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Navigating Life Transitions

when navigating life transitions, it’s easy to hold onto things we should let go. oftentimes, we try to bring what’s worked in the past into our new season. but sometimes, a new phase in life requires us to pick up … Continue reading

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The Corner

The Corner by David Simon and Edward Burns (1997, Non Fiction) is a tome of a nonfiction novel, leaving me to wonder how many pages must a novel be before you consider it to be a tome? How do you go about … Continue reading

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Radom Act of Kindness

RAVE to all my friends, neighbors and colleagues. I pride myself on my independent nature, but a hip replacement and open heart surgery over a six-week period forced me to ask for help. The response from everyone (especially my neighbors in … Continue reading

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Remote Etiquette

I lived in California for eight years until my brother was diagnosed with cancer and I decided to move to Arizona to help care for him. I had been working in a new role for about six months when my … Continue reading

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Four Categories of Regrets

Daniel Pink asserts that what stands out most about regrets is their ubiquity and common underlying structure. Our regrets tend to fall into four main categories:

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