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Managing the holiday rollercoaster … Emotional honesty

feel what you’re feeling the holidays are about connections with ourselves and each other. Emotional honesty – feeling what we are feeling and not covering it with what we think we should be feeling – often goes a long way … Continue reading

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Managing the holiday rollercoaster … Check your real needs

Check your real needs This sounds obvious, but many of us get so caught up with taking care of everyone else’s needs during this time of year that we forgot to slow down and check our own needs. The results … Continue reading

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Family Heirlooms

What Do Our Family Heirlooms Mean to You? This was written on a single page of a journal that I thought was blank. The penmanship wasn’t mine, but it sure got me thinking. I have no heirlooms from the individuals … Continue reading

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Managing the holiday rollercoaster … Less is more

Less is more Yes, it is. Go through those long lists you have of everyone and everything you should be thinking about doing something for and one, one by one, cross out anything that is not essential. Meet fewer people. … Continue reading

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How can I better prioritize?

1.Schedule: What matters: crave out specific periods of time to do what’s important. Block of time each week to do things that are meaningful to you and that matter in the long run for your health, family and friends. 2.Pause: … Continue reading

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