Tag: development
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Don’t Wait To Start
Today is my Round 1 Day 27 of my Whole 60 protocol. Friday was my birthday. Before actually starting W30 I had thought about waiting until after my birthday to start so I could celebrate without restriction. But I couldn’t wait to get started. Turns out it was the greatest gift I could’ve […]
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Progress Is Not Linear
Bear with me now because the thoughts are running faster than my hands can type. Progress isn’t linear. I first understood this last year as we were recovering from Chris’s stroke. One day he could do something better than the previous day, but the next day he was worse than the first day. It was […]
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When The ‘Cure’ Is Really Another Addiction
I can’t watch anymore!!! I first saw this phenomenon about 15 years ago while working in a Psychiatrist’s office that offered Methodone as a treatment for opiod addiction. Methadone, is another opiod! After this awakening, I began to see this pattern everywhere and most recently in the self-help arena where my interests lie these days. Anything […]
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My Thoughts On Quitting
Its not an option. I knew that going in. I learned of Whole30 just about a month ago from a friend. I’ve been researching all sorts of healthy eating models for years…maybe even decades if I’m honest. I never did diet crazes. Avoid them like the plague. So, when she told me she and her […]
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Why We Say Things We Don’t Mean To Our Adult Children
Ever have the experience of saying something to your adult child and almost immediately regret it, because it didn’t come out the way you intended to or because it sounded completely ass-ish outside of your head? We say things we don’t mean because we aren’t saying the things we really mean. Something like “You don’t […]
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The What If Game
We spend a lot of time asking ‘what if’ yet we rarely, if ever, ask it to our benefit. Normally, it is some form of ‘what if I fail?’ Today I was afforded an opportunity to explore ‘what if there is no failure?’ What if I totally mess up in some way but it all […]