Finding Meaning Amidst a Success-Driven World
Do you feel like you’ve been encouraged to chase after a certain vision of success? Maybe you’ve always been a high-achiever, and your family and community have their own ideas about what you…
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So…Whatever Happened to Your New Year’s Resolutions?
Lose 20 pounds. Find a husband. Makeover every room the Marie Kondo way. How’s it going? At the beginning of your shiny new year, all of your New Year’s Resolutions probably seemed possible…
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Women! – We Are More Than Our Stories
This summer, I attended the first ever “Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) BootCamp for Women’s Issues.” Though I had attended a traditional ACT Bootcamp earlier this year, I was drawn to this summer…
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Pain and values: two sides of the same coin
“Where there is love there is pain” –Spanish Proverb I’ve known and lived with many amazing dogs and cats in my life. Each animal I’ve known has been special and wonderful in their…
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The myth of security– Embracing vulnerability, uncertainty, and ambiguity in our relationships and in our world
“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright…
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The Power of Storytelling: Charlene Strong’s Story of Transformation
I love stories. A great storyteller can transport you to places you have never been, can touch a place within you that seemed lost, or can inspire you in ways you might never…
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Aimee Mullins on the Beauty of Adversity (and Human Cheetah Legs)
“If we want to discover the full potential in our humanity, we need to celebrate those heartbreaking strengths and those glorious disabilities that we all have…it is our humanity, and all the potential…
