity Pages to Relax and Enjoy! It’s something that leads to an inner calm… I highly recommend...
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Life in the fast lane: women don’t play
“I don’t think it is too much to say that play can save your life. It certainly has salvaged mine. Life without play is a grinding, mechanical existence organized around doing the things necessary...
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An empath seeks equanimity
“Your spiritual practice will give you many gifts, but don’t expect it to relieve you of your human nature.” So writes Alan Morinis in Everyday Holiness: The Jewish Spiritual Path of Mussar. In my...
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Life in the fast lane – change is possible
I have really enjoyed our conversation this month about various themes in Bridget Schulte’s book Overwhelmed: How to Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time. I know many of you will enjoy this...
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Going from type-A to, um, type-A 1/2?
Lots of activity this past month!! We have transitioned into summer, spending time at the pool and camp and lots of fun art projects, movies, etc. My daughter and I are making friendship bracelets for...
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Do you trust your experiences?
Summer is often filled with travel or at least some extra reading time. I’ve been doing a ton of reading, mostly nonfiction, back and forth between a dozen titles on my kindle. It’s been so fun! I’ll...
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Are you fighting your true nature?
I am still on a blogging break, but thought you’d all love to know about this. Carol’s course is on sale right now. Your outer beauty and inner beauty are connected. According to Carol Tuttle, there...
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Oh how I have missed you!
Hello friends! I have missed you!!! Today’s the first day of school! Today’s the first day of school!!! Oh, I’m so so glad. Summer has not really caused a change in schedule at our house (our little...
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Join me in these fall courses
Some of my favorite friends are those I’ve met in online classes. Often, the supportive community of like-minded people is just as fantastic as the course content. In fact, many of my blog readers...
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Those summer books… fiction
For some reason, I had the song from the movie Greece in my head. You know, “Those Summer Nights?” Really, it’s “Ni-hights.” So I’ve changed it slightly to “those summer books.” Flows right off the...
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On being connected 24/7
On Friday morning, on my way to turn on the shower, I dropped my iPhone in the toilet. I’m just smart like that. Panic rose up from somewhere deep within and I started seriously freaking out. I had...
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Busyness as a badge of honor
I’d like to recommend a webinar called “Goodbye Busy: 3 Ways to Reconnect with What Matters Most” with Courtney Carver of Be More with Less and Joel Zaslofsky. It’s about: how feeling busy makes us...
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Summer books… 7 great nonfiction reads
Did you miss my summer fiction reviews? Phenomenal: A Hesitant Adventurers Search for Wonder in the Natural World by Leigh Ann Henion “Motherhood affects everything, but does it have to change...
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Shining brightly and sharing your gifts
The other day, I was listening to Brené Brown on a podcast lament the fact that we will never get to enjoy the gifts of so many people because they are too afraid to open up and share their talent...
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The art of subtraction – on balancing your time
It’s easy for me to keep adding more and more to my schedule. I usually think a class is too good to pass up or sure, I’ll help in the classroom for an hour. Sometimes I forget that I have time or...
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Summer books…“woo woo” edition
I feel compelled to write a short intro here for the benefit of those of you with rational minds (which includes Mr. B and my immediate family). While I have been interested in learning more so I can...
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The sound of silence
In my Mussar course, my focus right now is on the power that our words have and especially on the value of silence. I have always been sensitive to sound, but all of a sudden, I realize just how much...
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“I’m sorry for yelling at Mommy and Daddy.” “I’m sorry for having a messy room sometimes and leaving my things around the house.” “I’m going to help the quiet girl in my class.” As I mentioned in...
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Happy together family tray
We had this tray on our living room ottoman that was functional but just sort of ok as far as decor. So I decided to decorate it with fun scrapbook papers. I finished it off with a clear fixative...
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Do what ignites your soul: permission slip for stay-at-home moms
I’ve got to tell you about Elizabeth Gilbert’s podcast called Magic Lessons! The first episode is called “Do What Ignites Your Soul.” It touched on something I feel often. As a stay-at-home mom,...
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