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Grief Resilience Wellness

4 Things You Must Do to Recover when Disaster Rocks Your World

 

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Historic rainfall brought disaster to Houston last week. America looked on with compassion then pitched in to help. I’ve done something to help. Have you?

As epic tragedy befell Texas, smaller catastrophes rocked the private worlds of people living elsewhere.

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Depression Grief Personal Growth Wellness

Want More than “Awesome” from Monday’s Eclipse? Try This.

 

This picture shows me enjoying Monday’s TOTAL solar eclipse with husband Charlie and others not shown.  Everyone present marveled to see the sun hidden by the moon’s silhouette and experience midday darkness.

We all said “Awesome!”

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Depression Personal Growth

6 Ways to Thrive (Not Just Survive) after You Fail

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Last week I described my friend’s pain after she suffered a setback and thought of herself as a failure. Her suffering caused me to think how badly we need to know and remember the truth about failing. I discussed five related truths in last week’s post, which you can read here.

Today’s post builds on that discussion

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Depression Personal Growth

Feeling Dumb? Read This to Feel Better!

A few weeks ago I attended a lunch reunion with a group of friends. The event began joyfully.

However, the mood grew somber when one friend revealed that an important part of her life had fallen apart. She said through tears, “I feel like such a failure”

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Personal Growth

6 Steps to Finally Making the Change You Want

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People say leopards don’t change their spots. True, but we’re not leopards. People change.

Can you think of some change you’d like to make to improve your life? Have you struggled to make that happen? It helps when you understand the change process.

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Personal Growth

5 Effective Ways To Achieve Your Most Important Goals

 

A few years ago I accepted an invitation to go blueberry picking with two beloved family members, Dee and Frank. We had a splendid time taking in scenery and gathering blueberries on top of a beautiful North Carolina mountain. I remember our mountaintop experience with joy. I remember our trip up that mountain with horror!

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Relationships Wellness

10 Simple Ways To Improve Your Health and Connect With People Around You

 

My husband  and I recently completed an exhausting road trip, but one break from the road became an oasis.

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Inaugural Post

3 Simple Steps To Build The Deeply Satisfying Life You’ve Always Wanted

I created this website because I believe in love – not the kind we wait on, but the kind we do. Proactive  love has the power to move mountains and heal lives.

Running, hiding, and blaming others for our problems causes us to lose in life.  On the other hand, intentional love enables us to win . Here’s how that happened for one of my clients (really a composite of clients) whom we’ll call Bryan: