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7 Ways & 7 Days to Renew Your Life

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To renew and reinvent our lives we need a plan. Here it is: a seven-day process to work with over and over. This plan incorporates physical, mental and spiritual work. Use the whole seven-day process, or choose any one of the days to work with as you create the life you [...]

Love Changes Everything

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“Love, love changes everything … Nothing in the world will ever be the same.” ~ from Andrew Lloyd Weber’s “Aspects of Love”
The black jeep drives out of the Denny’s parking lot in Gallup, New Mexico, my daughter Guinevere waving from the back seat. It turns south on Muñoz Drive, then west on [...]

When the Wheels Come Off

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I grew up in the 70’s and 80’s when parents still told their kids to go outside and play. My friends and I would spend all day in the yard and when we got hot and sweaty enough we’d run to the back patio, open the water spigot on the side [...]

Does Your Life Feel Like Hard Work Or Play?

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Have you ever had the experience of something that you once did for fun turning into work or a chore?
Maybe you loved knitting in the past, but recent requests from friends for specific items have left you feeling that turning out a new hat or jumper has become something you dread. [...]

A New Take on Work-Life Balance

The curse of the 21st century is that we spend our time trying to succeed in everything at once - work, our significant relationship, family, exercise, friendships, keeping the perfect house, the perfect garden…
No matter how hard I try I never succeed at everything. If I work hard I don’t have time to walk my [...]

50 Things To Be Thankful For

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One of the most popular online videos last week was a very funny interview Conan O’Brien did the comedian Louis CK. Louis makes the observation that although we have so many amazing things these days (eg high speed internet access on airplanes), people still don’t seem to be happy. If you haven’t [...]