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Category Archives: Bad days
Lessons learned From Living Through a Pandemic
“Life has got all those twists and turns. You’ve got to hold on tight and off you go.” – Nicole Kidman When I wrote the previous blog post, we were at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. Now we have … Continue reading
Posted in Bad days, Challenges, Comfort, Encouragement, Healthy living, Proactive, Running, self-care
Tagged Blogging, Challenges, life, Life lessons
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Time for a Pep Talk
“You don’t need anyone else to empower you; you can empower yourself. Whether it’s a pep talk or putting on a good shade of lipstick, whatever you need to do, do it, but be yourself.” – Ayesha Curry Last Saturday, … Continue reading
Posted in Bad days, Challenges, God, Proactive, Running, self-care
Tagged Blogging, life, Motivation, personal, spiritual, Stress
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Thriving . . . Not Just Surviving: Rachell Kitchen
“You either walk inside your story and own it or you stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness.” – Brené Brown Rachell Kitchen has faced significant trauma in her life, more than most people. She has not only … Continue reading
Posted in Bad days, Body, mind, spirit, Challenges, Empowerment, Inspiration, Intentional Living, Leading Ourselves, personal leadership, Running
Tagged Blogging, life, Life lessons, Lifestyle, Motivation, personal, spiritual, Women
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Lessons Learned from Running . . . for Life
“Life is for participating, not for spectating.” – Kathrine Switzer This is a different blog post from what I intended to write. Over the past few months, I trained for my third annual half-marathon and faced some challenges. My intention … Continue reading
Posted in Bad days, Challenges, Running, self-improvement
Tagged Challenges, life, Life lessons, Lifestyle
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A Place of Comfort
“The path of least resistance has a lot going for it. The comfort zone isn’t where you lose yourself. It’s where you find yourself.” ― Meghan Daum We often talk nowadays about the need to get out of our comfort … Continue reading
Posted in Bad days, Comfort, Leading Ourselves, Nature, self-care, Stress, Uncategorized
Tagged Blogging, life, Life lessons, Nature, personal, personal leadership, self-help
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Navigating the Highs and Lows
“I like to go out there looking like a strong woman, because I am strong. But I am also a woman who goes through all kinds of problems and highs and lows.” – Katy Perry My husband Ken and I … Continue reading
Posted in Bad days, Encouragement, personal leadership
Tagged Bad days, encouragement, personal leadership
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Be Gentle with Yourself
“What do you do when life blindfolds you and spins you around? We think it’s our fault, that we’re to blame, when really we should be focused on being gentle with ourselves.” – Melody Beattie In my last blog post, … Continue reading
Posted in Affirmations, Bad days, Challenges, Nature, self-care
Tagged Affirmations, Bad days, Challenges, Nature, Self-care
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Getting Past a Funk
“Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that’s what makes you strong.”– Sarah Dessen I recently got in what I can only describe as a “funk.” Anxiety, sleepless nights, feeling irritable. It wasn’t difficult to get in … Continue reading
Posted in Bad days, Challenges, self-care, Support
Tagged Bad days, Challenges, Self-care, Support
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Benefiting From a Journal
“We should write because humans are spiritual beings and writing is a powerful form of prayer and meditation, connecting us both to our own insights and to a higher and deeper level of inner guidance.” – Julia Cameron Since the … Continue reading
Posted in Bad days, journaling, personal leadership, self-care
Tagged Bad days, journaling, personal leadership, Self-care
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Assessing our Attitudes
“Individuals need to be willing to face truth about their attitudes, behaviors, even what we want out of life.” – Joyce Meyer A friend of mine, Joann, has always had a positive attitude. She volunteered at a nonprofit organization where … Continue reading
Posted in Attitude, Bad days, Encouragement, faith, Gratitude, Inspiration, Job loss, positive-thinking, Proactive, self-care, Self-compassion
Tagged Attitude, Bad days, encouragement, faith, Gratitude, Inspiration, Job loss, positive-thinking, Proactive, Self-care, self-compassion
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