The Great Phone Detox Experiment: 5 Reasons Putting My Phone on Ice is an Excellent Idea
You know how you see something then can’t unsee it? I saw the tether to my iPhone. Suddenly, I became aware of how often my phone was in hand; how…
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A Case For New Year’s Resolutions
I love New Year’s Day. Maybe it’s the optimism in me. Fresh start and all that. Less than a third of us set a resolution. For folks in my age…
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Practicing Acceptance for the Win
In January, my mom was diagnosed with stage IV cancer. Since then, it has been a whirlwind of appointments, treatments, and obsessing over her symptoms, what she eats and how…
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Give with Love. Receive with Grace.
December was a month of unexpected gifts, not the ones wrapped in ribbons and bows, but the ones delivered by life itself. During December, our family experienced the loss of…
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The Pattern of Stuck
This is the birthday month I become eligible to draw Social Security. I mean. What the hell? It’s really messing with my mind and I find myself in a whirlwind…
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Making Space for Grace
I’m doing this experiment where I do a something each month for self-care. August was dry January. During the first month of the experiment, I didn’t really journal or pay…
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5 Things I Learned During Steptember
I read Jennifer Ashton’s book, The Self-Care Solution, this summer. Dr. Ashton challenged herself to focus on a new healthy habit each month for a year. The idea of focusing…