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The 12 Days of Christmas: Day Two: There’s no time! Handling the stress of...
Most people I knew are somewhat busy. If you’re not retired, you’re working. If you’re retired, you’re working even more. Children and pets and homes and yards and bills that have to be paid and...
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12 Days of Christmas: Surviving and Thriving (Day 3: Present-Day Decisions)
First, let me begin with a disclaimer. I love Christmas shopping. I’ve had years where I found presents throughout the year so that when the first week of December rolled around, I was done. And I’ve...
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The 12 days of Christmas: Surviving and Thriving (Day 4 – Family Matters)
The most wonderful thing about Christmas is being able to be with family. The hardest thing about Christmas is being with family. If you checked statement one, you can skip today’s blog post and go...
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Blue Christmas
The following is a sermon I preached at a Blue Christmas service at First Baptist Church, Greensboro, NC on 12-18. blue christmas Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Blue christmas, Christmas,...
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The 12 Days of Christmas: Surviving and thriving (Days 6-12: Punt)
Punt. Yep, that’s my wisdom for today. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not the wisdom I’d planned to have. I had such good plans. I’d blocked out the first three days of last week. No clients. Plenty of time...
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Facing Change
I recently came across this very good article in Huffington Post on mindfulness. I’ve written before about what a valuable tool just paying attention is, how increasing our awareness helps us increase...
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Boomers, Suicides and Church
Several news organizations have had recent stories about the sharply increasing number of suicides among baby boomers. In this story by the Washington Post a number of factors are examined: the...
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It’s Always Something
A friend commented today that she wasn’t getting my blog anymore. I had to come clean and admit that she wasn’t getting one because I hadn’t written anything in a few days. Well, almost a month if...
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Know thyself.. if you have time
Recently I was picking out a birthday present for my just-turned four year-old great-niece. It was a pretty easy task, and not just because she already has a deep attachment to bling, pretty dresses...
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6 ways to find 3 things that 4 successful people do
Yep, I’ve been guilty of it myself. The old numerical blog title. I’ve written them. Goodness knows, I’ve tweeted them. The reason folks keep writing such headlines is that they work. When I analyze my...
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“They’re not handling things well”
A client or friend tells me they’re concerned about someone whom they love, a family member, significant other or friend. “They’re not handling things well,” they tell me. Sometimes that person about...
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If you only had faith…
It’s enough to break my heart. My client sits across from me and admits that they’re sure that God hates them or is angry with them or is ready to give up on them. Because they’re anxious. Because...
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