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As Things Begin…

As Things Begin, So They Go... It is my experience that when a project or relationship begins with missed communication, confusion and weirdness, it almost never gets better. Keep a weather eye out for the Flakes, Bananas and Flim-Flam Artists and when you smell...

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What If You Don’t Have Faith In Yourself?

What If You Don’t Have Faith In Yourself?

It's a cold, empty feeling, that not-having-faith-in-yourself feeling. Especially in this bright-eyed American culture of mandatory optimism. But some days, it's just not there. You don't feel worthy, you don't feel special, you don't feel like your projects are even...

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How To Make Perfect Choices – Every Time

How To Make Perfect Choices – Every Time

I woke up very early on the Saturday before Easter and took a beach walk. The sky and the sea were the same shade of ever-lightening gray, and there was no one else in sight. As I walked, I prayed, and the voice came to me and said, "Quit thinking you're doing this...

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Dusting The Baseboards In The Ballroom

Dusting The Baseboards In The Ballroom

Art Before Housework Mug by samanthabennett222 Make customizable steins on zazzle Sometimes you get all involved in the little things that are wrong, bad or need fixing.  You obsess.  You are blind to what's good, what's working, what's excellent, even, and all you...

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Intuition and Migraines

I was at a conference listening to an acclaimed speaker deliver his talk when the very small half-thought flittered through my mind, "I think I'm getting a migraine." And my big, in-charge inner voice started to protest that no, this couldn't be happening now, it was...

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Disagreements Mean You Need More Information

Have you ever heard a conversation like this? He: OK, it's 3:30 - let's go pick up my car from the shop. She: I'm not ready to go right now.  Let's go later. He: I don't want to go later.  I want to go now. She: Why does it always have to be about what you want? He:...

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Don’t Apologize; Say, “Thank You”

Apologies are to be reserved for times when you have transgressed and are truly sorry. But for times when you are, in fact, not sorry, consider this strategy: don't apologize; say, "Thank you." I got this advice from my friend Adam and it took a while to sink in for...

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To Begin And To Begin Again

Starting over can be so dispiriting, you know? Even just the phrase, "starting over" implies that one is going back to the beginning. And from kindergarten on up, we are taught that having to go back to the beginning is not a good sign. And worse, it sounds boring. It...

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