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Define What it Means to be Present!

You know what the holiday times do to you and to your family. You better than anyone can feel the undercurrents rattling and roaring in yourself, the world, and your environment. The question is: how present are you in the moment? How truly present are you with the ones you love, the ones who need your presence most? Your presence is required to respond appropriately to who you are interacting with. Your presence is required to guide you to talk and listen with the greatest calm, clarity and focus that you can with others. If you have a child or children, they need your loving, caring attention and connected presence, no matter what else is going on for you. When you are present within yourself, (more…)

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December 13, 2013
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Stay Focused on Your Dreams!

When you were a small child, you dreamed without reserve and believed in the power of your dreams. As time elapsed, perhaps you didn’t get the support you needed to fully explore your dreams or doubted the importance of what you spent your time pretending and daydreaming about. Still, those early dreams had merit and were an extension of who you are. For many, over time, with negative feedback or the realities and responsibilities of life, your once open expanse of inner imaginings changed. Only you know the extent and scope of those changes, parts once awakened, now perhaps dimmed.

When you stop, meditate, re-evaluate your life today, see where your childlike dreams reside. Are they still (more…)

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November 4, 2013
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Fall into new habits!

The time has come for the pace of life to change, revving up to a full-swing of full plates, events, people and schedules. You must set yourself to the rhythm around you; align to a faster, cooler and more production-focused way. The warmth of summer is fast moving behind us while its (more…)

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September 9, 2013
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Surviving Back-To-School Stress!

I want to first acknowledge and congratulate you on surviving the close of summer, and hope you accumulated enough relaxation and perspective to carry you through for a while! Now, as a parent you must deal with the onset of the fall chaos and the process of beginning again with a whole new school year ahead. (more…)

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August 29, 2013
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Lessons of Summer

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Here are some lessons of summer that I offer to you. Please read my list and add your own thoughts and lessons by writing them in a comment…let’s add to this shared list and see how long we can keep the gratitude going! (more…)

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August 20, 2013
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The Parenting Manual You’ve Been Looking For!

You are raising or relating to a child or children on your own, with a partner, or support network. The days grow long, you strive to do your best as a parent, teacher and student and balance all that’s on your plate daily. Sometimes, you or your child mess up- only you know how often. You are both imperfect and human. (more…)

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August 10, 2013