Category: Personal Evolution
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Why the Bullying Pattern in My Life Re-Surfaced
Why? I kept asking. Why, why, why? Though in the beginning, the question wasn’t Why? but Who? I was trusting the wrong person, taking his word for everything because of his position, and because I really–really–did want to like him. Instead, I was repeating a pattern I’ve seen a number of times in my…
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Anti-Bullying: Why I Dyed My Hair Purple
I dyed my hair purple last week. Professional salon job. It was time for a cut and color, long past because I can almost never schedule two afternoon hours off from work during the week and I’ve had silver in my hair since I was 18. My inability to get to the salon before my…
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What Would You Do with a Second Chance?
What would you do with a second chance? Would you squander it? Would you change your life? Would you promise to start over and then lapse back into old habits? We think, most often, of second chances in life as being related to health or even near-death experiences, but they can just as easily be…
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When I Don’t Know How to Have a Champion
In my whole life, I’ve had about as many champions as I can count on one hand. The women who have stood up for me over the long-term have been more second mothers than champions, and the intent was different: to nurture more so than to protect. Still, I don’t really count them as champions. …
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Overshoot Your Goals. Always.
According to the Norman Vincent Peale quote, “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” The point is, if you have goals, you stand a chance of getting farther in life and reaching your dreams. Once you go farther than you ever dreamed, the smaller goals and dreams are so…