Category: Tips for Life
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How to get Time on Your Side
Dear Time Traveler (that’s you), I recently watched a YouTube video of The Rolling Stones on The Ed Sullivan Show from 1964—back when TV was black and white, but Mick Jagger’s charisma was already in full technicolor. There he was with his baby face and mop-top, singing: “Time is on my side, yes it is…”… Read more
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Is THERE really better than HERE?
Hopefully, you read the Newsletter last week about Dorothy and her shoes (If not here’s a LINK). As I mentioned last week, it took Dorothy 102 minutes to realize there is no place like home. The bigger lesson here, in my opinion, is that THERE is never BETTER than here. At the beginning of The Wizard… Read more
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A Novel Approach to Habit Change
“You are very regimented.” Someone said this to me one time. It did NOT feel like a compliment. The comment made me think of my dad and his army ways. Socks rolled just so, shirts pressed to within an inch of their lives. Regimented. Of course, I have rituals. Everyone has rituals. Habits. The brain… Read more
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GRACE
Last year, I did a series for Brainz Magazine: Grief, Grace, Gratitude, and Growth. (Linked here 😊). At the time, I was navigating loss, and I felt strongly that Grace could only come after the pain of grief and the realization of gratitude. I’m not so sure anymore. What if Grace happens all the time?… Read more