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Don’t Give Up On Your Resolutions! Persist, Don’t Perfect
While the stars in Hollywood are rehearsing their acceptance speeches, many of us back home, standing on our scales, or prone on our couches are rehearsing our concession speeches—to our new year’s r…
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6 Ways to Make Resolutions that Stick
January is a complicated month. At first blush, it's like new love. There's that wonderful, wind-beneath-your-wings feeling, that promise of a fresh start, a whole new you, an open door to the possibi…
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Experience the Unknown, the Very Essence of Life
The present contains the fullness of the world and the fullness of spirit at the same time. But the present is elusive. We all lead our lives by remembering the past and anticipating the future. Th…
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Do You Expect People To Read Your Mind?
If she flies across the country to surprise me on my birthday, I’ll know we really are best friends. If he reaches out to me and shares the details of his challenges when times are tough, and if he…
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The 6 Secrets for Relationship Success
My wife and I were having breakfast last Sunday at our favorite spot, after our morning walk with our pooch. We got to talking about what successful relationships were made of. I was delighted that sh…
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Do You Expect Too Much From Your Mate?
Whether you realize it or not, everyone in life has expectations from their relationships…it’s normal to want something from the people in our lives. It’s also healthy to be in reciprocal relationship…
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Why Are Moms Perfectionists?
Why is it that moms feel they have to be perfectionists? What are some tips on how to stop? Perfectionism is a trap because we simply can't measure up to our own expectations of doing it all. An…
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Let Go of Expectations
Nothing creates more unhappiness than failed expectations. The job promotion that doesn’t come through, the proposal of marriage that is postponed one more time, the image of an ideal family that nev…
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What If? The Tao of Now
Be inspired by an excerpt from The Tao of Now: Daily Wisdom from Mystics, Sages, Poets, and Saints: "Most of us go through each day looking for what we saw yesterday. And, not surprisingly, that is…
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