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[3 Aug 2010 | No Comment | ]
5 Tips for Breaking Through Analysis Paralysis. Get Moving (finally)!

Analysis Paralysis is a common cause of being stuck and it can be down right sneaky. Analysis paralysis can trick us — we’re busy, busy, busy….yet we’re just spinning our wheels!

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[27 Jul 2010 | One Comment | ]
City Living

My husband and I just became part of a growing trend – suburbanites who sell their house and move into the city in their 50s or 60s.

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[15 Jul 2010 | No Comment | ]
Feeling Stuck? Get Moving With This One Simple Exercise

You’re stuck. Something’s amiss in your life but you’re not even sure what. The routine you’ve fallen into now feels dull and worn out. Hmmm….but your inner voice is telling you there is something else out there for you. Bad news, you have absolutely NO idea of what that “something else” is.

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[8 Jun 2010 | No Comment | ]
The “R” Words and Women

I was on vacation in Santa Fe when it occurred to me how many “R” words there are that women struggle with. Men (of course) have these words too…but they don’t struggle with them the way women do.

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[2 Jun 2010 | One Comment | ]
What Happened to Business Email Etiquette?

Have you noticed lately that more and more people are not replying to your emails? I have. I don’t think it’s personal. I’m not talking about the email people ignore that is obviously spam. But an email to someone you know. It could be a business colleague or client, or a prospect that you have been in correspondence with.

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[25 May 2010 | 2 Comments | ]
Sitting on Jewels

I invited an interior designer to my home on Monday to consult with me about giving my kitchen a facelift. I had worked with Sue to help me pick out paint colors for all the rooms in my home when I went on a mad painting spree four years ago.

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[4 May 2010 | 3 Comments | ]
My Mother’s Hands

By Isabelle Schoenfeld (TTN-DC). I look down at my hands these days and can see my mother’s hands in them.

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[27 Apr 2010 | 3 Comments | ]
Judgment and Expectations – From Reactivity to Wisdom

We all react to conditions that are arising around us throughout the day. What if you take a step back and look within instead. Rather than having your mind full of the reaction only, what if you create a little space to see how you’re reacting?

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[20 Apr 2010 | No Comment | ]
Making an Ally of Change

Change can be freeing and open up new avenues in our lives. Yet FEAR also comes up when change presents new and unexplored territory.

Thinking about this made me think of the old joke: Question: What’s the definition of a minor operation? Answer: Someone else’s?

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[21 Mar 2010 | No Comment | ]
Just Show Up!

It’s Spring and we’ve received a special gift of 60 degree temperatures here in southern Rhode Island! As I did errands in town I noticed the daffodil shoots bursting through the ground, the pansies poking their heads up, and buds on the trees along Main Street.

It is amazing how the simple pleasures of sunshine, warm temperatures, and seeing the tangible signs of Spring lift my spirits and make me feel that “anything is possible.”