You know that saying that life is what happens when you are busy making other plans? Well, while I was carefully planning my 2014, life happened to me. I was diagnosed with a rare form of Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in early February and the year dramatically shifted around all my carefully laid plans. Today, I want […]
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The Pressure to be Wonder Mom
I come from a long line of women who do too much. And I know that’s true of most of us. We work full time jobs, take care of our families and homes, volunteer, have side projects and still find time for our friends. And then we add to it. And add to it. And […]
5 Quick Self Esteem Boosts
We all need a little help in regards to our self-esteem. I’ve put together a quick list of 5 things you can do to improve how you think about and how you treat yourself. Enjoy! Positivity needs pals. You’ve heard that misery needs company, right? So does a positive outlook! If you are surrounded by […]
You Don’t Have to Believe Everything You Think
In the book Strengthening Family Resilience, Froma Walsh wrote “Belief systems broadly encompass values, convictions, attitudes, biases and assumptions, which coalesce to form a set of basic premises that trigger emotional responses, inform decisions and guide actions” (2006, p. 50). All of us have had the experience of an intense reaction being triggered that was […]
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