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“This Is How We Grow” Blog Hop 2013: 10 Ways I “Choose to Grow” Each Day
This Is How We Grow Blog Hop 2013: 10 Ways I Choose to Grow Each Day My family and I have been through our share of rough times. In 2007, my sister and brother-in-law died, we inherited our two young nephews, and I gave birth to our 4th baby, taking us from three to six…
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LET Your Heart DESIRE.
“It is our actions and desires that cause us to become something, whether a true friend, a gifted teacher, or one who has qualified for eternal life.” ~Dallin H. Oaks Here’s a question you may not have been asked in a while: “What do you want?” I can hear many of you instinctively saying,…
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The Positive Psychology of Flourishing! What Is It? & Am I Doing It?
I aspire to live as the crow flies. “Crows fly in sweeping circular arcs across the apron of the sky, using all the available space from horizon to horizon before settling on the top swaying branch of the tallest tree…. A crow is mighty in its passion, voracious in its appetite, and fearless in its…
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Living a Life of Purpose & Meaning: The Key to True Happiness
“The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.”[1] What is your purpose? What were you and you alone put on this earth to do? We all have one,…
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Beyond Resolutions: Discovering Your New Year’s Vision
Beyond Resolutions: Discovering Your New Year’s Vision My New Year’s Vision “A few years back, tired of ‘New Year’s Resolutions’ and needing an entirely new approach, I developed the idea of a ‘yearly theme’. What I really wanted was to move away from the small, too-often forgotten goals of New Year’s resolutions toward a…
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Achieving Balance: Why You’ve Got it Wrong & How to Get it Right
“I need more balance in my life!” We hear it all the time. That’s because we feel it all the time—that “unbalanced” sensation begging us to slow down and make some drastic changes before we completely burn out! I sure feel “unbalanced” several times a year (especially December and May!), and it’s a topic that…
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10 Benefits of Practicing Gratitude
10 Benefits of Practicing Gratitude It’s easy to say we’re grateful—we’re grateful for our family, for our children, for our friends, for our spouse. We’re grateful for our home, our country, our life! And we mean it too. We are grateful. We do feel blessed. But then, life intervenes—we stop remembering that we are grateful…
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5 Steps to a Clutter-Free Mind (& Life!)
September is upon us once again, signaling summer is over and fall is on its way. For many, this time of year is a time of back-to-school, back-to-work, and getting families, homes, and life organized after summer fun. I’ve been busy getting my family and me into our new schedules and routines, cleaning out the…