Tag: boundaries
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Aries Season: Begin Boldly, But Begin With Truth
Aries season is the astrological new year—raw, alive, and asking you to begin. Not when conditions are perfect, but now. Here’s how to ride the fire honestly.
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What It Is Wednesday: The Truth Will Set You Free
FB Memories are often a good memory jogger for me. The photo below was 6 weeks into my first “100happydays” experiment of looking for those joyous little moments in life. Though I’m not almost a year into my second “100happydays” experiment–I didn’t want to quit because of the great value in it for me–I abandoned…
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Taking a Beat from My Obsession with Helping
Helping others is second nature, enough that I once gave away $75,000 worth of work in a year. Then a friend’s project ate my summer and my own novel went silent. Time to take a beat.
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Two Reasons: #1. Eliminate to Liberate
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Passion to the Third Degree. You cannot imagine how much email I get every day. Filters do little to no good or I lose sales. Part of the problem is that one of my private email addresses has been spread all over the planet by a handful of…
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The Child Test
I am very grateful for these past few weeks. It’s been an amazing submersion into long-overdue romance and I’ve enjoyed every moment of it with a man who has been emotionally available, intelligent, great conversation, hopelessly romantic, and fun. I suspect, however, that I did not pass the child test. I met his kids—adorable and…
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Checkmate
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree and Rising. I can’t tell you the best way to convince me to do what you want me to do. If you really want me to go down that path, you can show it to me and then tell me all the logical reasons to take…
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Blasted from the Past
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Passion to the Third Degree. My asthma is getting better but I’m zonked. I’m in one of those moods where I don’t want to sleep and don’t want to be awake either. But the water heater repairman’s come and gone, and I’ve been quietly productive, editing a book…
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Divorcing Your Financial Future
Two female friends are going through divorces right now. They left their husbands not for other men but for their own physical and mental health. They’ve tried to leave their spouses many times before but were always “guilted” or intimidated into staying. One was arrested a few times for abusing her policeman husband by allegedly…
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Short Leashes and Control Freaks
Wow. It’s not that I keep the people in my life on a short leash. I keep them on a GPS tracker and allow them the freedom to roam light years away. I just have to know where they are if they’re not home on time or if my plans get trashed. I’ve learned through…
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Pet Peeve: Oblivious Time Wasters
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Love in the Third Degree. Omigods. I am overwhelmed at the moment. Just that kind of busy. And not too happy, looking around the house and remembering one or the other of the girls getting something out or taking something apart with the famous words, “I’ll clean this…
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Law of Attraction Meanies
I finally figured out what makes me so disapproving of some of the Law of Attraction teachers I’ve encountered (other than the spammers who read one post of my 2000-post journal and jump to conclusions). Seriously, this is a Cyndi Lauper Girls-just-wanna-have-fun-video palm slap to the forehead. I understand the hot-button connection. When I realized…
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Still Bothered
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Love in the Third Degree. I’m still bothered with some of the Law of Attraction followers, to the point I’ve decided to remove myself from further contact with certain people. Their self-righteousness really, really grates on my nerves. I’d like to be able to discuss it and practice…
