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Self-Empowerment

Vacation Connections and Disconnections

My husband and I recently returned from our first “real” vacation since before the pandemic started. Although we have gone on a few short trips, mostly to visit family, they

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Self-Empowerment

Do Things While You Still Want To

I remember my father telling me different times to do things while I still could. That always made sense to me. Most of my career was spent working in long-term

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Self-Empowerment

Highway, Road, or Trail?

  In your life, what is right for you? Do you want to travel through your life on a super-highway, going far and fast? Do you want to travel through

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Self-Empowerment

Is There Harm?

I hate to admit this, but I have spent a great deal of my life being judgmental. The good news is that at least I recognize it now, and I

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Self-Empowerment

Trust

Trusting is risky. Not trusting is also risky. On one side, if you trust someone and are wrong, bad things can happen. I am sure you have lived through bad

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Self-Empowerment

Equal Partnerships

A frequent theme in my blogs concerns you. Your rights. Your responsibilities. Your choices. Your life. It is necessary to remember, though, that everything we have discussed applies to everyone.

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Self-Empowerment

Boundaries and Barriers

We all know now the importance of creating and maintaining boundaries on what behavior we will accept from others in their treatment of us. Looking back, I’ve always been fairly

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Self-Empowerment

Stress Less for Less Stress

We all have stress in our lives.  We have stress in our professional lives and we have stress in our personal lives.  People and situations cause us stress. And yet,

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Self-Empowerment

Don’t Stress Over the Small Stuff

I needed this reminder today and thought you might, too. Most of life is just stuff. Some big stuff, some small stuff. Don’t waste time and energy stressing over the

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