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From the archives: Buildings stories (and causing suffering) one lego at a time. legos make believe narratives

This weekend, while I am cultivating friendships and life skills at the Brave Enough Conference (all of us vaccinated and mas...

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Video: Cultivating Friendships friendships intention video vlog

Friendships are important in life. It's natural that the nature of our work sets some obstacles in place to those friendships...

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Setting healthy boundaries: a corollary to manuals. boundaries healthy mental health protection

Today, we are talking about boundaries. Boundaries are the next natural thing to explore once we have started letting go of m...

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Getting rid of manuals to reduce stress control drama expectations manuals

Today, we are talking about manuals. You've likely not heard of this concept, but stick with me, and you'll understand.  We k...

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Self-care revisited: Movement and Exercise exercise movement self-care

In our series of Self-Care Revisited, we have covered the why, sleep, nutrition, and this week we are discussing physical mov...

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Video: Setting Boundaries for Your Health boundaries manuals mental health vlog

Last month we talked about dropping the manuals for others. In this month's vlog, we cover a coaching perspective on setting ...

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Self-care revisited: Healthy Nutrition nutrition self-care

We are on part 3 of a 4-part series on getting back to the basics of self-care. The first week, we covered its importance and...

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Self-care revisited: Restorative Sleep restorative sleep self-care basics

We covered why self-care is important and addressed a few common objections last week. Let's delve into arguably the most ess...

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Self-care revisited self-care basics you deserve it.

I can hear you thinking, “What?!  Not more about self-care. Don’t put the onus on us. Fix the system!” Before I tackle that p...

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Video: Holding too Many Manuals acceptance manuals vlog

This month's vlog is about how keeping manuals for how things "should be" and how people "should act" causes some unnecessary...

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Step 3: Calming the Chaos and Cultivating Harmony - Mental Energy chaos harmony mental energy

So far, we have discussed taking back control of our time and attention Now for the 3rd step.  We need to protect and build o...

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Step 2: Calming the Chaos and Cultivating Harmony - Attention attention choas harmony navigating demands

Last week we covered key area #1 – Taking back control of your time. This week we are moving to the 2nd key area to address t...

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