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My head says I am excited to be here but my body knows better. Alarms are blaring the body-wide warning: she going to try to socialize!

If there are nearly thirty trillion cells in my body, is it any wonder healing takes so much time and work?

Waking up can be a drag, but not for my puppy!

This is a case of a little girl thinking that she is more of a problem than the spilled milk.

Prioritizing is a skill. Like any skill, practice improves performance. It takes practice to create the life you want.

I am a perfectionist. It seems I was born with this chronic and at times disabling condition.

There is value in your imperfections. There is so much beauty in the in between places where you try and fail and slip outside of the lines.

I once heard a speaker tell a group of young people something along the lines of “you want to have served well and devotedly” instead of...

How remarkable it is to feel safe even surrounded by problems and fears.

A major loss in my life has contributed to an extra-large-sized writer’s block that is difficult to move off my desk. I love an old...

This is a repost of a blog entry I wrote near the beginning of the pandemic. And while we are staying home a little less often, I feel...

We can make assumptions or make meaningful connections. We can have black and white or we can have rainbows.

Are you letting anxiety drive your brain?

This week Christmas is on my mind. If you celebrate Christmas or spend any time around those who do, you know that it is a season of joy...

One day in December several years ago I came home to a wrapped gift on my porch. It was twelve days away from Christmas and each of those...

Tis the season to be thankful. Gratitude is good for your mood and mental health, but have you ever tried to force thankfulness when you...

Have you ever been told your pulse or blood pressure is abnormally high when visiting a doctor’s office when at home your vitals are...