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Sweetness of Doing Nothing
July 2024
Hope you are staying cool! Just because I live in 3-digit heat during these summer months, while everyone I know is off traveling to the beach, I stay busy. As I heard Anthony Hopkins say on a FB post....
CONTINUE READINGIs Laughter REALLY the best medicine???
June 2024
Hope you are staying cool these days! My girlfriends, Bonnie and Marcia, are my lifeline, 24/7 am/pm. Whenever we are together, no matter what else is going on in our lives with our children, our husbands, and/or our businesses, I know there will be at least one....
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SOMEDAY is NOW
May 2024
Bonjour! Namaste! Ni Hao! Dia dhuit! Merhaba! Hola! Back in the day, did you start a bucket list? Have you checked off all the boxes? What's next? What's your timeline? Listen up: If you are waiting to travel....
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Yea, YOU!
April 2024
Are you dancing through the tulips? Enjoy every precious moment! We know that summer sits on the edge of every beautiful Spring day! I love coaching women. I've witnessed possibilities, small steps....
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Comin' Up Roses
March 2024
Another Spring sure does feel good, doesn't it? I'm in the final stages of creating the curriculum for the April 4-May19 program, and I can hardly stand it, I'm so excited as we Move Forward into Awe. Several people have asked me....
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Hello, Gorgeous!
February 2024
Transitions can be so uncomfortable, can't they? Are you struggling with the invisible woman syndrome? Do you find yourself overlooked in social situations, the workplace, and in the media? Well, your days of fading...
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Gee Whillikers!
January 2024
Holy Moley! It's a New Year!!! I saw a great FB post (unfortunately, anonymous) of all the words that are now long gone: We were 'in like Flynn and living the life of Riley; not even a regular guy could accuse me of being a knucklehead, nincompoop, or a pill...
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Who Are You Now?
December 2023
As we move to the ending of 2023, we take stock of 'the good, the bad, and the ugly' of this year and move to the New Year with hopes and dreams...and resolutions that 2024 will be better, different, and....
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AWE is AWESOME
November 2023
Autumn is my Spirit Season! Having lived in the desert longer than I care to admit, my longing for a total immersion into reds, yellows, and oranges invited my gargantuan desire to have at it! Blending into the maples and oaks....
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Overdue to Purge
October 2023
I've spent a lifetime accumulating beautiful things. Beauty is my oxygen. We bought artwork before we bought food. I still wear clothes with glee that I've kept for years, remembering the...
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They Say It's My Birthday...and it is!!!
September 2023
Come celebrate with me! This month I celebrate my birthday every day! I'm giving myself the gift of feeling GREAT about aging...it's my birthday and I'll age if I want to....
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Time Keeps Slipping, Into the Future
August 2023
My precocious 18-year-old granddaughter made a comment several months ago that I can't stop thinking about: 'Nana always wants more!' She's right. No matter how much time we spend together, I always want more.....
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July 2023
As a raging feminist (still!), I was angry at Barbie for years! Her impossibly proportioned body and unrealistic body image, her materialism and consumerism, the lack of racially diverse dolls....
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