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Sweet Honey Iced Tea, Walking After Midnight
A couple days ago I shared on Instagram that I attended the first Happiness Workshop presented in Seoul! What I didn’t tell you is that it took me 3 days to recover from that experience. When I saw the message pop up on my Facebook feed the night before the event, I had no idea what I was about to get myself into. I had never heard of We Work and their monthly seminars before, but the marketing vibe was good, and I was totally lured in by the hands-on component of the workshop. I decided, why not? And off I went. Well I thought the best thing was to…
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5 Ways Being a Parent makes you a Great Life Coach
“That which we are, we shall teach, not voluntarily, but involuntarily. Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go out of our minds through avenues which we never voluntarily opened. Character teaches over our head.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson,”The Over-Soul” If I can only have one rule to guide me as a parent, it would be to understand our actions will always speak louder than words. Being a parent is not about herding kids from one place to the next. It is about being a life coach to small human beings depending on you to show the way. 1. Life is messy. It happens. The…
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Sweet Honey Iced Tea, I Need a Simple Planner
I confess. I am a planner addict. I crave organization only because I like to sort chaos into simple categories! When my friends pull out their planners, I can’t help but ohh and ahh over them! Who can resist the look at how productive I can make you marketing? Not me. But the truth is, I feel a bit anxious. What if I pick the wrong planner? My carefully built scheduled efficiency will crumble and I will let everyone around me down! At least that’s how it was goes down in my head when I am left to my own devices. Finally after losing too much sleep this week over finding the…
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Truth S.H.I.T
I recently spent some time creating quotes about truth. Why? Because I feel there is an overwhelming amount of irritating propaganda posing as truth. I’m talking about the kind of stuff that stands on such a weak foundation, it is afraid of an honest debate. Instead of communicating and strengthening communities, it’s the kind of stuff that empowers people to heckle and tear vulnerable-everyday-imperfect-people apart. Simply put, propaganda is a highly polished art form used to emotionally move a group to act on principles and beliefs they want internalized… even if it is against the best interest of the group in question. Once it’s been internalized, it tends to show up in…
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Mental S.H.I.T.
Ladies and Gents and Wanders abound, we gather here today on this fine and possibly imaginary sweltering sun to gossip about all things twisted up in our heads. If you are interested in Linking with us, here are a couple of things you should keep in mind: You can use this meetup to bring awareness to a wide range of mental issues. You can share your own experiences. If what you want to share is graphic in nature or is a sensitive issue, please be kind enough to put *GRAPHIC* or *TRIGGER* in the title of your link. What Can You do With this Linkup? You can use it to…
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Overcoming My Writer’s Block
A couple of months ago I was ready to bring some new ideas to my blog. Suddenly my blog wanted to me know something important. First I had to succumb to the delusion of a local zombie flu. My blog haunted my dreams while I lay sick in bed. Lingering on the verge of death I finally decided to crawl my way to what makes for a sick bay in Wiesbaden. Armed with antibiotics and seasonal allergy meds I made a speedy recovery. There was only one problem. I was unable to write. Well, Okay. Maybe what my writer’s block needed was a little getaway. So without much ado we…
