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Weekend Favorites: kaffepause, a no-buy year and the best sleep of your life

Weekend Wisdom: Feeling guilty for taking care of yourself is not taking care of yourself. Into the woods. When I hike I often think about John Muir’s lovely words, “And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.” And I always do just what he suggests. Ok … onto the […]

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20 Things My 80-Year-Old Dad Was Right About

“One day you will look back and see that all along you were blooming.”
— MHN

Twenty-eight years ago, when I was a freshman in high school, my English teacher gave my class a homework assignment entitled, “Advice for a Younger Generation.” The concept of the assignment was simple: Each student had to interview a person who was over the age of 25, gather enough information to write a basic biography of their life and find out what their top tips are for a younger generation. I chose to interview my dad. He was (more…)

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We Can Stop Apologizing for These 10 Things Now

Let’s stop apologizing for things we don’t need to be sorry for. Between our need to please and the way we’ve been conditioned to over-apologize, it’s no wonder our apologies almost feel like they are on auto pilot. Clutter comes in many forms, from the stuff in our homes to the too many items on […]

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40 Quotes for Calming the Mind When You’re at a Crossroads in Life

It happens to all of us gradually as we live and grow. We discover more about who we are and the way life is, and then we realize there are some changes we need to make. The lifestyle we’ve been living no longer fits. The environments and relationships we once found comfort in no longer exist, or no longer serve our best interests. So we cherish all the great memories, but find ourselves at a crossroads in life, moving forward.

And it’s not easy. It’s painful to give up what’s comfortable and familiar, especially when there’s no other choice. Marc and I have struggled through this process many times out of necessity. Over the past 15 years we’ve had to deal with several significant, unexpected life changes and challenges, including: (more…)

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The Sunday Reset That Will Simplify Your Entire Week

Carving out time for a Sunday reset can simplify your entire week. When we don’t take time to reset our homes and other areas of our lives, things build up, weigh us down and hold us back. A Sunday reset can help calm our living areas, our calendars and our minds. It may seem impossible […]

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10 Things We Always Wait Too Long to Let Go of in Life

We don’t even realize how often we’re blocking our own present blessings by holding on so tightly.

Letting go is not giving up. Letting go is surrendering any needless attachments to particular outcomes and situations. Surrender means showing up in your life with the intention to be your best, and to do the best you know how, without expecting life to be ideal. Have goals, have dreams, take purposeful action, and build solid relationships, but detach from what life must look like every step of the way.

The energy of someone aspiring to create something wonderful this year, teamed with a healthy balance of surrender, is far more effective than someone determined to create outcomes with a desperate must-have mentality. Surrender brings inner calmness, awareness, and understanding. And lest we forget that our outer lives are a reflection of our inner state of being.

Thus, take a moment to remind yourself of some things many of us typically attach to long after it’s time to let go, so you can loosen your grip on them as you move forward… (more…)

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10 Ways to Love Yourself the Way You’ve Always Wanted, But Nobody Ever Did

Every desire is a gift from above that contains both the power and the plan of its self-expression. Which means that your longing […]

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The 7 Most Important Values to Pass on to Your Children

The secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and hold them in the right scale of values.” ~ Norman Thomas

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5 Firm Ways to Say No Without Feeling Guilty or Ashamed

Why is it hard to say no? A while ago, a friend of mine asked me to mind their dog for two weeks […]

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5 Ways to Let Go of the Past and Embrace the Future

“One problem with gazing too frequently into the past is that we may turn around to find the future has run out on […]

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