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On Courage, Vulnerability + Winning

Here goes.  I think that a lot. When I gather up my wits and put on more lipgloss to do another thing, say another thing, survive another rug-pulling heart-splitting thing. Here goes nothing. Here goes something. Here we go again.  Recently I went through a break up. Well, am going through would be more accurate, because, [...]

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The Second Most Important Thing You Need

I go on about breathing all the time. Anyone who has been around me for any time at all knows this about my going on about breathing. Do it now, I’ll say. You’re not doing it. Breathe. Because it is so important. It makes space in your body, it calms your nerves, it feeds your [...]

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Who Would You Be Without Your Problems?

I don’t know about you guys, but I spend so much time having the same problems. I worry about the same stuff over and over. No matter how much money I have, I worry if it is enough. I worry about whether or not I’m being a good enough parent whether we are playing in [...]

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Using Pickles to Develop Excellent Boundaries in Life + Business

So, we all have to deal with other people in a variety of ways. It is a fact of life and business. We want to be loving and generous, but we also really want people to respect our time and energy. Plenty of people have great boundaries and will be appropriate with you at every [...]

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7 (of the most recent) Books That Have Changed My Life + Health

I’m dorkishly in love with books, you guys. So choosing only seven was no easy task. The way they pile up around my house, you would think they are mating while I sleep. I sort of hope that’s true, because it would mean at least someone in my house is getting some action. They crowd [...]

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Relax. You’re Already Ok. Also: Pimp Suits

So can I just say how totally tired I am of being told to “Do epic shit?” Even just the word epic is tiresome. I don’t know about you, but it just makes me feel bad about myself when all I see as the definition of epic shit is sexy people traveling around the world [...]

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New Shit Has Come To Light

New shit has come to light. – The Dude   So, there I was, sitting on the ground, covered in mud, crying out loud – snot and everything – my ankle, hurting like a motherfucker (I watched it twist in slow motion as I fell) and I wasn’t really sure if I was going to [...]

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Healthy Body, Healthy Business ~ 9 Ways To Keep Up Your Momentum

Hello there, you sweet people.  I know your world is full of people saying different and not so different variations of, “Spring! Spring is coming!” But I don’t care. I’m doing it too, because I am EXCITED. These temperate, transitional seasons are my absolute favorite and they never fail to fill me with enthusiasm and [...]

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Be Kind To Cute Animals. And Yourself.

You are cute. In fact, you are more than cute. You are radiant, divine. You are ancient and stars and stuff all squished into human form. Yet, you yell at you all the time. For all kinds of things. Many of you are just walking around with a constant barrage of negative self talk narrating [...]

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10 Reasons to Exercise (and 3 not to)

  You already know plenty of reasons why you should exercise. You are inundated with media messages about it. All kinds of tips and tricks and reasons all over every magazine and website. All those shopped bodies beckoning you to just do a little more, lazybones so you can be like us. It can actually be so overwhelming (or annoying) that [...]

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