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So I’ve talked about how we mirror each other. Those amazing traits I love in you also exist in me. And the reverse is true too, the things I find frustrating in you are also things I possess and have an opportunity to look at and embrace or change.     There’s a whole other […]

Mirrors are amazing.   Looking through them in one way helps you see one thing and looking through them at a different angle helps you see something new. There are two-sided mirrors and single-sided mirrors, whole mirrors, and cracked or broken mirrors, and regardless of its condition, every mirror reflects.   Join me on a […]

We have a hive, or group, mentality.    We need to know we’re accepted, loved, approved.   We want to know we belong to something bigger than ourselves.   Often we look for a leader to show the way. “Specialists” in whatever field we’re looking to know more about. Be it social media, technology, astronomy, […]

This is the third and final installment of a three-part series on how to break free from the boxes we were born into in order to live the truest, authentic life possible. Refer back to the previous two posts for part one and part two.   I have 4 siblings. When I was 8 years […]

This is the second installment of a three-part series on how to break free from the boxes we were born into in order to live the truest, authentic life possible. Check back each week for the next segment.   I stand in both places.   I have been that youth, learning, growing, stretching, and testing […]

This is the first installment of a three-part series on how to break free from the boxes we were born into in order to live the truest, authentic life possible. Check back each week for the next segment.   Fire alarms are fabulous… until they’re not.   They quietly sit, up on the ceiling, watching […]

Today I am reminded of my Aunt Olive.   She wasn’t really my Aunt, rather my great Grandmother who didn’t like the idea of the old sounding title, among other reasons. So she asked us to call her “Aunt” Olive instead and everyone obliged.   When Aunt Olive was in High School and College she […]

Resolutions   It’s the beginning of a new year.   There’s something wonderful about it.    Somehow, even though it’s “just another day” or the “day after yesterday” something about the end of one year and the beginning of a new one brings a deep breath and new hope and optimism.     It’s this opportunity […]

Self-care is a huge buzzword right now.   People are beginning to recognize the importance of putting themselves higher up on the list of priorities. But what does self-care really mean and how exactly do you start it?   We are constantly under some kind of pressure. Being an active participant in life makes this reality. These […]