Live Well

  • Re-Mind. Also, my goals for A Round of Words in 80 Days

    Small adorable child looking at my locket, opening it and seeing the words inside: Why do you have this in here? Me: Well, I have the word “attention” because I need to pay attention. Mother of small adorable child: You?! Really?! (said in a far too sarcastic voice!) Hmmm. Perhaps I need to do more…

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  • Soul Journey Series #1: Desire Map–mapping me & my desires. I’m the map!

    I was going to wait to write about the Desire Map until I had gotten to the actual figuring out of my core desired feelings. (and because, apparently, there is still some resistance showing up…and it’s taking me a freakin’ long time to do this!) So. I’ve read the 1st part (Book One: The Theory)…

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  • Unregrettable.

    Unregrettable.

    Regret is a four letter word dressed up as a 6 letter word for a non-stop bad Halloween party. Remember that party, where that guy kept following you around? And you did everything to not talk to him, but there he was. Yeah, that one. I’m here to tell you that regrets are not necessities.…

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  • DITCHING THE LIZARD

    A long, long, l o n g time ago I decided to start reading The Fire Starter Sessions and The Desire Map and The Happy Hour Effect while also doing the accompanying Life Map … as things like to happen to stop us from doing stuff, especially when we try to do ALL the stuff…

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  • I know I thought about WHAT I wanted to be, but did I think about HOW I wanted to be? It’s a good question and maybe it’s a question we should keep asking ourselves. And, if you have kids, even grown ones, keep asking them too. Me at 11: Well, I’ll be a psychologist, children’s…

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  • Sophia Kriz is an 11 year old, gamer, zombie slayer, dog lover, softball player, who also happens to have written a book: 8 Steps to Liking Yourself by, Sophia Kriz I had the good luck to interview Sophia on the day of her book’s release. The rumor that she agreed to it because I’m her…

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  • I love lists. I create lists on my white board and in my notebook and on my iPad. Love them. Cuz, I gets to cross them off and then sees what I’ve accomplished. Nothing wrong with to-do lists. But, what if, instead of a to do list you created a Ta-da! list? What would your…

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  • I don’t mind Spring Cleaning, it clears the dust and the view, plus it makes the Chi very happy. ‘Cuz we all know if Chi ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy. I was looking out my bedroom windows the other day and thought, man, window washing is definitely in my Spring cleaning future. And then a…

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