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2021
4 Ways to Take Control in 2021
What I Didn’t Know I Missed During Quarantine
2020
Time to Break the Silence (Keep it Simple)
When is Focusing on Your Strengths Not Enough
How Can a Mentor Change Your Life?
Be the Reason Someone Smiles Today
9 Questions You Need to Ask Yourself as You Roll Into 2021
2019
What if I Had Done Something Sooner?
3 Types of Journaling to Be Your Best Self
What You Want to Be When You Grow Up?
Was I Giving My Best, or Just Leftovers?
2018
Becoming Unfrastratable, That's a Good Choice
More Than a Date on the Calendar
Some Wounds Take a Long Time to Heal
When Hard Headed is a Good Thing
2017
Holiday Movie Lessons: It's a Wonderful Life
Holiday Movie Lessons: The Santa Clause
Holiday Movie Lessons: Jack Frost
Holiday Movie Lessons: A Christmas Story
Holiday Movie Lessons: Scrooged
Holiday Movie Lessons: Christmas in Connecticut
Holiday Movie Lessons: Santa Clause is Comin' to Town
Holiday Movie Lessons: Beyond Christmas
Holiday Movie Lessons: The Christmas Card
Holiday Movie Lessons: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Holiday Movie Lessons: White Christmas
Holiday Movie Lessons: Love Actually
Holiday Movie Lessons: Miracle on 34th Street
Holiday Movie Lessons: The Preacher's Wife
Holiday Movie Lessons: The Family Stone
Holiday Movie Lessons: Charlie Brown Christmas
Holiday Movie Lessons: Home Alone
Holiday Movie Lessons: Frosty the Snowman
Holiday Movie Lessons: Christmas Vacation
Holiday Movie Lessons: The Family Man
Holiday Movie Lessons: Polar Express
Holiday Movie Lessons: Christmas at the Kranks
Holiday Movie Lessons: Little Women
Perspective: What Kind of Window are You Looking Through?
What's Possible if I Just Say it Out Loud?
It's Time to Go to School — the School of You
It's Only Water — What’s the Big Deal?
Transition Wisdom: Where Do I Start? Where Does it End?
3 Keys to Finding Treasures in a Difficult Transition
NOTICING — People (and Things) May be Stronger Than They Appear
NOTICING — What's the Big Deal About Finishing?
NOTICING — Do You Hide Your Bossiness Behind a Question?
NOTICING — Is Casual Always a Good Thing?
NOTICING — My Timer is Always On
NOTICING — Inattention Can Make Things Disappear
2016
What is Sitting on My Shoulders?
Life and Leadership are Team Sports
10 Life Lessons from Stretching
Monday Metaphors — Remember to Signal
”Stretch” is the Word for 2016
2015
5 Life Lessons We Can Learn from Pulling Weeds
Life Lessons from Walking the Dogs
2014
Dealing With Procrastination… Tomorrow
Constructive Feedback — What Are You Trying to Build?
Never Suppress a Generous Thought
Leadership Shows up in Four Ways
Intentions — Best or Worst — Your Choice
All Happiness Depends on a Leisurely Breakfast
Sometimes Wanting and Hard Work Isn't Enough
Be Absolutely Intentional About Your Intentional Language
Stay the Course (Overcompensation — Overreaction — Swing the Pendulum Too Far)
Life Lessons from Golf Lessons
The Importance of Looking Back
Disappointment — The Greatest Gift of All
Put Your Energy Where Your Control Is…
The A to Z of Me, Part II — No Really This Is the A to Z of Me
Sometimes You Just Can't be Smart Enough
Where Are the Yellow Lights in Your Life Right Now? (Traffic Lights Metaphor)
Overconfident — A Hard Pill to Swallow
Your Words Have More Power Than You Think
How About You Signal Before You Turn?
Let's Start With Doug, the Grocery Guy
2013
In 2015, I Will Not Be Dealing With This Any Longer
Who Doesn't Love a Happy Ending
How Do I Find Balance? Tie a Blanket
What if We Searched a Little Longer, a Little Harder?
What if You Allowed Yourself to Want What You Want?
Why Settle for Mediocre? I Just Don’t Understand
How Long Do You Want it to Last?
The Days Are Long, but the Years Are Short
Seeing Past the Moment or Eyes on the Prize
Time to Change How You Think About Time
Take Time to Scrape Off the Barnacles
Tired of Being the Person People Vent To?
You've Got to Love What You do (and Love the One You're With)
Play That Funky Music (or What Gets You in and Out of a Funk)
Where Did it Go? The Missing Website
I've Got Nothin', Yet I've Got Everything
Let's Take a Minute for Stations to Identify Themselves
Simplify Your Life — I Dare You
What are People Catching from You?
Recovering Perfectionist — Not Me
What Deserves a Different View?
Reactions to Doing Things Daily
Why Aren't We as Happy as We Could Be?
January 1 — Powerful Question (and Thought)