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Tool For Tuesday: Training For Life

Absorbtion of light by chlorophyll particles A and B (Photo credit: Wikipedia) My husband, Jonny, has a friend, Michael, who’s this top-notch athlete. He says he’s always training. For what? For life....

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Shimon Peres: Don’t Let Skepticism Win The Day

English: President Barack Obama welcomes Israeli President Shimon Peres in the Oval Office Tuesday, May 5, 2009. At right is Vice President Joe Biden. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza. Français...

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Don’t Worry Your Way into the Weewows

English: Biting one’s lip can be a physical manifestation of worry. Español: Morderse los labios puede ser una manifestación externa de inquietud. Русский: Плачущая девочка. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)...

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Tool For Tuesday: You Can’t Detach From Someone Whose Approval You Need

World’s Best Reason for Ordering a Cadillac !! (1955) … Everything I know about parenting I learned from children’s books (January 4, 2012 / 9 Tevet 5772) …item 2.. Discovering the Real You (August 29,...

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Do Women Speak A Different Language?

Making Your Mind Up (Photo credit: Wikipedia) My older son’s friend, Jake, who’s 29, and a good guy was talking about what he’s still learning: “When a woman says yes but really means no; when she says...

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Want to Write For Chicken Soup For The Soul? Here’s Your Chance!

Love Your Body (Photo credit: Wikipedia) This just in from my friend, Marylin Warner (you can read her great blog here) that the co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul is looking for new writing:...

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Tool For Tuesday: Today is a Room That Has Never Been Entered Before

Daubigny’s Garden, July 1890, Auvers, Kunstmuseum Basel, one of Van Gogh’s final works Pickvance (1986), 272–273 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) This tool for Tuesday has to do with death. It has to do with...

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Sometimes You Have to…Just Keep Going.

English: Slopes of Croaghaun A fair proportion of the slope is peat, which made it a bit of a pain to walk on. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) We don’t always understand why we’re going through this pain. It...

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Tool For Tuesday: Terrorists Want You Dead. Celebrate Being Alive.

The Boston Marathon finishing next to The Lenox Hotel (Photo credit: Wikipedia) My husband Jonny and I dedicated our run this morning to all the victims of the Boston Marathon attack on April 15. If...

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It Isn’t Fair But It’s A Fact of Life.

Here’s my article from today’s Philadelphia Inquirer: Prepare for a new wave of security By Diana Bletter POSTED: Wednesday, April 17, 2013, 3:01 AM The first time I walked into a supermarket in...

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What Do Successful People Know? Laura Vanderkam Says: Small Things Equals...

I’m a big fan of Laura Vanderkam, and her latest book, What the Most Successful People Do at Work, continues to nudge me (in totally supportive ways) that I can get more tick for my tock. That’s the...

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Tool For Tuesday: Take the Spiritual Approach. Move from the Problem to the...

English: Studio portrait of Countess Markievicz with her stepson Stanislaw and her daughter Maeve (circa 1904). Source SligoHeritage.com (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I once met a woman who had recently...

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Tool For Tuesday: If You Lose It, You Lose It.

Winston Churchill (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I’m always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught. – Winston Churchill I had a talk with my stepdaughter, Libi, who has a 3-year-old and...

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Three Tremendous Tips For Mothers (And Not Just On Mother’s Day)

In honor of Mother’s Day, I’m running a mini-series featuring useful tips for mothers. Nobody gave me an instruction manual when I brought my first child home from the hospital. My husband had already...

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Mother’s Day: Get Your Kids Under Control and Get Your Life Back. More Super...

I know, sometimes you feel like you are down on your knees…And not just figuratively. Here are some more tools in honor of Mother’s Day to get your kids under control and get your life back. 1. Don’t...

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Tool For Tuesday: Don’t Make Nothing From Something. Make Something From...

Power’s Bluff (Photo credit: Dan Wahlstrand) “The world is like a book that can be read in either direction,” wrote Rabbi Pinchas of Koritz. “There is the power of creation, making something out of...

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Mother’s Day: More Tried-And-True Tips and Tools

Hope all you moms had fun today! (Photo credit: Wikipedia) “Stop whining!” I heard a mother tell her daughter the other day. Well, that’s a start. But a child is trying to say something and doesn’t...

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Writing From The Heart: Here’s Your Chance To Sell Your Stuff

I’m a big fan of Danielle LaPorte and I’m happy to announce she’s starting a new magazine full of inspiration and insights. If you are twitching to write, here’s your chance…She’s calling for...

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Mother’s Day: A Mother’s Top Ten Commandments

Mother’s Day cake (Photo credit: Wikipedia) If you lose it, you lose it. Don’t lose control. If you do, then your kids will lose control and a bad situation only gets worse. Happy mother, happy...

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On Motherhood and Self-Publishing: Tania Elfersy, Author of Purple Leaves,...

Tania Elfersy, Author of Purple Leaves, Red Cherries I’m  happy to welcome Tania Elfersy, author of Purple Leaves, Red Cherries, an award-winning book for Moms. The reflections of the women in the book...

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